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.

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.