Monday 2 May 2011

Cardboard Animal sculpture Written Report

The process of planning the design of the 3D sculture was first to find some photos to base the sculpture off of. Here are the two photos that I looked at when making my sculpture:




With these photos I was able to make the side view of my Coyote. This took a while until i got the exact shape I wanted. I created two side profiles, then I added oval shaped cardboard, using the slot technique, to both of these side profiles to have a front view. I created a tail and attached it to the very back piece using the slot technique again. At the end, I took the head of the coyote, from both side profiles, and glued them together. This created the skinny looking face which resembled the coyote.

Some difficulties that I encountered during this process were getting the exact shape of the coyote that I wanted, cutting the exact shape of the ovals that resembled the body, and visualizing the size and shaped I needed to cut. This took a while but after many attempts, I got the shape I wanted. Just like the side profile shapes, the oval body pieces just took time. Since it was very hard to visualize the size and shape of the pieces I needed to cut, the photos above really helped in deciding the size of the shapes I needed to cut.

I used form, space, and line to create a unique piece of art mainly by making the oval piece attached to the body flush with the side profile to my best ability. I also created a second side profile and put the two pieces together, but with space in-between them to not only use as a guide for how thick I need the coyote to be, but the space in-between these pieces showed how wide the coyote is.

Cardboard Animal sculpture Process Photos



Cardboard Animal sculpture Final Photos