For my plaster sculpture I used curving lines to show motion and to create light and shadow. The sculpture is shaped almost like a flame.

Hannah Duhaime

 

Austin

This sculpture piece is a mixture of my own face and some non existing person. I tried to achieve light and shadow by combining sharp and gradual corners and shapes. One of my favorite parts is the hair and it was also one of the simplest parts to make. The one thing I would do if I had more time to work on this guy would be the clothing and his lack of arms.

This sculpture was made mainly on the go. I had no complete idea of how the finished piece was really going to be. However, seeing different examples from books and other models, I was able to manipulate the clay into a sculpture I considered to be unique. The hair is very active, giving an excitable personality to this piece and an interesting outlook overall.

-Brian Blanchard

This is a really cool representation of a human torso and head. The details on the clothing as well as the details on the face and hair really make the piece stand out. The most interesting and fun aspect that i added was the hair. It was really interesting to make and it makes the whole piece look like Julius Caesar. Made by: Katarina Tschirpke

I think the best part of my sculpture is the face. The features were formed in proportion and it has an expression. The main technique I used was coils. Hannah Duhaime

What I think is the best part of my sculpture is the face. I had a good understanding of what their size and shape should be.

-Alexandria Warner

This piece, made by Katarina, is a delicate piece featuring the dolphins as if they were jumping through waves. The dolphins themselves were made from flowing lines, differing from the sharper, more detailed waves.

This sculpture is named 'Iron Horse". It is a giant horsefly constructed from a plethora of wire types. Its best feature is its cage body. It produces an intense tunnel effect that is interesting to view. The second best would be the eyes, they have a dome appearance constructed of several wire types to show enhanced detail. _anDREW Montie_

This is a wire sculpture of a sea shell. To make this sculpture I used different types of wire from thin to thick to show volume and form. The inside detail of the shell is a spiral in the middle to show form. On the top of the shell I made spirals of wire to show the horns the shell has. The focal point of the shell is the top, where it is made of solid wire to show the density.-Hannah Duhaime

The wire sculpture design is of an average conch shell. Up to four different wires were used in the process of making the sculpture; variety and color coordinated to make the focal points stand out. It was difficult to show the different shapes of horns that stuck out around the shell itself and to make the top of the shell dense to show less volume.

- Brian Blanchard

Seashell- This piece was inspired by a cone seashell. The spirals inside the piece are really detailed, this being the focal point of the piece The spirals really show off the complex infrastructure of the shell. Made by Katarina.

Austin
I created a wire sculpture of a squirt bottle. The focal point of this piece is the head of the bottle and obviously the water squirting out of the bottle. I used every kind of wire to obtain the variety and excitement in this piece. What is interesting about this piece is the fact that you can follow the water from the bottom of the bottle, up the straw piece, and then into the head and out of the bottle, I tried to give the water energy by making it random and spontaneous.

Here is the first of our "paper sculptures". Intricate folds were used in this piece, and lots of them! The folding makes light and shadow a huge component of the effect of the piece, making it almost seem like the facets of a crystal.
Made by Katarina

Demi's

The building technique that worked best for this sculpture would have to be the folds. The folds are what really made the sculpture interesting and pop. It added to the whole sculpture by making it seem 3d and not just 2d like a regular piece of paper with drawing and charcoal on it.

Alex

I created this sculpture using a flower theme. I used a lot of straight folds to really make the sculpture 3D and cast shadow. I also made some cuts to make it really pop. Then I decided to add some color to make it look a little bit more like a flower.

Jocelyn Dexter
My sculpture piece was inspired by the simple beauty of many different forms found in nature. I did not want to make my sculpture too complicated or busy. I decided to shape the paper into a spiral shape similar to that of a shell. I cut out an interesting pattern on the edges of the piece that reminds many of molecules. The same pattern was applied to the outside of the sculpture with graphite powder. I believe that the best part of my sculpture is how it is very structured but at the same time has a nice flow to it. Hope you like it!

Austin
I created an exotic bug on an abstract leaf for my paper sculpture. The bug was meant to combine several characteristics of different bugs but for the most part to look like a type of hornet. The bug was left white to draw the viewers attention to itself. I colored the leaf with graphite so it would contrast the bug and after you were done looking at the bug your attention would be drawn to the detailed leaf. The zig zags should lead the viewers eyes around the entire leaf. The leaf is also propped up to really show the elegant shape that leaves can create.

BRIAN'S

What influenced me in this piece was an actual bug model that Mr. Powers presented. I mainly used an exact-o knife to cut out the entire frame as well as many pieces that I folded upward to create an illusion. Graphite was put in a pattern towards the back of the bug's body which made values increase when light is cast on the model. The head was carefully drawn out, both sides matching eachother and then folded upward to give the model more character.

ABBIE'S

The theme I was trying to go for was basically the sun and sun rays. Each section has a different cut or fold that is either organic or geometric. My favorite part about the whole sculpture would be the circles that pop out (the little things that look like sea amenities).

PAPER SCULPTURES

Students completed their paper sculpture work and are posting it now... wonderful creativity and craftsmanship-