WP3: First Post

During my lifespan, I have dabbled in many forms of the arts. However, looking over my past I have realized that my experience with art-objects is limited. Most art projects I develop are paintings or drawings, essentially 2-D in nature. Part of the reason I lack experience with three dimensional pieces of art is because it involves more work and materials. With drawing, a pencil and paper are all that is required. Sculptures can entail metals, nails, clay, or plastic. A lot of effort must go into gathering these materials and constructing them. For major sculptures some welding or heavy machinery experience may be necessary. The biggest difference I see between the two dimensional and three dimensional art forms is the ease of creation. Creating what you want is fairly simple with pencil and paper, especially since mistakes can be erased in seconds. This process is much more difficult with art-objects because the material is so durable. Accordingly, it is harder to shape the material into the desired form and even more difficult to undo unwanted actions.


The small collection of art-objects that I have made consists of pottery, puppets, and collages. With pottery it is easier to fix mistakes because the clay is wet and can be mended with ease. Clay can be added or removed which affects the overall end product. During fourth grade I created a paper Mache puppet in the form of a dragon. Using materials such as felt, glue, google eyes, paint, and markers I decorated my magical creation. I had to consider how the puppet looked from all angles, making sure there wasn’t a dip in quality. This is one component that is present in 3-D objects such as sculptures, a 360 degree viewpoint. Finally, I have constructed multiple collages during my academic career. While collages could be considered two dimensional creations, I have made some that have protruding objects creating multiple dimensions.

In my opinion art-objects can be analyzed deeper or at least in a radically different way than more traditional art. The physicality of this type of art contributes to a more realistic feeling that connects with the viewer. Knowing this, I must delve deeper in my analysis of my sculpture than I did in the photograph. One dramatically altered element is context because I must take into account that this sculpture is outside and the reason it was placed in the exact location that it’s in. Sculptures are not as easy to alter as drawings and paintings, but when constructed with care they can portray a very prominent argument. Even with my miniscule art-object background, I realize that there are a multitude of angles that one could analyze a three dimensional piece of art.