Reflecting on Found Object Sculpture

I first started with a jelly bean (gumball type) machine. Immediately I knew I wanted to use that for a head on my sculpture. Then I started playing around with putting the facial features inside the globe. It wasn't until sarah lent me purple yarn to use as hair that I decided to make it clown like. Then I found the door handle for a mouth and decided on the pot for the body and the rest just flowed. I think I did not take much away from todays critique about my personal work but I really enjoyed the chance to get to see other peoples thought process and how they took this project differently then I did. My favorite part of my piece in terms of creativity were the door handle for a mouth, a hair pick for a hand (with lots of fingers), and a skrew as a propeller on the hat. The shoes were a last minute addition that added to the big footed clown look but I wish I had used a more original material.

Reflecting on my first critique

While sitting in the "living room" and listening to Ms. Roberts give instructions for the critique I thought it would be a piece of cake. Usually I am totally comfortable speaking in front of my peers and talking about my work but in those moments where there was no talking at all and I had to stand by listening, I felt the butterflies flittering in my stomach. Although it was very casual and I still felt the jumpy feeling when you know your under a microscope. I though my peers did an excellent job of analyzing my piece. They thought critically about what each symbol meant, and looked at each artistic detail I attempted to incorporate. Although we did not spend to long on each piece I think it was a positive experience and it was a nice check in. It was good to know people are really seeing the work you are doing.