Sculpture. Week 1.

Sculpture

Week 1 (Tuesday 1^st October)

In the first week to introduce us to sculpture we had a group discussion on what we think sculpture is. We had to write down one word, some wrote 3D, figure, and installation. I wrote the word create as sculpture is something that is made with our hands, there is a model outcome at the end. From this we looked at a variety of sculptures from Rodin to Antony Gormley and found similarities and differences.

Antony Gormley, Three Ways: Mould, Hole and Passage,

1981-1982, Lead and Plaster, object: 620 x 995 x 510 mm, 90 kg

object: 625 x 1230 x 800 mm, 110 kg object: 310 x 2110 x 570 mm, 110 kg

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (Le Baiser), 1901-4, 

Pentelican Marble, 1822 x 1219 x 1530 mm, 3180 kg

We then got into pairs and one person had to describe an object to the other giving only three words and the one receiving the words had to create the object out of cardboard and one other tool. The words I was given was spiky, fruit and sharp, soon I realised that it was a pineapple. I began creating it but found it hard to make the main circular shape of the pineapple so squeeze the cardboard really hard; as I choose a craft knife as my only tool had to find another way to make it stay in place. With help from my pair we put holes in the cardboard and slotted them together. Getting the texture of a pineapple was time consuming therefore we only did a small amount of spikes but it gets the message across. Then the top bit was easy as the texture of the cardboard made it sharp, and just needed to cut out the shape and slot them in. It is unsteady and some things have come loose or fell out but not having tape makes it more whole as it is not disguising the image. After this we swapped and I described a cat, which was wade made life size sitting down. What I associate with cats are mice so I created a cardboard mouse, I ripped the cardboard to create a contrast with the smooth cat. As this was only a quick sculpture, nothing was secured, when put in the cats mouth it becomes camouflaged. There was positive feedback from peers about both pieces as they are lifelike, they could give it a name, also that there was a variety of textures, rough and smooth that makes them want to touch it. To progress from this I will add more detail in the texture so that it gives the sculpture more depth and understanding. 

Card, 2013

Card, 2013