Drawing In Space

Purpose

• To understand how a line can be used to create a three-dimensional form;

• To use reed to create a sculpture that considers space, balance, repetition, variety, and emphasis;

• To learn about sculpture artists and where they find their inspiration.

Artists Studied

Ruth Asawa, Mark di Suvero, Mia Pearlman, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, Sarah Sockbeson, Stephan White

This Reed Sculpture project was very fun but also challenging at some points while working on it. The steps to make the final structure were very specific to make sure we had a great final result. We first started by making two practice sculptures to get used to the material we were working with. After the two practices, we started our final. Once we made a design we liked and met the requirements we got paper clips to hold the reed in place to dry. Once it dried we got strong glue to glue down the parts that overlapped, we took the paper clips off and put glue in their place. After the glue dried we had to make a point of emphasis, I chose to do colored paper. I picked two spots and glued them in. Lastly, we attached a string and took photos.

After finishing my project I see variety in my structure in many ways. My points of emphasis are two different colors making a variety. My emphasis is the two different colors in two different spots on my structure.

A sculpture is what you want a sculpture to be. Sculptures come in all shapes and sizes and you can make them be what you want them to be. Well doing this project I could make what I wanted and had the freedom of making the sculpture. I learned well doing this project that sculpture can be anything you want it to be.