So we had to make body parts. Out of cardboard. Cardboard and hot glue. I should have figured it would be something complicated when he told us to pick a body part, study it, and bring in pictures.
I like brains though. They're pretty nasty looking, but what goes on inside of them is absolutely fantastic. The project could have been anything really. It could have been interpretative or something- so why not choose the brain?
The first sketches were fun to do. I've never tried to draw a brain before. All those little twists and tubes are crazy. For the time limit's sake I kept it simple.
I like brains though. They're pretty nasty looking, but what goes on inside of them is absolutely fantastic. The project could have been anything really. It could have been interpretative or something- so why not choose the brain?
The first sketches were fun to do. I've never tried to draw a brain before. All those little twists and tubes are crazy. For the time limit's sake I kept it simple.
I did the sketches before I realized I was only going to try the cerebellum. After I did decide to 'keep it simple' I went back and darkened the area and added more detail. Lots of different ideas went running through my head on how I was going to make it happen.
Sadly, I threw the model away and forgot to take a picture. What I had done was shred the large, white sheets of paper into hundred of tiny strips and made the basic shape by gluing them together a strand at a time. The paper was much easier to work with, and I actually got a shape I thought represented the cerebellum.
Then came the cardboard. I tried dozens of different ways of putting the piece together, some of which involved ONLY glue. I must have ripped about ten sculptures apart and glued them back together in a completely different way each time. This is what I came up with in the end. I ran out of cardboard and glue quite a few times, and I really wish I could have stuck with an idea so I could have spent more time making it look its best.
The piece is very sturdy and completely hollow inside. I used oil pastels to color the base of the cardboard, as well as bits of the glue I had used for texture. Then I used a light pink spray paint to give the piece more coloring all around, and dusted it off with a purple shade of spray paint. This is what I got.
Sadly, I threw the model away and forgot to take a picture. What I had done was shred the large, white sheets of paper into hundred of tiny strips and made the basic shape by gluing them together a strand at a time. The paper was much easier to work with, and I actually got a shape I thought represented the cerebellum.
Then came the cardboard. I tried dozens of different ways of putting the piece together, some of which involved ONLY glue. I must have ripped about ten sculptures apart and glued them back together in a completely different way each time. This is what I came up with in the end. I ran out of cardboard and glue quite a few times, and I really wish I could have stuck with an idea so I could have spent more time making it look its best.
The piece is very sturdy and completely hollow inside. I used oil pastels to color the base of the cardboard, as well as bits of the glue I had used for texture. Then I used a light pink spray paint to give the piece more coloring all around, and dusted it off with a purple shade of spray paint. This is what I got.
Hopefully our next sculpting project will involve more flexible and mold-able materials :)
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