Sculpture 2

 

Through this piece I wanted to explore how I could make nature and landscapes more simplistic, geometric, and abstract. My vision for this piece was to use the plaster on top of the foam pieces to help create flow and movement in the piece. I wanted to use color to help enhance and better show what the piece was. However I believe my preference of more realistic art got in the way of this piece reaching its full ability. There are a few things I would change about this piece. First off I would have been happier if I could have spent more time in the plaster and truly build up the plaster and the movement within the plaster. Second I would have like to have created a more stable piece that connected better. Lastly, I would have left the piece without color. I believe this would have let the piece be more abstract and let the viewer ponder what it was exactly that they were looking at. Similarly, I believe the colors only muddy the sculpture and make it to literal. 

First Sculpture Piece:

 

Through this piece I explored themes of balance in the negative space but also balance in the structure of the piece, upward motion, and stability. In the theme of balance, I wanted to create a piece that provided negative space. Similarly I have been fascinated and slightly influenced by the artist Alexander Calder and his use of balance in his sculptures. During our class, we discussed the use of motion in the piece and how certain motions can effect the piece. I wanted to have an upward and open motion in the piece to give it a more open and airy feel to it. Lastly one of my main struggles for this piece was stability. I tried a few different ways on how to keep the piece stable and upright and I came upon a simple piece going across the bottom to creat the stability that was needed.