Ilyssa Harrington : April 2017

Doodling together small sculptures

Medium: The materials that we were able to use in this project are Balsa Wood, Elmers yellow wood glue, heavy stock paper, and masking tape.

This project was a study in principles and elements of design. Using limited materials, we were asked to make three small sculptures. Each sculpture representing a principle or element of design. This particular project was beneficial so that we could use the materials and experiment with them. I enjoyed the Balsa wood the most due to it’s softness and malleability. I created sculptures that represented scale, space, and repetition.

Scale

This particular sculpture is my favorite due to the use of triangles. As I created this sculpture I thought about how triangles can easily create more triangles within themselves. The scale of this piece was entertaining due to the negative space of the triangles.

Space

This sculpture represents space and plays on the idea of how we view space. In this sculpture there are many different materials that create little spaces, this was intentional so that the viewer has to turn the sculpture to fully see the space inside. The angle of the sculpture is also important structurally so that the viewer has to look in two different angles to fully understand the space.

Repetition

Finally, this sculpture is about repetition. Using the wood glue here was entertaining and a experiment in itself. When the wood glue was wet I unsure of what the end product was going to look like. Once it dried I was then able to manipulate the glue by folding it together and make more waves and circles out of the already existing circles. This piece captures repetition well do to the simplicity of the circles or holes in the wood glue making up more circles.