For my figurative piece I made a human sized figure. I knew from the start I wanted to make a life sized figure, but I initially intended to make it tall and thin like a stick figure. I ended up going the opposite direction. I made it short, and round, with very big hips. I started by sketching a reference that would be around the same size as the actual sculpture. Then I traced it onto a piece of cardboard, and used those as a start. I put wires around it, and stuffed stuffing and newspaper between them. Soon enough she looked like a giant marshmallow. I began to realize I made a mistake with the cardboard, I should've made it a little bit smaller than my sketch. The proportions didn't look quite the way I wanted them to, but I decided it was too late to change it. I covered it with newspaper and began paper macheing it (Which I forgot to take a picture of... whoops). I'm still in the process of it. I also have to figure out a way to make it stand on its own. That's served as my greatest obstacle. It's been really fun though, and I'm thankful my wonderful teacher let me take on such a big project :)
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January 2016
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