Stella's Art Blog

In 3D art, I have continued to work with materials like fabric that I am used to as well as trying out new mediums like creating 3D figures with paper. I have almost finished with working on my puppet head, a feat that I am very proud of. I built this puppet head with a different base shape than the forms I'm used to, which provided me with a challenge. A project I am very proud of was the paper machine I built. It never registered to me that paper could be used to create mechanical moving art pieces, and the concept intrigued me. I'd love to create more moving paper figures in the future.

In Art Portfolio this trimester, I tried to expand my artistic boundaries by working in both 2D and 3D. I resumed the giant painting I was working on and finished it, as well as creating a sculpture series of "flesh monsters", work-like creatures wrapped with yarn to look like muscle. I even ordered some resin human teeth online to give them the desired creepy effect. I'm very proud of the effort I put into my works this trimester and how I wasn't afraid to get out of my comfort zone. Another project of mine that I was proud of was a paper collage I did. It's a picture split into two canvases featuring angels of heaven and demons of hell. I enjoyed working with paper cutting very much and plan to work more with it in the future and maybe even combining it with 3D to create a diorama-like piece.

Right now in 3D art, I am working on a muppet recreation of myself. Because most muppets take on monstery or nonhuman appearances, I created a creature that shares some of my notable features. I sculpted the head shape, which was different then head bases I have created before. I wanted it to be shaped more egg-like with a prominent snout. I then created the hair using yarn and the eyes and features with felt. I plan to style the hair today, and get started on the arms and legs whenever I am done.

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg was an American graphic artist, painter, and sculptor who was well known for his pieces combining collage and paint. In a number of his paintings, he combines images depicting major political an social events of a certain time period or event (i.e. the JFK presidency) and edits them together and paints over them. I also researched his sculptures, which I found very interesting. In his sculpture work, known as his "combines" of the 1950s, he combines a variety of organic and manmade materials to create assemblages of items. This creates a unique new item, arranged in a compelling composition. They look like strange inventions to me, and inspire me to work with more natural materials.