Organic vs. Industrial
Open Fist
Wire
March 2017
Exhibition Text:
My intention for this piece was to make a small sculpture out of wire in a similar style to Sophie Ryder. I wanted to show how many people take advantage of the earth and the nature around us, as well as how we take so much and rarely give anything back.
Wire
March 2017
Exhibition Text:
My intention for this piece was to make a small sculpture out of wire in a similar style to Sophie Ryder. I wanted to show how many people take advantage of the earth and the nature around us, as well as how we take so much and rarely give anything back.
Artistic Inspiration
Sophie Ryder was my inspiration for this piece. Ryder is an artist who mainly creates animals, and mythical creatures in her sculptures. She creates them using sawdust, wet plaster, old machine parts, scraps of paper, and charcoal sticks. Most of her sculptures are very large, however I will not be creating my sculpture very large.
The piece I used specifically as inspiration for my piece was her 2008 sculpture "Open Hand". I chose this piece because like many of Ryder's sculptures made from wire, she prefers them to still have space between so that light can still shine through. When people walk around her sculptures, and they see the light shine through, the way the wire is spaced, it shows movement in her pieces.
The piece I used specifically as inspiration for my piece was her 2008 sculpture "Open Hand". I chose this piece because like many of Ryder's sculptures made from wire, she prefers them to still have space between so that light can still shine through. When people walk around her sculptures, and they see the light shine through, the way the wire is spaced, it shows movement in her pieces.
What I envisioned for this piece was a hand with flowers. I wanted this piece to be about how slowly people, specifically younger people are appreciating nature still, but at the same time are destroying it. Rules at most parks are that you're not supposed to pick up the plants, and you are not supposed to leave with them. So the flowers are in a way growing out of a hand, and the petals are black which represents that they're dead, because they were taken from where they belonged.
Process and Planning
Planning
For this piece, I wanted to use wire, because I saw pieces that were similar in the display cases at school. Originally I was going to use clay and wire, but I wanted to save the idea I had for a different project.
For this piece, I wanted to use wire, because I saw pieces that were similar in the display cases at school. Originally I was going to use clay and wire, but I wanted to save the idea I had for a different project.
Process
When I began to make the hand, I started by using a thicker wire, and I made the finger part of the hand, but past that, the wire became very difficult to manipulate. After that, I used a thinner wire which was easier. I formed the fingers by wrapping the wire around my fingers and then pulling the wire off. I then spun some wire around my hand and wrist, which would connect together to make a base for where the flowers would go. Once that was done, I had a bunch of loose flower petals. So I sewed them together and made four different flowers. It took about two flowers to get the hang of sewing, but after that was done, I painted them. Two were blue, and two were yellow and pink. I then attached them to the palm of the hand created from wire. |
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Refelction
Overall, I am really unhappy with this piece. I hate it more than any of the other projects this whole year. I did not anticipate that working with wire was going to be so hard, especially when the wire was made for jewelry, and I thought that it would be easy to mold. It was not, and it was really frustrating. One of the only successful things from this project were the blue flowers. I really like how I painted them. Another success from this piece were the fingers. That's about the only part of the hand that was successful for me. Because using the wire was too difficult, I chose to use flowers to cover up the entire palm of the hand. Which in the end worked out fine, but if I were to do this project again, I would spend more time working with the wire, or pick a different idea in general. The biggest failure I had for this project was the inspiration. I don't feel like I did anything close to Sophie Ryder's sculptures, and that I just tied my work to hers because she also used wire, and made a hand. I could have done a lot better with this piece, and I am really disappointed with how it turned out.
ACT Questions
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork.
Ryder created her sculptures with enough space so as to see light through her sculptures, and I too left space, however more space than I would have liked, and more than she did in her sculptures.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Overall, the author has regarded Ryder's work in a way that makes it more about how others view it, which is why her pieces have simple names, so that others can give what meaning they want to the sculptures.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
While I was researching my inspiration, because of the size of Ryder's sculptures, people often believe she is a tall and buff woman, but in reality, is short and dreamy.
What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The main idea around my research was to find an artist who made wire sculptures that were simple things, like the hands or animals that Ryder creates.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I inferred while reading my research, that with any sculpture piece, you need to be really committed to it, and be ok with being a little injured. In Ryder's case, she can barely make fingerprints anymore.
Ryder created her sculptures with enough space so as to see light through her sculptures, and I too left space, however more space than I would have liked, and more than she did in her sculptures.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
Overall, the author has regarded Ryder's work in a way that makes it more about how others view it, which is why her pieces have simple names, so that others can give what meaning they want to the sculptures.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
While I was researching my inspiration, because of the size of Ryder's sculptures, people often believe she is a tall and buff woman, but in reality, is short and dreamy.
What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The main idea around my research was to find an artist who made wire sculptures that were simple things, like the hands or animals that Ryder creates.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I inferred while reading my research, that with any sculpture piece, you need to be really committed to it, and be ok with being a little injured. In Ryder's case, she can barely make fingerprints anymore.