week_7 – Movement Reflection

Sculpture in its many forms is not my typical area of making, so I was hesitant but interested in creating works for this brief. I have learned a lot, almost every WetLab process learned was new to me, but I’ve not been as engaged as I perhaps should have been. The WetLab and the workshops they provided were fantastic, and I am grateful to have yet another area available to aid my making now. I tended to look for the most ‘painterly’ way of approaching things, which led my work to stay more 2D than 3D. I feel this does sculpture an injustice, and is a shame for me. Despite this, I am still pleased with the work I have created, but I believe that I could have done better. I think my issue with sculpture is that I wish to be instantly good at it, while ignoring the obvious fact that I haven’t done it very much. As this brief yet again shows, Richard Serra is a never-ending well of inspiration. Creating works initially based off the Verblist was extremely helpful, and I know that the work I created (I’m thinking of the wall piece) and the materials I used (cardboard) will be something I’ll reach to for guidance in my future practice. These surfaces are imperfectly perfect, wonderous in their mixture of organic material and linear orientation, and very distinctly right to me. Thank goodness for this, as I’d hate to come out of this brief hating everything I made. I’ve definitely learned from what I like and dislike about my results, but I feel that it is a shame this brief was not longer as I would have extended my thinking further (although I suppose that’s what choosing a major is for).

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