Kazmyn Perry-Sculpture Project

My sculpture word was bulge. The way that I imagined bulge was a lot different than the examples we had in class. I was inspired by the sort of taboo related to sculptures. They're not supposed to be touch and they embody this feeling of distance from the actual subject matter. For me, a sculpture that would embody me and the aspect of taboo that had inspired me is entitled "The Game". My sculpture is a sort of replica of a game of Jenga inwhich the middle is much more stable than the base and bulges out. The idea of the instability of a bulge within a sculpture also being entertaining is quite ironic to me and I wanted to play on it. My sculpture has the physical capability to hold something on both sides, but it also holds memories of my family game nights.

Sculpture - William Lamar

The words I was assigned were 'bulge and swell'. The inspiration for my sculpture is a house. A typical house would only have a roof that ends at the exterior walls. My house is designed with a roof that is bulging out of the top, creating a swelled look. In the world, there are many objects that seem to be over-designed for visual look only. Some of the buildings at Butler have small bulges for no real real structural reason, they are purely visual. Objects that bulge seem to have one end that is larger than it really needs to be.

Marissa Kampe- Sculpture

I sculpted the word “rock”. I made a rocking-secret box, it holds secrets that you do not tell anyone else. I thought about what to make for a really long time, at first, I looked up things that rocked, and I found rocking chairs, and that’s really about it. So I wanted to do something different, and in the time I started making and thinking about this project, I was trying organize my desk and dresser and I know the assignment was to make something that holds something, so I decided to make a box. There are a lot of geometric shapes, I mostly used circles, triangles, and squares.

Sculpture- Lori Andriot

My group had the word ROCK, which is actually more difficult than I thought it would be. I guess that’s because in modern day society we don’t use the word to mean the actual motion but it is instead used to assert how spectacular something is (I.E. That concert rocked.) Outside of this saying there are vast arrays of things that rock, boats, rocking chairs, rocking horses, all which would be a challenge to construct. However, with the word that I was given I constructed something that compares to a sail boat. Boats do in fact rock, when on the water, but it could even go along with the saying “rock the boat.” That is how I’m connecting my word to the world around me, through this saying there is a sense of conflict in life, which in fact is the way of life, but is also true of boats when being rocked, thus they too are in conflict. Aside from this though the top swirl-like things, can be seen as symbolizing ‘sea-sickness’ which happens because of the rocking motion the water makes against the vessel.

cardboard sculpture- Michael Tsamasiros

The word I was assigned for the cardboard sculpture was 'swoop.' What I decided to create was a small replica of a swing set. I chose this because when your on a swing, the swing 'swoops' back and forth. When I think of 'swoop' I mainly think of items that are in motion. Such as a swing set, or a roller coaster. I also relate the word swoop to certain animals, such as a bird or a dolphin or a whale because when they are in motion, a bird 'swoops' through the air, and the dolphin and whale 'swoops' through the ocean. The word 'swoop' relates to me because as a child, I loved swing sets and slides, which are two items that can definitely be related to the word swoop.

Katie Zeiger- Sculpture

My sculpture symbolizes the spatial property "balance". When I first began to look up pictures associated with the word balance, I saw scales, people with their arms out to their sides, balance beams, and acrobatics, and teeter totters. I thought all of these were interesting, but I was most intrigued by a picture of rocks leaning and stacked in order to create the ultimate balance between one another. This is where I got the idea for my project, I would cut out the pieces of cardboard and create a structure that would first balance by itself before gluing the pieces in place. The longer, thin piece that is balanced somewhat horizontally along the top of the sculpture reminds my of both an balance beam and a person finding balance by raising their arms out to their side. This piece was the most difficult to balance, and although it is not parallel to the ground, it was completely balanced at that location, showing that balance is not necessarily perfect or predictable. Also, I painted the pieces of cardboard that I used because the color green symbolizes balance, as green is representative of new balance in nature. Balance applies to life because it is usually something we strive for, mentally, emotionally, or physically. Balance, like our lives, is always changing and results in a new point of stability. Sometimes, in the absence of balance, things can be unsettling or stressful until we regain our footing and stability.

Sculptural Art Project- Ali Harre

My groups topic was "twist." When contemplating twist I continued to think about the motion that everyone makes when they attempt to describe the motion of twist. Typically when you think of twist, cardboard doesn't come into mind, but I guess you have to work with what you have. I couldn't think of many actual objects that twist in the world besides a spiral staircase so I was left to come up with objects that might make a twisting motion. I started creating a twist like object with parallelogram-shaped cardboard pieces. I was layering them on top of one another making it into a twisting circle. This lead me to the idea of making a graduation hat. Typically graduation hats aren't twisted when you look at them, but the best part of any graduating ceremony is the hat toss. Graduation hats all twist when you throw them in the air. I captured this motion my making the base (the part that goes on top of your head) into a twist to represent the motion of the hat moving through the air. Once the idea came into mind it wasn't very difficult to arrive at the ending product. I think I took a very creative and unexpected approach to the project. Congrats!

