Ari's Adventures into the Land of Three Dimensions

This was our first project of the

first semester. We started the year off with a study of curves, spirals, neutral, trajectory, and so on. We took all those curves and made a wire sculpture that uses all the cur

ves in an aesthetically pleasing manner. I used two neutral colors of wire to contrast the different curve, the darker color wire was the more dense curves while the lighter wire was more free flowing. I took inspiration from a conch sh

ell- there is a spiral in th

e center that mimics its shape. It eventually started to look like a flower. I added the sph

eres of both colors of wire to balance out the piece.

Our second project took us from line to plane. By creating a closed curve and covering it, a plane is created. From there we worked with forming a number of planes and researching the Fibonacci sequence/ golden section and how planes are incorporated in

nature. Our project was to create a sculpture usin

g planes

and t

he Fibonacci sequence. I used a leaf/ tear drop shape for my planes and to create the actual planes I used cheesecloth dyed with varying hues of blue descending in a spiral form increasing in size according to the Fibonacci sequence. To create a sense of c

onnectedness through the piece, I used the straggling pieces of cheesecloth and attached them to the other planes. It ends up making a form that reminded me of a shell or cocoon.

We moved from curves to planes to volumes in this project. In our first attempt at creating volumes, we used plaster formed in condoms. By using condoms, the surface of the plaster when it dried was extremely smooth.

After creating a variety of forms, we took them and found a way to combine them. I combined my shapes in a way that the curves of a formed were mimicked in the one is was attached to. I attached my forms by drilling out holes in the plaster and putting dowels through them so that the pieces perfectly con

nected. I drilled out holes in a few places for aesthetics and added small forms for a variety in size and design.

After learning about the aspects of three dimensions, our creative freedom was given a chance to shine. We went to the Museum of Natural History and researched all different kinds of animals. Then we had to choose an animal, then a movement or process that the animal does, and then abstract that movement or process into a moving sculpture. I chose single cell

organisms and the process i chose was asexual reproduction. Asexual reproduction consists of a single cell forming a clone of its DNA and splitting into two cells and so on until there are a bunch of cells, kind of like a virus. To depict this in a simple way, I decided to create boxes that were connected that could be split apart. The boxes were connected with dowels that have spheres on the ends to represent the nucleus/ DNA info of the cell when it splits. I used plexiglass to make the boxes for a challenge because I've never used it before and it also makes it possible to see the connections I made Its very simple but it is my favorite project I did the first semester.

The last project of the first semester was word association. We all chose a word out of a hat and had to create a sculpture that creates the feeling of the word. My word was peaceful. I figured peaceful would be exemplified by natural materials and organic curves. I wanted to give myself a challenge so I decided to try and bend wood. I got my inspiration from the natural form a flower, something like a lilly. I also stained the wood a warm amber color. I think I did a pretty good job.