This was my first try at making styrogami. That being said, I think it was successful! I had little to no idea what I was doing, other than my other "skills" from Sculpture 1 (keep in mind I was not in the class the first week last year). I think it was successful because I used many carving/cutting techniques and did not give up. I also think it was an achievement because I stuck to my original idea and did not change along the way, like I have done with past projects. Lastly, this was a success because I have learned from mistakes made this time and l will not make them with future projects.
Before we get ahead of ourselves, yes this WAS the first artist I saw on This Is Colossal. But aside from that, it did inspire me for many reasons. FIrst of all, being in Sculpture 2, I have to pick a theme to stick by all semester; for my theme, I am leaning towards "food". That being said, I think the artist Elliot Walker fits that niche well! According to his website (http://www.elliott-walker.com/), Elliot is from London but lives in New York City, NY, an MFA degree in Design from "The School of Visual Arts" and a BA in English literature of all things from NYU. He works with many materials such as molten glass (as seen below), paper, shirts, and computer animation. I find him inspiring because of this vast material use and specific to these pieces below, the pops of color and strange sense of realism mixed with abstract-ness. Elliot Walker is a very interesting artist, and I would like to see more of his work!
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