Cardboard Sculptures📏

 In the second part of the session this week, we went back into the workshop and used cardboard to make 'large sculptures'. I started off by using my drawings from last week as inspiration, and with a viewfinder, I chose sections which I thought conveyed line and movement the most, and took this into my 3D work. I had lots of sections picked: 

However I chose this section. I really like the shapes here, they are all quite abstract and that's the idea I was going for. It also links in to the kind of shapes I have been using throughout my project; I hadn't intended for that to happen but I think I'm just drawn to this kind of work. 

I then used a section of the piece above and started by measuring that out, using a scale factor. From that, I used that measurement to cut all the other shapes. 

Whilst making this sculpture, I was very hesitant about what the outcome would look like. The original plan I had for it was a lot different, and I realised this throughout making it, which made me very cautious about continuing. Now looking at the end product, I really like it actually. In the sense of movement, the piece moves up, kind of getting taller as you look at it. I would, if the material wasn't flimsy when adding weight, make it even taller. When looking at it, your eyeline naturally moves around, looking at all the shapes, so I definitely think line has worked well here. 

I then thought I would make a smaller version of my original plan. 

I was thinking more abstract shapes, which is what I did here. I think these figurines are perfect to show the scale of what it would look like if you blew it up, large enough for a national park, for people to sit on, walk over, have a picnic underneath it, etc. 

Overall from this session, I know that even mistakes can turn out to be really interesting. I had an original 'plan. I strayed from that as if didn't quite work and it ended up being a piece which really communicates the principles and elements I had in mind.