Organic Versus Industrial
Stakes
March
30 X 30 X 30cm
sculpture
Nails, screws, foam ball paint
This project is inspired by Stuart Haygarth who used everyday common objects, in a order to create a new shape or form. Specifically I was inspired by tides, by Stuart Haygarth. He used common glass objects, to create a circle from afar. I wanted to create the image of the earth, being staked by nails, and screws. It symbolizes what is happening to our earth today.
March
30 X 30 X 30cm
sculpture
Nails, screws, foam ball paint
This project is inspired by Stuart Haygarth who used everyday common objects, in a order to create a new shape or form. Specifically I was inspired by tides, by Stuart Haygarth. He used common glass objects, to create a circle from afar. I wanted to create the image of the earth, being staked by nails, and screws. It symbolizes what is happening to our earth today.
Planning
I knew That I wanted to connect this project to two things, of course my artist inspiration which was Stuart Haygarth, and how earth is being treated by people today. Organic vs Industrial, I thought this was the perfect project to try and convey how earth is treated. The earth being an organic form within itself, let alone its organic properties. I wanted to use buildings in some way, to be the industrial side of the match up. I started sketching out some ideas, I stuck with having a sphere represent the earth, similar to how Stuart Haygarth creates a sphere using trash collected from the tide. I played around with what I would use for the building aspect of the project and decided that screws and nails would work perfectly. I then thought about how I was going to arrange the screws, and the sphere's composition.
Process
First I made sure that I had the required materials to complete this project. I had plenty of screws, and nails already. There were two things that I needed, a foam sphere, large bottles and paint. I wanted a foam sphere because I knew that would be the easiest material to put nails, and screws into. Once I had the sphere, and paint I began painting the ball, I used a large brush and washed the paint together. Next I started putting the nails, and screws in the ball by creating rows, first splitting it down the middle, then the distance between in half and so on. I continued this process until the ball was completely covered.
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Inspiration
Tide, by Stuart Haygarth http://assets.inhabitat.com/files/tidechandelier1.jpg
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Stuart Haygarth creates form through found objects, or things you would never expect to make up art. His piece Tide, was what I based my work off of. This work is exactly what I planned to do, use materials that don't make sense to convey a theme, but come together to create harmony, and a message. Haygarth used things he collected from the tide to create his work, I was going to use some things available to me, and foam sphere. I also used repetition, and harmony in my work, the nails and screws are placed in a pattern, and fully around the sphere, creating some kind of balance even though each nail and screw was different.
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Reflection
What I could Have Done BetterI feel like I could have placed the nails, and screws a bit better throughout the sphere. If I could have done the project differently, I would have add more dark colors to the sphere to really enhance the organic vs industrial aspect.
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what I thought I Did WellI could have improved my placement of nails, and screws but I still think I did a good job at keeping the pattern, and making a good project in the end that satisfied the requirements. I liked my use of multiple mediums that are uncommon, and outside the box.
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