Sculpture Project - Olivia and Sarah Grace

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We chose the design based on its movememt and cuving lines that resemble an infinity sign. We felt like we could make a sculpture that had the same movement and curving quality. As we began to sketch, we soon found out it is difficult to represent our ideas for a 3-D sculpture on 2-D paper.

We resorted to using rolls of masking tape that resembled the curve of our e and began to experiment with it. We printed out e’s and taped them onto the rolls for a better visual. When we finally settled on our sculpture’s final form we thought it successfully incorporated the original design’s curves but also brought in an element of assymetry with the straight line through the middle by positioning the e’s a certain way. For our design, we needed a material that was pliable to make the curves of the e’s but could hold it’s shape. We decided to go with cardboard.

Once we started actually cuttiing out the e’s on cardboard, we realized we had to take our time with all of the curves to make them look clean.

After taping the e’s together, we decided to extend the tail of the e’s so the negative space between the two e’s would be smaller. This created a more unified look between the e’s. We also wanted to curve the ends of the e’s to add additional movement to the sculpture. We did this by pulling on the cardboard and retaping the ends.

Once we had created our cardboard mockette, we saw there were two ways our sculpture could be displayed. Vertically or horizontally both looked successful in our eyes, but ultimately we decided to go with the horizontal position. This showcased the connecting middle line of the e’s better which was important to us.

Once our form was finished, we had to decide how to decorate our mockette. We considered a lot of different options including paper macheing with magazines, applying strips of text, and wrapping the model in string. We wanted the figure to look extremely clean and to cover up the imperfections that the cardboard would inevitably create. In the end, we settled on using string to wrap our scultpure and used spray paint underneath to make sure none of the cardboard was visible.

Wrapping the letters with string did not take as long as we originally thought it would take. The most tedious parts of the e’s were the ends and corners. We had to cut small pieces of string to cover these spots and glue them on individually.

We are both satisfied with our end product and are prud of what we accomplished with the project.