Soap Carving

We had to choose a plastic animal and carve it out of soap. It had to be life like with the same proportions of the animal. We had to carve two of the same animal out of different soaps, and then we had to make changes to the second soap. This project was the hardest one for me personally because the soap was difficult to work with. I had either carved off too much or not enough.  

I had made eight additive or subtractive changes to the second soap animal. And with the final changes I decided to make a base that is similar to a plate at a Japanese restaurant because the soap looked like sushi. 

Architecture Relief

We had to choose two eras of architecture and fuze them together to design a completely new structure. The eras that I chose were Gothic and Renaissance. I was inspired by the columns and arches in Renaissance architecture and I was inspired by the stain glass windows and roofs in the Gothic architecture. We were required to use foam board, balsa wood, and thread. In addition, we had to design the structure in order to hang it on the wall. This project was fun for me because I got to design my own structure and have complete control over what I wanted to make. 

Paper City

For this project we had to construct two separate structures made out of just paper. Both of the paper structures had to have at least one moving component integrated into the design. I was inspired by whimsical structures, castles and Dr. Seuss houses. For the first structure I wanted to make a castle with a moving drawbridge. And the second paper structure is two houses with a moving door on the larger house. At first the paper cutting and folding was difficult, but once I got the used to the paper it became easier. In addition to the paper structure we had to integrate a wooden base into the design of both of the structures. 

Shoes Masking Tape

The masking tape shoe was the first project we had in this class. I had never made shoes out of just masking tape before. It was very difficult for me because the tape is a medium that i have not worked with before. Having to make exact replicas of my shoes was difficult. This project was a trial and error type of thing that I learned as I went along. For me the second tape shoe that I made was more successful than the first one because I learned from the errors that I made while constructing the first one. 

Themed Objects In Process

Themed Objects Ideas

Themed Objects Ideas

                                                        1. Cirque Du Soleil

2. Tangled (Rapunzel)

3. Hollywood