Sculpture Creative Process - Week 3

On week three, I came to school with a large bag full of assorted found objects, found both from the dollar store as well as my own home. The purpose of these is to display them as if pouring out of four out of five of the hands, and was meant to represent four different conflicting opinions people may have about the female identity.

The first step was mounting the hands in the formation that I wanted. In order to do that, my art teacher supplied me with a large wooden board and a wooden post which I used to suspend one hand over all of the others, which had to be drilled into both the hand and the board.

The second step was stacking the remaining four hands, all reaching up towards the hand floating above, and I was able to do this easily with just a hot glue gun and without the need of anything propping them up from underneath. While doing this step I also had to be aware of the space on the board in order to make sure that I had enough available space for all of my found objects which will be placed as if pouring out of the hollow arms.

After all the glue dried, the next step was to paint the wooden board and wooden post white to match the hands, as well as touch up any parts of the hands themselves that got dirty or marked. For efficiency's sake as well as to guarantee a smooth coat of paint, I used white spray paint to cover the entire piece.

The last step after everything dried was to add all of my found objects. I started by setting everything up without using glue. This was to make sure that I was happy with the placement before actually glueing it all down. Once it was glued down, I had an opportunity to get some feedback from my teacher and peers. The conclusion from this was that the objects for the "motherly and nurturing" hand were much to similar to the objects I included in the "innocence and femininity" hand. Also, more generally, I just needed to add more objects, as there were some parts of the piece that looked too empty and you could see into the hollow part of the arms.

After correcting everything that I received helpful constructive criticism on, I considered my sculpture complete. The last step was taking some professional photos of the finished product.