pinksalamander
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I'm currently working on my summer project for my art and design course at uni and I'm really struggling with it..... I started making what I'd thought about as my final piece but it just isn't working, so I'm trying to just think outside the box. I've come up with another idea which I really like but its a big risk as to whether it would be amazingly original and interesting, or a complete flop...
Basically my project was to create a sculpture of a bird that somehow carries something form my personality. In actual fact the brief described it as 'if you evolved into a bird, which personality trait do you think would stay with you?' and it asked us to make a sculpture of this bird...
Now my original idea was to use the medium of books. I did a few different tests using paper in interesting ways, this is because I have a strong love of words and writing and books, and I figured what bird best represents a book-lover than an owl?
So I worked on this, a flat version of what I intended to do in 3D.
HOWEVER. As much as I love this it just ISN'T working. I can't seem to get the basic shape of the owl to work at all in 3D. I've tried doing it in newspaper to paper mache but the shape just WILL NOT go together no matter how many random bits of newspaper I screw up and try and contort into some strange bird shape. It just isn't happening.
So I started thinking outside the box and thought of a way I could do some sot of 'sculpture' without having to actually make a solid shape of an owl.
The idea I came up with was to make a tiny owl, only about the size of my hand, out of paper fibre stuff (I have this glue that turns normal paper into flexible fabric type stuff and I'm pretty good at sewing). It would just be a basic owl shape, with basic details, nothing particularly realistic looking (similar to this)
I then had the idea of cutting a secret 'compartment' inside the cover of a hardback book, so that the tiny sculpture is kept tidy inside what appears to be a closed book.
Now I love this idea, but I'm just not sure if its what the project is supposed to be. I've spoken to lots of other people who are all doing little bird sculptures decorated in a particular way. This is COMPLETELY different to what anyone else is doing. If I did it, the course leaders might look at it and think 'wow, she's really thought outside the box and made something completely different to everyone else!' They could also look at it and go 'what the hell is it?'
What should I do? Do I take the risk of doing something which would be completely different to everyone elses, and therefore amazing, or could be completely NOT what they asked for? I just don't know what to do!
Basically my project was to create a sculpture of a bird that somehow carries something form my personality. In actual fact the brief described it as 'if you evolved into a bird, which personality trait do you think would stay with you?' and it asked us to make a sculpture of this bird...
Now my original idea was to use the medium of books. I did a few different tests using paper in interesting ways, this is because I have a strong love of words and writing and books, and I figured what bird best represents a book-lover than an owl?
So I worked on this, a flat version of what I intended to do in 3D.
HOWEVER. As much as I love this it just ISN'T working. I can't seem to get the basic shape of the owl to work at all in 3D. I've tried doing it in newspaper to paper mache but the shape just WILL NOT go together no matter how many random bits of newspaper I screw up and try and contort into some strange bird shape. It just isn't happening.
So I started thinking outside the box and thought of a way I could do some sot of 'sculpture' without having to actually make a solid shape of an owl.
The idea I came up with was to make a tiny owl, only about the size of my hand, out of paper fibre stuff (I have this glue that turns normal paper into flexible fabric type stuff and I'm pretty good at sewing). It would just be a basic owl shape, with basic details, nothing particularly realistic looking (similar to this)
I then had the idea of cutting a secret 'compartment' inside the cover of a hardback book, so that the tiny sculpture is kept tidy inside what appears to be a closed book.
Now I love this idea, but I'm just not sure if its what the project is supposed to be. I've spoken to lots of other people who are all doing little bird sculptures decorated in a particular way. This is COMPLETELY different to what anyone else is doing. If I did it, the course leaders might look at it and think 'wow, she's really thought outside the box and made something completely different to everyone else!' They could also look at it and go 'what the hell is it?'
What should I do? Do I take the risk of doing something which would be completely different to everyone elses, and therefore amazing, or could be completely NOT what they asked for? I just don't know what to do!
onder: the brief does say which personality trait and one aspect of your personality is your creativity - something you express thru your sewing and fabric art. also the colours used in the sewn owl are bright and vibrant - which you are! and sewing is a fibre art! which incorporates many aspects of paper arts. im sure you often sketch out an idea for a garment say. obviously i cant see the whole brief but did it say what the sculpture had to be made of? if not, then it is open to artistic intepretation
