Sculpture Option

I think I'm pretty much at the end of my sculpture option now and will be booking in for a tutorial soon.

Don't think sculpture is really my thing but glad I've tried it and will make more wire fish with and without modrock as like the ones I've done but think I can def improve on them...

Started off with some reliefs - was going to try being completely abstract but I need to work on my abstractness!  So instead I have an abstracted rainbow...

...and an abstracted sunshine...

My next project was to start creating 3d sculpture.  The book said to get some bits and bobs from around the house/found object and glue them together in an interesting way.  I ignored the book and had a go at some wire and modrock stuff as someone at work has made some dogs, chickens and hares and they are beautiful so I wanted to give it a go.  My first attempt was interesting!  Looks like a little child has made it from playdoh - but helped my learn about the materials ready for the next time.

For some reason fish just came naturally to me when I got started so I went with the flow...  I kept adding wire to the first one then liked the way it looked so decided not to modrock - instead I added 124yards of copper wire (which I think is what I will call this fish if it ever needs a name)

It's hard to see from these photos but has a lovely coppery thread running through it.  The tail has a bit of a blob in it and the end fins need to be more refined.  I'm thinking of trying another with a more fomalised pattern of wire going around the main shape - but not too formal and patterny.  Trying to think of ideas to make the tail fins better - have thought about making them from a different material - maybe plastic but firstly need them to balance the fish and secondly not sure how two materials would look together - could try weaving the plastic through parts of the body too....

Next fish I made I stopped with the wire and modrocked it - then used scraps of newspaper to cover it before coating with a mother of pearl glaze.

I'm going to try out using different coloured bits of tissue paper and making a coloured fish next - also want to do a pure white mother of pearl one - not quite sure where I'm going to put all these fish - note to self - put up a new shelf in the bathroom.

Finally I had a go at some modelling using DAS - think I'll have another go but not v impressed by my results!

Here is a little, scary, creature, baby thingy - bad quality images...

My foot...

and finally a fish that I decided to stick bits of mirror ball into randomly - I don't think there is much chance of them staying in it but as it is likely to end up in my very own art bin - whatever!!!

Next project is textiles and then I'll have completed the course - Didn't start til mid July last year so will have done it in just over a year which was my target (and I've been doing another course alongside) so woot a root toot!!!