Drawing in Space: Reed Sculpture

I see variety in the various sizes in the loops of my sculpture. There are several large, overlapping loops on the outer edge of the sculpture and smaller sized loops in the point of emphasis. I used a bottle to wrap a reed around and fastened the ends to create a spring like coil for the middle of my sculpture. The shape and number of the loops in the coil/spring set them apart from all other parts of the sculpture as well as the other sculptures around it, creating emphasis.

After creating two practice sculptures with reeds I noticed that it is important to be patient and in a way let your sculpture create itself. You don’t want to force it into a particular shape and it helps to try different methods to see which way appeals to you the most. You want to have an idea of what you are going to attempt to create but also make that idea flexible and allow for changes. With this sculpture in particular flow is important and if you allow for this to happen it is, as I found, much easier and more smooth.