Date: Oct 23, 2024

Medium: cardboard, water bottles, tissue rolls, hard wire, two different kinds of toothpicks, hot glue, and two different fabrics

Statement:

This project aims to create an art piece that uses multiple objects to make a strong periodic pattern. In this case, I created a small life-size robot that displays this pattern with toothpicks and chair fabric. I made my robot from water bottles and cardboard to make the torso and legs. I used hot glue to keep the water bottles and tissue roll attached to the cardboard. As I created the upper torso, I cut some cardboard, stacked them together, and hot-glued them at the very top where the shoulders would be. I created two stacks on each side of the robot to put the hard wire through them to make the arms. Then, I cut the bottles and put the wire through to create the bulk of the arm. I later created the hands from cardboard and attached them to the arms.

After I was finished, I made the head out of cardboard and the eye out of a plastic eye. Then, I wrapped and hot-glued two different pieces of fabric onto the robot. I used leftover green fabric for the robot’s top portion and the badge Fabric for the bottom. I finally hot-glued the toothpicks on the stomach and butt parts of the robot. I created an antenna by using a broken picture frame molding and glued it to the side of my robot’s head.