I made a batch of the paper clay, and it turned out better than I had expected! It has finally dried, and while it was difficult to shape into a form that held its own weight while the clay was wet, now that it is dry the material is a lot lighter than I had expected it to be. Since the material is workable, I drew up some thumbnail sketches. The sketches are very rough, but I left it that way because I want to let the material do a good amount of the work while sculpting- during my trial run, I noticed that some clumps of the clay can't be spread out, and it just work best if you leave it like that. I want to use that to add more depth and negative space to the piece in areas where the clay clumps up. When finished, I want this piece to conjure up the feeling you would get standing in historical ruins- something that is both surreal and almost unfinished. The arches, caves, and holes in the piece will be familiar architecturally, which makes the piece feel like a model of a house, while the material and ruggedness make it seem more like a piece of art. The spiral movement was inspired by the Duomo pictured in my last post, because from my vantage point it seemed that all the smaller houses stacked upon each other until it peaked into a tower like form at the top. thumbnailsmore inspirationexperimental shape
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It's summer of 2k19! Since I'm entering Art IV in the fall, this summer I have two assignments to complete; both extensions of the head and heart (fantastic four) project we closed the school year out with. I have to make two pieces this summer that are continuations of what I learned about the type of art I want to create while creating my head and heart pieces. I was supposed to break these projects up across my summer by month, posting progress each month, but with me traveling first to Italy in the beginning of the summer and then India at the end, I decided that that schedule probably wasn't going to work the greatest for me. So, here's the plan. I went to Italy and saw some amazing things, (historically, architecturally, and artistically) and I'm going to use that as a starting point for inspiration on my two pieces. I know I want to make one sculpture at least, which has to be completed while I'm at home before I head out of town, so that is going to be what I start with right now. When I'm in India, I can complete my second piece, which is going to be more of a two-dimensional image/drawing/ink kind of thing, since I really want to learn how to use my markers when I'm not drawing from life too.
So the sculpture! I completed my giant noodle like piece at the end of the school year in kind of a rush, so the final piece wasn't exactly where I wanted it to be (when is it ever), but I really really enjoyed the whole process of using my hands and whole body to make the piece as opposed to simply drawing. For this piece, I'm planning on creating clay from paper shreds and creating a form inspired by the image below (the Duomo of Siena). I'm still working on the thumbnail sketches, but I'm already experimenting with the material and process of creating it since I've never done it before. |
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