Twist - Lauren Bacon

Our group's adjective to portray in a cardboard sculpture was twist. This actually posed as a challenge to me because when I think of 'twist' I think of flexible materials similar to fabric. Cardboard is incredibly stiff, and since we had a limited amount I wanted to make sure that I did the project right. There was no room for error. So, I began to brainstorm things that seem to twist. Initially I thought of a twisty tie that closes a bag of bread. I cut a small, thin strip of cardboard and began to twist it to see what would happen. Unfortunately, it broke, so I tabled that idea. I then thought of creating a tornado. When I first started gluing pieces together, I realized a skinny base would not be able to support a wide top because cardboard is so heavy. So, I decided to just keep each layer at the same width and see where the project led me and how the final project could inspire me. After looking at what I created, it reminded me of two very different things. First, it looks like a scrunched up piece of DNA that is missing the inner chemicals that create the ladder. Second, it looks like a wishing well. Typically, I do not think of a well twisting, but because of the shape and depth, it reminded me of the creepy well in the movie The Ring. The Ring is an incredibly creepy movie, or in other words "twisted."

Sculpture - Ryan Rosebrough

My group’s theme was “cantilever”. Prior to this sculpture I had no idea what this term meant so it was exciting trying to take on a new challenge. It was hard to brainstorm ideas in the beginning but finally after much tribulation I had (what I believe to be at least) a really solid idea. The definition of cantilever is as follows: A projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length. With this in mind I set out on my cardboard adventure.

My idea was to create a cup spilling out its contents into a puddle— the stream of “liquid” and the cup being the projecting structure and the puddle/splash being that which supports the load of the structure. The entire sculpture is jagged with very very few curved lines whatsoever. This is because when I think of cardboard I think of rigidity and I wanted to preserve and portray the prominent aspect of the material in which I was using to create my sculpture. So throughout my project, straight edges and corners dominate the piece. Color is also somewhat important in my piece. The cup (as you can see in the picture to the left) is painted red. I wanted this to symbolize a heart. The contents of this cup, or heart, are spilling out as if somebody came along and knocked it over. I feel that this piece entails the common “love story” that is seen in many movies and novels today. The sculpture is in media res as it is in the action of overflowing. The story is simple and tells the story of every heart. The heart is full of emotions and feelings that are waiting for that one special person who has the ability to “tip the cup” which allows all of those feelings to come out. This is exactly what I tried to portray in my work.

My piece is a symbol of a heart that found new, true love and that is pouring out its emotions. I hope that anybody can connect with this piece as I believe this act is one of the most beautiful acts of mankind and humanity.

Sculpture-Radha Patel

I made a pencil holder with an elephant on it. The elephant is what explains my word. My word is droop and an elephant's trunk also droops. I couldn't show this with cardboard, but an elephant's ears kind of droop too. Its' skin looks droopy also even if it is firm. Things droop all around us, but we usually never think of the word droop unless we are upset or in a sad mood. I know I am in a droopy mood right now because I am very sick; therefore if I see ice cream melting, I would think of the word droop since I am not in a happy mood. Also, ice cream does not sound too good right now. When I think of droop, I think of things sagging like skin (either an animals' or old persons') or something melting, but it could be something like I did with my sculpture also.

Sculpture - Nicole Ehlert

The spatial property that inspired my sculpture was “rocking”. In my mind, “rocking” leads me to think about things that are round. Therefore, I decided to do a set of progressively smaller circles and fastened them together using strips of cardboard to form a bowl. The end result is a dish that can hold my keys, clutch, and phone on my desk and can help control clutter and help me to know exactly where to find these items when I need them. Since beginning this project I have begun to pay more attention to other things that “rock”. Of course the most obvious of these are rocking chairs, which come in many forms. I’ve also thought of rocking horses, swings, and other objects constructed artfully that rock back and forth. Rocking objects are somewhat scarce due to their nature because they inherently prohibit things from staying stable and stationary. Therefore, most rocking objects are made that way intentionally to serve a purpose. For some objects, that purpose is to provide an artistic version of other everyday objects – such as my key/phone holder for my desk.

Sculpture- Jamie Kostecki

The word I had to sculpt was balance. I had a hard time with this project... the cardboard was hard to manipulate, I was lacking inspiration, and it was difficult to portray balance without being unoriginal. I settled on a more obvious depiction of balance in order to fulfill the requirements of the assignment. Everyone has to balance different aspects of their lives at one point or another, so this sculpture is a physical representation of that.

