The Potential of Found Objects

The great thing about found objects is the imagination put into making them into sculptures. You have to look at every piece from every angle and decide whether or not it portrays the type of image or emotion or thing your are trying to get across. You also have the ability to manipulate them in any way you choose, for instance, the statue of the bull many collected pieces of junk twisted and molded to form the recognizable shape of a bull. When working with found objects you can also play off of their unique shapes and parts. Like in the dog statue the artist chose to use the round parts of the lamp to symbolize the legs as apposed to four stick like things which may have appeared more realistic.