Animal Assemblage Sculpture

Artist Statement:

I created a big sculpture of a butterfly. I used newspaper and tape to form the abdomen, then cardboard for the wings. I covered the entire sculpture in magazine cuttings. I also used wire to hold up the wings, attach the back part of the abdomen, and for the antennae.

I changed my project because I was going to do an ant, but when I looked up a close up picture of an ant I realized it would be a lot harder to do than I originally thought, so I switched to a butterfly.

My artwork would be a lot stronger if I didn’t switch colors on the bottom of the right wing. I was just impatient and wanted to be done so I was rushing through it. I also had a lot of clumps of hot glue showing on the sculpture.