Artists Studied

• Mark di Suvero

• Richard Serra

Reflection

1. Describe your process of creating this piece--both the physical process and what you were thinking about as you made your decisions. There should be at least 4 steps listed. (hint: the words reed and glue should appear in your paragraph)

First, I got the reed from the sink and brought it over to my table where my sculpture was going to be created. Then I thought about how I would go about it and where I should start. After brainstorming for a bit, I just let my hands take over to see where they would take me. Then after I had no more reed left to use, I took a step back and looked at what I’d made. I wanted to try again with less negative space, so I removed all the paperclips holding the reed together and repeated what I had just done, but making sure to loop the reed closer together. After finishing my second practice sculpture, I thought it looked better than the last but knew that I could make it even better, so I unclipped the reed again and started over. This time, I used multiple strands of reed to create more volume, loops, curves, and shapes. I kept collecting more reed until I was happy with the result. Then I unclipped the paperclips one by one, gluing the reed together where the paperclips attached them. After the glue dried, I examined my sculpture, analyzing where the best spot would be to add the paper. Once I found the areas, I used a yogurt container to trace a circle, and it ended up being a perfect size. I then glued the edge of the circle, carefully sticking the red paper to it. I wanted to add one more area of emphasis, so I traced paper around a different spot and cut out that tracing. I glued the edge of that spot and stuck the yellow paper to it. I was happy with the result and concluded that my sculpture was complete.

2. Where do you see variety in your sculpture? What have you done to show emphasis?

My sculpture includes a variety of shapes and loops sizes. I did this by adding more reed strands. To show emphasis, I added red and yellow paper to two spots I thought would be perfect for my area of emphasis.

3. What have you learned about the art form “sculpture” while doing this project?

While doing this project, I learned how limitless the boundaries are. While doing my brainstorming, I learned that you can do so many different things with just one strand of reed. I also learned how free-handed they can be, and that they can turn out amazing with no guide at all.

Brainstorming