3D Fine Art Project: Transforming the Everyday


I began my project with looking into Alexander Calder's work. He uses wire to create 3D portraits as well as integrating wire and everyday objects such as buttons and broken plates. I also admired his use of composition, especially in the way that his wire portraits have been photographed, creating looming shadows of leering faces. Above is one of my own creations inspired by his work.



I then decided to move on to making sculptures of faces in a new medium: clay. I really enjoyed working with clay as it is slow-drying, so gave me lots of time to play around with it, moulding and reshaping as I went along. The model of an old, bald man came about from my imagination. I then decided to paint him blue and integrate wire to represent his wild imagination or crazy thoughts and intelligence. Integrating wire in both clay models proved to be very effective as it gave them more depth and perspective, despite being quite abstract. This is effectively transforming the everyday by providing a physical demonstration of what goes on in our heads everyday.


I decided to move away from focusing on the face and work on the human spine and rib cage. I thought integrating both clay and wire again would work quite nicely and hold the piece together. It proved to be quite difficult to demonstrate the intricacies of the human spine and ribs using and thin piece of wire. It ended up becoming quite abstract really which is what I quite like about it. If I was to do it again I would spend more time on the rib cage, creating more depth to each rib by possibly wrapping the wire around itself.

I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed this project. I had the freedom to experiment with a range of materials such as wire, plaster and wax, and the project title was quite lenient and therefore led me to exploring what I am interested in: the human form.

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