Tag Archives: 3D

Sculpture portrait

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Date: Dec 2, 2024

Medium: Clay and Ceramics tool kit

Statement:

This project aimed to make a self-portrait sculpture using proper techniques, such as slick and score or smoothing. I started my project by creating the shape of myself out of clay. I didn’t use any tissue or aluminum foil to make the shape of me. I created my shape by rolling the clay like dough and forming it into a base for my neck and a ball of my head. Later, I added more clay to make my neck longer since it looked smaller. I used the slick and score technique to add specific parts like my ears or nose whenever I needed more clay. Then, I would smooth parts of the sculptor with water that had cracks in them so it wouldn’t hurt my design too much.

I also added more clay to make my head’s size thicker than usual; in this project, I even had to use another method called patience. Finding the patience was difficult because I had to redo the nose and ears again whenever it would mess up when I got home. Learning this technique helped me because it improved my project in some messy regions.

Egg Drop project (3D Design)

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Date: Sep 11, 2024

Medium (material): two different kinds of tooth picks, hot glue, and bottles caps

Statement:

The goal for the egg drop project was to build a practical sculpture that would hold an egg while we dropped it from an elevated height. For my design, I made a car with a parachute holding it. I couldn’t find Michaels’s toothpicks, so I used wooden Creatology Pics to create my sculpture instead. Then, I used hot glue to make the car’s chassis, body, and parachute. I started by making my holder for the egg first; originally, I wasn’t planning to make that part into a parachute. I made the holder into a parachute anyway because my car was too small.

As soon as I was done making the chassis, I wasn’t sure which way I wanted the hood or the trunk of the car to go. It was challenging to decide which way I wanted the front to go because the gaps I made for the wheels to go were too close apart. To add insult to injury, I made the chassis too small, so I knew I needed to make my body smaller, too. I made my car into a Volkswagen Beetle because I made my chassis small.