Sculpture I

--- Foam And Plaster  --- --- In Process --- --- Final --- --- Artist Statement --- When first experimenting with the foam I noticed the silver lining the piece had. It reminded me of a space ship so that was where my mind was led to sketch. I wanted to have the shuttle with rays shooting down from the bottom. When sketching I imagined the rays curving instead of shooting right down to give it a more dynamic and interesting composition. This then reminded me of a jellyfish. I decided to sketch and see what that would look like instead of the UFO. In the end, I decided on the jellyfish angle due to the interesting curvature I could achieve with the legs. This gave my final piece more of an organic flow. I began my journey by cutting out foam pieces that served as a flat canvas that I would build the plaster. I started with the shape of the legs as I knew that building up the head of the jellyfish would call for more time. The legs were simple to do as I just needed to apply plaster ...