Sculpture

Sculpture Portfolio

You can make a sculpture out of about any material, but most are very inconvenient and downright stupid to use, but who cares??? It is for art!!! ART!!!!!

Soft Sculpture Television

We were told to make a soft sculpture of a man made object, so what seemed like the perfect solution to me was to utilize the stuffing of said sculpture to represent TV static, and thus this plush broken television was made.

To get that staticky effect I couldn't just use stuffing, though. I had to spray paint some of it black and grey and mix it up to make it look right. What was unfortunate is that you need to spray paint outside, and it was a windy day when I spray painted them, and let me tell you, stuffing is very light. I ended up covering the stuffing with a box to keep it from flying away.
What was interesting about this project is, while most soft sculptures were made of fabrics, that is not the only type of soft material there is to use. For the broken glass on the screen, I cut up some ziploc bags, for example. Some pipe cleaners also got involved, forming the antennae of the Television.

Unfortunately the camera couldn't quite pick up some of the details, but I tried to make the design a tad more interesting by cutting and poking holes in the fabric to mimic some actual textures on a TV. That took a while to do so it's a shame it doesn't show through very well.
At least I already knew how to sew before this so the rest was an oddly chill process.

Cardboard Spartacus

This is a recreation of the top half of Denis Foyatier's Spartacus statue, made entirely of carboard, paper bags, and glue. He's a little hard to carry.
I already appreciated stone carver's because of how difficult that seemed to be, but man do you really learn to appreciate them when you have to figure out how to represent anatomy with cardboard.
Cardboard has a very unique set of benefits and limitations, and I truly suggest others try this project.

Clay Goblins

This project was made because we needed to make something that utilized the environment, so I thought why not make little goblins and hide them around the building. Most of them were tailored to the place I put it, such as one straining himself to open a window, one having fallen off a ledge, one hiding behind the stairs, one hiding under a vending machine, looking up pleadingly, waiting for a snack, etc.
This is one of the projects I would like to try again some day. They are pretty fun to sculpt, and I enjoy their goofy lookin' stretched little faces. And multiple people have asked me to make them one, so.

If I did do it again it would be on a bigger scale, and probably with some help and proper materials. I say this, because I used air dry clay, and did not have enough time to let them fully dry. And then it rained…
Unfortunately, none of them survived. Turns out Goblins are allergic to water, I guess.