3d paper sculpture project (final and Individual projects)

 

collage inspiration

Sonny Kay

                                                                       Beth Hoeckel

                                                                       Eugenia Lolo

                                                                      John Murphy

                                                                      Mike Alcantra

  Richard Hamilton

Kiln cast glass inspo images

                                         ☾hristina Bothwell

                                     Dreaming In Color, cast glass, raku clay 8.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches

                                           Soul of My Soul, 2011, cast glass, raku clay, oil paints

                                Might As Well Be Spring, cast glass, raku clay, oil paints, 12″ x 15″ x 12″
                                              Brenda May

                                                                   kiln cast glass 6 x 19 x 10cm
                                              Barbara Barnett

Glass 12x8x2″ 2009.

                                       [artist(s) unknown] Art gallery exhibit for Isabel De Obaldía: Metates

                                         Smiling Crocodiles kiln cast crystal 14 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 5 3/4, 2013
                                                  Swimmer kiln cast crystal 6 1/4 x 18 x 8 1/2, 2013

Project statement

The paper sculpture project I have done had definitely been the most interesting project I have done, yet. It has also been the most difficult. The whole idea was to create a 3-dimensional piece; whether it be an animal, habitat, etc., that would be wall, floor, or pedestal-based. The challenge behind it was for students to try to avoid a pedestal-based piece. I chose a wall-based shadow box. The interesting challenge behind the shadow bow is that every part that helps build up the entire structure of the piece, must either be hidden from the viewer, or work into/ as a part of the piece (i.e. tape, glue, foam-core).
The first half part of the assignment was to search for images of inspiration. I went with a Southwestern Desert idea- an environment. In order to get the idea across to the viewer, I had to switch from a mountain range, to the more iconic, red stone mountains. This changed the project from foam-core mounted pieces to pop up shapes, which would play the shapes of the animals, plants, and scenery. It was not soon after suggested I do an elongated view, by playing with the size of the pieces, which is where the howling wolf came from. This had to be the most fun, in my opinion, playing with the sizes and seeing how they would make the bow seem more realistic in a final design. What had to be the most difficult was how the red stone mountains would pop up to get the right illusion, and the wolf howling itself- because I had to include the border while still get a design that would permit the wolf to swing around and be folded into place. After 3 mockups of the design and a little tape and glue, I fixed the two problems. Not all the design was pop-up, with certain aspects added for the effect of texture.

photos of inspiration (for paper project):

Southwestern/ Arizona Desert