Thursday, March 13, 2014

3D Concentration Progress

  I've just finished a very strange piece recently. It was a man made of sheet metal and several card board boxes. I talked to Ms. Setina this morning and we discussed several possible approaches to my new pieces.
  I was planning to make paper cuts of break dancers in a triangle shape and place a light bulb in the middle to cast shadows on the outside walls, but i was afraid it would come out too weak as a 3D piece (it would be more 2D oriented). So instead, we could carve more than one wax sculptures and place them in a line. I could still shoot light from behind to cast the shadows, but it would be essentially more interesting. Maybe i could make a wax sculpture that is partially melted.
  Also, I'd focused too much on being "realistic", i should try to convey my ideas in abstract ways, or half half. For example, if i was making a boxer in his punching position, i could make the face and body abstract while the fist really realistic to show its strength.
 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Sunday, February 16, 2014

3D Artist Research

  Since my most recent material involved wood, i'm looking for inspiration that can transform a piece of wood into a figure in motion, my central concentration idea.

Artist for the presentation: Penny Hardy - Figures in motion
http://www.pennyhardysculpture.com/index.aspx?sectionid=741008

Arched Torso
it is an arched torso

EROSION
i like the feeling of the figure blown by the breeze, it looks smooth despite its hard material

Leaping Hare
a leaping hare

Hare

Joie de Vivre

Struttin on a Sunday

Angels in Harlem
this is my favorite one. There is tension and interaction between the two dancing figures

High Flyers
looks like a circus performance

Moondance

Carneval

Shield 10
the torso reminded me of ancient armors that looked so fancy on a knight 

  These sculptures are exactly what i am looking for. I can feel the twist inside these aluminum wire pieces, and they are not just beautiful but emotional. i also find that a figure in motion can also be an animal (of course, why didn't i think of it before) sometimes the muscular lines on an animal can convey much stronger impression on the viewer. From this artist i learned to simplify some parts of a human body to present a focus on what i want to convey - for example, Penny Hardy cut away the limbs and head to present a pure torso, and I think that can be a possible approach and direction for me to follow.    

http://www.pinterest.com/ceeclarinal/figures-in-motion/








Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Concentration Study

  Alright, so about the muscles of a human figure (though i'm sure not many people are like that, i am trying to exaggerate the curves on my recent piece):
  












Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Concentration Research

  Now that my concentration idea is about figures in motion, i am trying to find the most interesting gestures a figure can make. Also, i want to depict the tension of the muscles as detail as i can.





















Searching figures in motion:










I've also come up with a possible idea to illustrate how sports can help one to escape from too much technological devices. When i stick the keyboard buttons on my soccer sculpture, i think maybe i can make a another one of a person with his hand reaching out from a computer screen or something.







Sunday, January 12, 2014

Rethinking my idea of concentration

  My recently settled concentration idea is about music, an indispensable part of my life. I thought of combing two different instruments like making a piano shaped violin, but i found that even myself is confused - how is the shape going to look like? Also, i think it would be better to use steel to construct it, which makes the project even more difficult. The second reason that i am abandoning the idea "Music" is that, I have a feeling that music is itself interpretive enough that it is hard to convey an "artistic activity" with another form of artistic interpretation. For example, i felt that modeling a sculpture of "two hands holding tightly on a microphone to express the singer's high note" is too straightforward and lacking tension, especially when i cannot craft the veins and muscles well.
  So now i want to change my concentration idea to "a series of figures in motion". I have had many ideas already, and i feel more comfortable working in this wide zone because i won't have to worry about surpassing the range. The very important aspect to me now is to find the right material, and i am now willing to take risk - to use steel, wood, or plaster, materials that i've never used before.
  A basketball dunking figure, a soccer ball player, a guitar player, a singer, a motorcycle rider, a dancer, and a tennis player...