Topic Two Pattern and Ornament Part 1 of 2: Sculpture documentation

So the biggest thing we did in Part 1 of this topic was experiment with transitioning 2-D art into 3-D sculpture 

In class we were directed in making three drawings: 

The first of which had semi-loose instruction with a bit of room for interpretation 

The second had rigid instruction with very little room for interpretation 

and third was piece that was mostly interpretation, due to it being given to us with charades. 

once we had these drawings, we were instructed to take one of these forms and turn it into a 3-D object/sculpture. We were also told to create instructions in a similar manner that we were given for the drawing so that someone else would be able to recreate the object. The following are the sculpture (and it's replica), the instructions I wrote for someone else to recreate it, and the results of me using someone else's instruction to recreate their object 

Final sculpture (the right one) and it's recreation

Jonathan Donate 3-D form instructions

The first step in making the sculpture will be to build the frame. Take the 2 pieces of metal and position them as labeled on the provided template.

         

Use the hot glue gun to stick them in their places.

Now that you have your frame, layer the air-drying clay on top of the frame with enough to cover the metal and the template while retaining the shape. I used about 2 pounds of clay, or approximately 2/3 of the tub provided.

While molding the shape of the sculpture, make sure that you moisten your hands with the water provided to make the clay more malleable/workable. 

However it is not necessary to keep your hands moist 100% of the time.  You will be moistening your hands when you need to incorporate more clay for the varying levels and to smooth out the rough spots by gently applying pressure in strokes.

After making sure that the clay is securely fashioned to the frame and template you can choose to then attach it to the frame as shown to its stand and then continue with the detailing from there. Push down on the base to make sure it’s as secure as possible.

 

As you sculpt the form, make sure that you don’t accidentally leave any spots too thin. Should this happen, grab some clay and stick it to the spot that is lacking support and moisten your hands to blend it into the sculpture.

The initial form of the sculpture was that of a bowl in the shape of the template, and then warping it into the shape you see by adding layers of clay in the bowl and warping the edges to give it some varying depth.

Once the form is finished and detailed with the rough spots smoothed out, and placed on the stand, the final step will be to create the line going through it.

 Use the black bendy cable and thread it through one of the black cube stopper so that the ribbed is facing the center

                      

Then, thread the cable through the sculpture from the bottom up and plug in the stopper

Once the bottom stopper is plugged, thread the other stopper through the wire on the top and push it down the line until you plug it into the other hole and  then you are done (skeleton of the sculpture should look as shown in the second picture)              

Finally, the picture of the object I made using someone else's instruction (mine being the left one)