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: Mia Pearlman, Sarah Sockbeson, Ruth Asawa

Reflection: During this project, I made four different reed sculptures. When forming my sculptures, the reed was wet, so it was easily morphed. The first three reed sculptures I made were okay, but I wanted my sculpture to have lots of loops and different sized areas, so I made alterations. The fourth sculpture I made was an edited version of my second sculpture, but with many more loops and triangle slots. From there, I kept it together using paper clips until the wet reed dried. After it was dry, I glued together the pieces that overlapped, and to keep it in place while drying, I kept the paper clips on. Then, I added a piece of paper to add emphasis on a triangle shaped opening. It was medium sized, and right in the middle of my sculpture. I wanted to put it there because that was one of the only places where I had a triangle, and I really wanted to focus on the variety. After that, I attached a string to the point where I wanted, and it was done. I chose the specific spot I did to hang it with because it looked the most 3D hung up in that position. I have many different size loops, and then one point of emphasis that is a triangle where the paper is. The point of emphasis I chose is the best place for it to be because I don’t have many triangles on my sculpture. Instead of choosing a loop, which I had a lot of, I decided to highlight an aspect of my sculpture that wasn’t very common. I have learned many things, but the thing that resonates most with me is the different perspectives of all things 3D. My sculpture looks completely different from other angles, and finding the angle that looked the best took quite a bit of time. I’ve also learned that you can use anything to make a sculpture, from paper, to wet reed, to metal, and even wire loops.