**note: I loved this project :) Pics:  |
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10/15 Progress report
OH NO!! My project got smashed!
I was nearly finished with my project and decided to take it with me to my home town so i could finish it over the weekend. Unfortunately though, I was rear ended shortly after my departure... Soooo, my my project (as well as everything else) got flung and broke on impact. So Im going to have a hard time getting things to fit back together, I can already tell..
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10/17
Got it pieced back together at least. Def not how I wanted it to turn out but I did the best I could fitting it back and filling it in. It sucks that there is an obvious disjunction at the bottom but luckly, if I present it right, it's not noticable.
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The final product Crit
I ended up presenting two different pieces. The round one was my main one and the hanging one was a side project
Round
- Shape: Somewhat round, yet not quite; excelent choice for the object because I did not force it to do something it could not do. How it is an irregular, sphereical shape makes it more organic. The "wart" adds a little pizzaz and it possibly would have been better to add a smaller wart to compliment it. It was a good choice to break up the plain surface. the bad: there are a few parts that are overly jarred. Half of the shape is pretty nicely round, but the other unevenly flat. The hole also is not quite big enough. The inside is not interesting enough for the viewer to go out of their way to look inside. It does not catch their attention enough to be of help. It needs to be either bigger or filled in.
- Size: Good size for object; Making it much bigger would cause it to lose the detail of the acorn tops. The strength is in the porous detailing. If it loses that then it loses what makes it interesting.
- Object: It's nice that the acron tops in the piece are not all the same size. It looks like a pattern, yet it's not because there are irregularties. the bad: there are broken pieces that detract from the object and distract the viewer. Also, it would have been nice to not see as much hot glue. It takes away from the organic-ness.
Hanging
- Shape: The bottom half is better than the top. top: "like an explosion." it's too simular to the shape and idea of the round acron object. It doesn't match the bottom part, It would have been better to do one of the other. bottom: "Bell-like." The way that the acorns hang and sort of radiate makes it an excelent wall piece.
- Size: The size makes it very hard for the object to work as a.."table" piece(?). It is too small and would not hold onto a views attention for very long. As a wall piece a viewer would be more attentive. However, It would be much better if it were longer/bigger. It's much too short and stubby. It has continuance which makes one longing for more.
