Kayla Henne - Weekly Sculpture 1

I was really inspired by more of the simple wire pieces Tuttle created, so I started by just creating the initial slanted trapezoid I have on the wall. I really just wanted to play with the idea of "sketching" on the wall, so I let myself just put up the materials where ever they seemed right. All the materials I used were tacks, wire, cardboard, plastic netting, foam pieces (that I cut), tape, and yarn. The netting and cardboard I painted after I had hung it to the wall, and the foam pieces were painted before. I plan to continue with this idea of "sketching" on the wall because I felt that it made this first piece very successful. 

Weekly Sculpture 2

I continued to just "sketch" on the wall. I put up four tacks and just connected the yarn to each tack multiple different times. I wanted to create an interesting shadow on the wall, I was semi-successful. The other two materials I used were cardboard and wire. I enjoy how freeing the sculpture felt to make and the freeing vibe it gives up. It really feels simple and complex all in one piece.

Weekly Sculpture 3

As I took apart the week two sculpture, this one just kind of fell into place. I almost wish I had caught the motion of it falling on camera because that part was more interesting. I enjoy how the yarn reminds me of water, like it is going to continue to flow into a larger puddle. The piece also has interesting movement at the bottom (if anyone wants a closer view let me know). Just as it looks like the movement is going down it also has the opposite effect for me. It looks as though the yarn on the floor is trying to move upwards.

Weekly Sculpture 4

Again this piece kind of created itself. I was trying to pull that piece of yarn out of my bag and the foam piece came with it. Just like that. It seemed so simple and humorous I had to make it one of my weekly sculptures. The piece also has nice shadows to it adding a little more to it. The piece is almost nerve racking because you just sit there waiting for the foam to fall because all that is keeping it a float is some yarn. No glue or staples, just yarn.

Weekly Sculpture 5 

 After week four I really liked the idea of making materials stick together without any adhesive, just letting gravity run its course. There were random wire pieces just sitting out and I started to try to get them to stand up on the wood. After awhile I became successful. The wires look very flat in the picture, but I promise the pieces are vertical. When taking multiple pictures I noticed that from all the angles I took the photo from the circle was consistently a circle. I took a top view photo and instead of just seeing a line of wire I still saw the whole circle.

Weekly Sculpture 6

 

I started to become more inspired by yarn. I just like the look of how it just hangs on the wall. In this piece it looks as if it is dripping down the wall. By pinning up a piece of, multiple yarn pieces tied together, with tacks I as able to create this drooping effect. I also wanted to add other elements to the piece. I used wire, paper, cardboard, and metal pieces. To me now it sort of resembles a tree with flowers and birds in it.

 Weekly Sculture 7

I decided in this piece to go with something simpler. All I did was tack three different sizes of yarn strands. I have a fascination with parallel lines. In old graphic design work I would do I would use this pattern a lot. I liked how simple it was and how the minimalism added so much to it. It was just a simple detail added for effect. In this piece I had continued to use materials I had been, like the yarn. 

Weekly Sculpture 8

After cutting pieces for my pedestal piece I had all of these interesting curved pieces of foam that I thought would make neat shadows on the wall. So I hung them up. From the front view it looks almost as if it is paper. That is why I decided to put up two views of the piece. I strayed away from string that week. I thought it might have been time to try something new. I enjoy how each piece is so individual even though the material is the same throughout.