Final Project: Recollection of Objects: A Biographical Toy

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          For the final project, I started out not having any ideas of what I wanted to make. I took some time to just sit and think about what my favorite toys were in my childhood. I kept coming back to all my dolls. I always played with different dolls; Barbies, Polly Pockets, regular baby dolls, and more. I was always a girly girl and dolls were my thing. Once I figured out how big a part of my childhood dolls were, I decided to make a doll. I couldn't decide what type of doll to make, so I researched some different dolls and loved the idea of making a rag doll. I used to have this rag doll when I was about 4 years old and I carried around all the time, so I figured it would be perfect for me to make one. I looked around a remembered that I had a fabric sample book that I could use to make the dolls body and head. I ended up using hot glue to put the dolls together because my sewing stuff is at home. Even with using hot glue to construct the doll, I think it came out pretty decent. Then I needed something to stuff my doll with so I started looking around. I was thinking, paper, fabric, plastic bags or tissue paper. I tried a couple and didn't like them too much so I found some tissue paper and thought it would e good to stuff the doll with. I filled the doll enough and then needed something for her hair. I had no idea what to use and looked around for a bit until I saw a bag I had from a store. The bag had handles made with pink ribbons, so I untied the ribbons and twisted and glued them on my doll to make some pigtail braids as her hair. Lastly, I needed something to make a simple face. I tried a couple things I found around, but I didn't like the look, so I used a sharpie to draw on the simple face features to make a cute rag doll complete.
         The doll I made may not look like the doll I had growing up, but it definitely brings back some memories. Dolls were definitely a big part of my life as a little girl and this project helped me remember that. I love how my little rag doll came out and maybe I could give it to my new baby cousin that will be born in November. I think this final project ended up being a good one, that brought back many great childhood memories.

Project 3: Polyhedral Structures- Phase B

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            Phase B of Project 3 was definitely better than Phase A. I had a much better idea of what I wanted to make and how to go about it. I chose these two polyhedrals because I like the style and combination of them together. I didn't want to use only one polyhedral so I chose the dypramid and this star shape to have a good mix of shapes. I love the negative shapes created and how open my wall structure came out. I didn't want it to seem to closed off, so I think the way I designed my wall structure was a good idea. I think the colors I chose were great because first I had black and white and didn't like the heavy contrast. I didn't want to take away all the white though so adding blue on every other added that pop that really helped brighten it up. The concept for mine I think is for the wall structure to be used in a house needing a very open and simple divider or maybe a child's room fro display and division. The negative space in the polyhedrals would create nice spots for display in a home or maybe even a retail outlet to display clothing or other merchandise.

Project 3:Polyhedral Structures (Phase A)

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          The Polyhedral project phase A was not one of my favorites. I didn't know where to start and didn't understand the project at first which made it confusing. Once I understood the concept and how to make it, the development was a little easier. I still didn't really enjoy constructing my mask or the final result.  I chose these polyhedrals because of the shape and volume. The face needed to be somewhat flat or completely flat so that I could draw the face on and have it look the way I wanted. The headpiece and bottom embellishment were all triangular shapes because it presented the way I had wanted it too. I took the pyramids and dipyramids and cut some and half and cut through the folding creases so I could peal back each face of the polyhedrals so that I would get more volume and the look of a Venetian mask's headpiece that I wanted. The colors I chose were because they looked really energetic and similar to the colors some Venetian masks have. I also thought the use of the complimentary colors would help create an interesting contrast. Even though I didn't like the project I do like how the colors of my mask work with each other.

Project 2: Serial Planes

Phase A: Altered Book

Phase B: White Serial Planes Sculpture/Object

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                  Project 2 was a great project in my opinion. For phase A: Altered Book I chose to go with something abstract and I really love how it came out. I thought the book was easy to work with and the results came out great. I understand where other people were coming from though when they had a specific plan and had trouble getting the outcome they desired. I think for the book phase of this serial planes project it was better to be more abstract and not have a plan to get results that you were happy with. I think that people had more trouble with cutting the book as well, but I didn't end up cutting mine that much. The parts that I did cut though were tough and didn't come exactly the way I expected.
                 The second phase of this project was also really interesting. I made a design based off a hotel that I found when i was searching through architecture while doing my research. I found a lot of great research images to spark some ideas for this phase of the project. I came across other students work which was really interesting and unique. Personally I think the foam core used for this part of the project was more challenging to work with because it didn't come out great after cutting.
                  I learned a bunch of things from these two phases of the serial planes project. I learned about using these different materials and how to work with them well. It was really interesting, in my opinion, to work with a book rather than a material that one would normally use to create a sculpture. It was an interesting way to use an old book. I think I also learned about the difference between having a planned out idea and a more abstract thought as to how my project would turn out. The results can be very different and it was very creative and unique.