This is my initial design. My goal for this project is to make a sculpture of the same sort of mailbox shape as my last artwork. Coach wants me to focus on making my content more accessible, since I think it really wasn't clear what I was trying to convey by just looking at my last piece. Considering these two distinct goals made it difficult for me to know where to begin, and especially when it came to exactly what I was going to use to build the mailbox. Coach suggested actually buying one and just modifying it, but something about that bothered me; it felt like cheating. We have a lot of cardboard boxes around the house, so I decided to construct my structure from one of those. I decided I would use this thick drawing paper to paste onto the sides of the cardboard and do the details on that surface, as that would give me a bit more control over the quality of my work. But, I was so eager to just start, I rushed through the boring parts -- measuring and cutting. My structure was lopsided and unstable. It did not lool like the start of a project I would be proud of. So, I decided to simply use this as a prototype, and start again. I found some extremely rigid and durable cardboard. I carefully took the measurements from my prototype and made clear lines on the cardboard to follow as I cut. I used a box-cutter for more precision and a cleaner cut than scissors. I made sure that the measurements for both the cardboard pieces and paper pieces matched up well. After I cut the cardboard shapes for the front, back, top, bottom, and roof, I will secure them using hot glue. I have paste to attach the paper pieces, though I likely won't attach them until after they're decorated like the sides of house. This piece is a sort of synthesis of my mailbox piece and my house piece from Art IV. I know I will want to include words in the piece, though I am not yet sure exactly how much writing I want or where I want it to go. I will figure those things out after I actually make the piece.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
March 2021
Categories |