#lsadfirstyear

Originally I was going to make the fox with ceramic clay, but I didn’t like the texture and it wasn’t easy to create something small with this type of clay.

I began working with polymer clay. It was way easier to work with, and is much sturdier than normal clay.

I didn’t finish this fox because I wanted to improve the form of the head. I made the ears way to big and the snout started bending while it was baking.

~play project~

Although it isn’t as complete as i wanted it to be, i am still very happy with how this turned out. It was something very different for me, being the first time i had ever made a piece like this. If i could do it again, i would approach from a different angle and experiment more with different materials to see how they could add to the total sound. i feel that its a good exploration into sound, and may even have a slight musicality to it.  i really like the idea of interactive pieces, so maybe i could explore this further next semester. 

a video of me interacting with it: https://vimeo.com/658018801

Originally my sculpture would be sitting on the edge of something like a table or window sill, but I wanted to be lol creative and have her sitting on a ‘floating cloud’. To do this I want to use clear plastic cutouts, to create a clear stand for her.

This is a cloud sculpture done by Alfredo Jaar. I love the lights he used in his cloud replica, so I want to do the same. I’ll experiment with small fairy lights.

The crystal rain is inspired by fashion designer Alexandra Kokinova’s costume piece, ‘rain’,

This is my sketch for the sculpture,

I want her to have a sort of see through fabric resting around her to resemble a wispy type of cloud, and I think it looks pretty and delicate, which is what I want to capture in this piece.

Here is my progress on the sculpture so far, I will continue to work on it tomorrow.

‘Wind’,

I made this piece to represent the movement of clouds through wind. It is acrylic paint on wood.

It was really fun to do, and I'll definitely be making for in the future.

I just added the sounds, you might have to click on the video to hear it.

6/12/2021

I bulked my fox with felt, by wrapping it around until I got the right size.

I then painted it and started needle felting the fur.

^^ Progress photos ^^

Finished fox,