Drawing in Space

Project Purpose:

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

To create a sculpture that considers balance and repetition, variety and emphasis

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

Artists Studied: Richard Serra

Process: The first step in making my sculpture is to get my reed and begin testing things out. I was trying to understand the way the reed bended and how flexible it was so I could know if my initial ideas were a possibility. I kept thinking to myself little things like “I wonder if it will bend right and connect to this piece” or “ where should I connect this so I can have as many different patterns and openings as possible”. The next part was dealing with failure. Multiple times during the creation of my sculpture, the connections appeared to look good and resemble a shape but then it ended up looking all wonky and wrong. I took off the paper clips and reshaped the reed many times and started over, I then thought in my head “I was close but what little changes could I make to have this be my last try at completing this”. The next part was finally finishing the initial construction of my different reed sculptures with paper clips keeping them together. I took pictures and chose the one I saw being the most successful. Then, I glued the connections around the paper clips and put my sculpture down to dry. My last step was during the next class where I removed the paper clips and now just the glue was holding my project together. I searched for a valid point of emphasis and once I found one I liked, I got paper and cut some out to cover the inside of the emphasis point. With Ms. Houston and Cade’s help I got it glued together and finished with a clear point of emphasis and a diversity in patterns and sizes. Then I took a picture of the final sculpture and uploaded it to my website.

Variety and Emphasis: I see variety everywhere in my sculpture. You’ve got places with small openings and large openings, you’ve got different shapes and sized openings all around. One side is very tight and closed up and the other side is wide open and you can see the inside. There aren’t any spots of repetition in my sculpture, and this could be a bonus depending on the movie interests of the viewers. You can stick your hand in it and it feels like you're wearing the infinity gauntlet and it feels really cool to me at least. To show the emphasis I glued a piece of paper that coved 2 small openings in my sculpture. I put it there because unlike the rest of my sculpture, that area had a few small openings and I wanted to make it pop so I glued on a piece of paper that matched those openings to emphasize the difference of the area in my piece compared to the rest of it.

Learning: I learned that it is a long process, even if the sculpture is supposed to be very simple it still takes a while to construct with first having an idea and then making changes along the way while still making sure to be careful so it turns out at least similar to the way you planned it. To be honest going into this assignment I thought it would be simple and wouldn’t take much planning but I was very wrong. It took me a lot of tries to create a sculpture I was satisfied with and my idea skills weren’t exactly on point.