My growth over this semester

•    What has this class been about for you?
This class has been about expanding my knowledge about sculpture and thinking in different ways. Sculpture has helped me grow in my ideas and I have learned to keep expanding on m ideas. 

    •    How did we begin the semester?
I thought I was going to come into this class knowing a lot from drawing and adv. drawing, but sculpture is a different way of thinking than drawing. You can draw your ideas out, but putting it into an actual form is more of a challenge. I think that the class started out well! it was a very fun class and I enjoyed the tactile part of sculpture.

    •    How has your definition of sculpture changed over the course of the semester?
My definition hasn't really changed over the course of the semester. It has in the sense about sculptures and being more organic. The famous sculpture artist Andy Goldsworthy makes sculptures out of the things that he finds in nature, and I never thought of sculpture to be in the organic form the way that he makes it. It has evolved more in the sense that it can really be anything you make it to be.

    •    How has your definition of art changed over the semester?
My definition of art hasn't changed over the semester. I think art comes in all ways, shapes and forms.

    •    What were your favorite assignments and why?  Give specific examples.
My favorite assignment was the paper project. I liked this project because I liked the fact that we couldn't use any adhesives. It make you have to think outside the box and be creative. I liked my flower piece, and thought it represented me because of the colors and the tissue paper. I love working with tissue paper, and it reminded me of my final project last year which I loved.

    •    What were the most challenging types of assignments and why?  Give specific examples.
The Plastic car model I was given was the most challenging but also the project that expanded my brain the most. The project was hard because coming up with an idea took me forever.  I had like 5 different ideas and tons of little pieces I wasn't sure which idea to use. When I finally came up with the idea to do a tree, I didn't like how it looked, so my idea kept developing and changing and improving. I learned that the hardest projects, also are the ones that push you the most to think beyond your limits, and thats how you grow.  Coming up with ideas are usually the hardest part for me because I usually have a lot of ideas and just don't know how to put it into only one structure.


    •    What do you see as your sculptural and artistic strengths?  Why, again, please be specific.
My Strengths are thinking up ideas that are normally different than other peoples. I think I have a different way of thinking and that it helps me when it comes to sculpture. I have a tendency to think of an idea, then later in the day see something and think of something different or something to add or do. I think that is what has happened with my sculpture idea this year is they have kept adding on or creating yet re creating what I have made. For example the plastic tree.

    •    What do you see as areas of your sculpting skills that you would like to work on and why?  And, yes, please be specific.
I would like to just improve on my sculpture skills in general. I would like to keep working on it so that my work looks more clean in a sense. I am a "free" type of artist I would say,  I go with the flow, but I want to improve on my skills so my sculpture looks more tight and clean in a way.


    •    How did you come up with your ideas for our various projects?  Did this change over the course of the semester?
It was different for every project. For the wire sculpture the idea just came to me, as opposed to the tree project where I had many ideas and had to keep adding on to my idea or choose one or change it which made it different. For the Greg Mortenson project my idea kept changing and adding and thinking of things to add on. I think that My ideas just changed through out the day of thinks that I would try to come up with and put into it or take out or change. I found a lot of inspiration in nature and just by going throughout the day.

    •    What were the most challenging aspects of Sculpture for you this semester? Why
The most challenging aspects of sculpture this year has been sculpting. It is different than drawing where you can erase and change or just start over. Sculpting is a different feel where you have to keep working with it to make it how you want it. I think that I don't have much patience which makes things more difficult because I can get frustrated easily.

    •    How did you resolve those challenges?
I think I just didn't give up, and when I started to get frustrated I tried something else then went back to it or found different solutions to do something. For my wire Sculpture I kept getting frustrated with the hands so I just took more wire and started over, and it ended up working out better! It started to be refreshing!

    •    What have been the most successful aspects of Sculpture for you this semester?  Why?
Sculpture has helped me to think if different ways. It has helped me to develop my ideas and think in different ways than I did in drawing. Sculpting has been good for me personally because I am a very tactile person, and I like to touch materials and feel them and so I think that has been a really great part for me. I think that my most successful project would probably be the flower project because it represents me the most. If I could make a whole wall or garden out of paper flowers i would do it sometime.

    •    If there was something that you could change about any of your pieces or your process this semester, what would it be?  Why would you change it?
If there was something that I could change it would probably be the wire sculpture idea. The idea just came to me and stuck, I didn't really think of many possible ideas for the project because I just liked the first idea that came to me. I think I would have done a different project if I was told to come up with more ideas instead of just think of the idea right there and go with it.

    •    What things do you think I should take into consideration when grading your semester’s growth and work?  Why?
I have grown a lot this semester, in my thinking, and in my knowledge of sculpture. This class
has really helped me to think outside the box and it has been really cool to keep pushing my ideas and keep growing in that sense. The process of development has been extraordinary throughout the whole semester. I learned a great deal on every project and kept adding and developing my ideas as I went along, and i think that is what sculpture is about. This class has made me grow a lot and I really enjoyed taking it this year!