At a weird time in my life, I was tasked with my first sculpture assignment. I was transitioning from being a Psychology major into being an Environmental Design major and taking more art classes than ever. During this time, I was really struggling to figure out my creative process.
I was instructed to use only recycled magazines and glue for my sculpture. I started by taking a few pages and experimenting with possible forms and structures that could be made to build up my overall sculpture.
I discovered that if you fold a page down into a strip and then roll it up, it created a fascinating texture. You can also connect strips before rolling to create larger forms or roll them flat to create a varying form.
After I knew what forms I wanted to use in my piece, I moved on to sketching out the over all sculpture. I wanted to reflect the feelings of confusion and transition that I was going through at the time.
The resulting sculpture was much smaller than I had originally intended, but I decided to stop at this point because the incompleteness added to its emotional purpose. The black rolled strips create a distorted face that represented a reflection of my own. My mind was twisted with anxiety and fear that I wasn't creative or good enough to have switched majors. This 3D form represents the complexity of my inner spiral of worrying and turmoil that I was made up of at that time.
face down, right side view