Sculpture- Kathryn Graham

My group was assigned the word "balance." I first started out by brainstorming ideas on what to sculpt relating to balance but had some difficulties doing so. Some of the few ideas I came up relating to balance were a balance beam, a yoga pose, a scale, and even the tight rope act in the circus. I did not go with any of those ideas but instead constructed a teeter- totter in which a box is placed on top of it, both relating to balance. When I hear the word balance or think about the word deeper, I realized everyone participates in some form of balance each day whether it be physically, mentally, or emotionally. Balance can relate to many aspects of life and a beautiful piece of art is one of those aspects.

Sculpture- Carly Sobolewski

I was assigned the word droop. Honestly, I had a really hard time thinking of ways that I could manipulate the cardboard and make a sculpture that looked limp but still well-put together. Some of the first ideas that came to mind when I thought about the word droop were: a bulldog's face, a dog with long ears, a puppet, and a chandelier. I went against all of those and decided to make a vase of flowers with a few flowers slumped over the edge. When I hear the word droopy, I envision something that is wilting or aging. I associate droop with something that lacks structure. The petals that have fallen at the bottom are a sign of the slow decline in the life of the plant; a natural process of life.

Sculpture- Mark Hirscheberger

The shape that I made my portion of the cardboard box out of was a swell/bulge. At first, I thought this shape would be very difficult to make since cardboard is rather rigid and swells are more organic and flowing. I researched swells and found pictures of waves. Waves have a unique shape; they seem to cave in on themselves. I thought this was an interesting concept, so I tried to make have my cardboard shapes cave in on each other. I made two waves on top of a tilted platform. The first wave seems to engulf the second, smaller wave. The two waves are placed on a tilted, rounded platform to make the waves seem like they are forced to fall over.

Sculpture- Caroline Hedrick

For the word "droop," I had a difficult time finding a good idea for a sculpture. I came up with a few thoughts of things that naturally droop: a jester's hat, a squirrel tail, a fountain, rainbow, flowers, clothes, ect. However, I wanted a positive connotation and also something that would be obviously drooping. I chose a fountain. To begin with I just had a fountain that was completely vertical. Realizing I could make improvements, I edited it. I added supports to one corner of the fountain structure. I wanted the effect to be bizarre, abstract, and eye-catching. I added the water pouring out of the fountain to make it ironically realistic.

Sculpture- Alexis Marin

My group was assigned the word "lean." Initially I was thinking of a building or any sort of container formed to lean, but I tried to think outside the box. I tried to construct a playground made out of slides that hold eachother up by leaning on each other. If this was really constructed, I would paint the 3 slides different colors to give it an aesthetic aspect. It "contains" people when they are in the slides and also it can work as a tent or shelter. When I was little I would love to use my imagination and crawl under the playground and pretend it was a house or something.

Sculpture- Sarah Leib

For my group, we were assigned the word swoop. When I first started to think of the word swoop, I related it to something doing in a downward motion. After that I instantly thought of a slide. Thinking back to the times as a kid going down a slide, I would associate the word swoop with that motion. When I think of this word, I also think of birds, swings, and airplanes. If I were to look outside at any given point, I am sure that these words to describe an action would be throughout our surroundings. Though we don't make a given point to look out for these, they have been around us forever and will continue to be. 

Sculpture-Veronika Lewis

For my project, my group was assigned the word cantilever. At first I was thinking this would be the hardest thing for me to try to relate to or to create something, but it ended up being a lot of fun. I decided to make a swimming pool and diving board. The diving board projected forward at the top was only attached along one side of the pool. This personally connects to my world because I was a swimmer for about 6 years and I love swimming, and I thought it'd be fun to make as i envisioned a pool and boards from back then to replica. When I thought of the word cantilever I automatically thought of support, which is present in many things in the world, where one end or one part of a building is the entire support. As far as something known, the above the grand canyon there is a cantilever present also known as the Skywalk, where you are literally hanging over the canyon being held by the support only on one end. I thought it was pretty cool.

Sculpture- Andre Smith

The word my group got was lean and I tried to incorporate it in my sculpture. Of all the leaning things in the world, the first thing that pops into my head is the Leaning Tower of Pisa! So I did a play on that can called mine the Leaning Hut of Pencils. I wanted to create something I could use and I looked at my desk and saw the clutter of pencils everywhere and decided to make something that could hold them. So I can put pencils in my sculpture and they'll lean too! So not only what the sculpture holds can lean but the sculpture itself has lean with the three walls leaning against each other! There is also a platform in the back to lay the pencils on.