Assignment:
For this assignment, we turned a 2D drawing into a 3D object using different linear materials and textures. After first drawing our self portraits on tracing paper, we then used it as a stencil to create a yarn portrait on cardboard without using glue. We then made another portrait on cardboard, but this time using more cardboard as the linear material itself as well. Finally, we made the portrait out of wire. None of the phases of the project allowed for the use of glue.
Images:
A process picture of the wire phase
The original contour drawing, made with Sharpie on paper
The yarn on cardboard self portrait
The cardboard on cardboard self portrait
The final wire sculpture
My works alongside my classmates’ at pinup
Reflection:
This assignment was an interesting challenge and introduction to using 3D materials. I have never really used cardboard, for instance, as a 3D art medium. The challenging aspect was figuring out how to use each of these media without glue. For the yarn, i had to embroider into the cardboard. Embroidering, sewing, and other such techniques are methods I have not used before but have always had an interest in learning. Embroidering into the cardboard gave me a good taste of how the process works, and I am hoping to translate what I have learned here into some more complicated work in the future. While I do not plan on using cardboard as a final art material in the future, the methods of joining pieces I experimented with for this project are good practice for model making in the future, such as paper mock-ups, more cardboard mock-ups, or even final chipboard models. The wire portrait, which i chose to attempt completely 3D, was an interesting exercise in translating one 2D view of my face into a fully 3D model. It is interesting that my wire model looks more accurate from the profile view than from the front view. This means I need more practice converting 2D to 3D.
