They collect Sea Shells by the Sea Shore

For Wunderkammer project my concept was things we hoard as children but then as we grow up get rid of.  I mostly used old toys, sea shells, marbles, and jewelry.  I drew from my own child hood of thing I collected and have had a hard time getting rid of but now has turned into an art piece. 

I used driftwood in this piece because I have always found it beautiful and have always collected it. I used sea shells because I have always collect sea shells when I went to the beach so I used a lot of them plus it follows the concept of things children collect. I used the plate with the dog on it because it really interested me that someone would pay to have an actual picture of their dog on a plate and then get rid of it. So I wanted to use it to show how something personal can easily be thrown away.

All the toys used were toys from my childhood that I never wanted to get rid of. Like the little baby doll with one are, I did not want to get rid of it just because it was missing an arm.

Overall I feel like my piece conveyed things a child would collect. Maybe I was just one of those children that hoarded things that interested me and had emotional connections too. Even today it is hard for me to get rid of things that is connected to a memory but I am glad that some of the things I have hoarded from childhood is now been made into an art piece.

An abstract sculpture = a love story, but not the kind you think

For the Line Sculpture project I wanted to do an abstract sculpture that represented my nephew Aiden. I used old wood and scrap metal to construct the sculpture. I wrapped copper wire around the wood to represent how Aiden became a big part of our life and brought our family together. The drift wood branching out represents how new people came into our lives and became like family.

I planted clover around the bottom because we are Irish and Aiden’s name is Celtic for fire. Our Irish roots is very important to our family.  That is also why I used red wire because red represents fire. I attached a candle to represent his sprit that I feel is still with us. I also put a bird’s nest with blue wire shaped like an egg to represent the baby my sister is pregnant with and how they baby has given us hope and also help us deal with the passing of my nephew. I wanted to sculpture to represent the strength and love my nephew gave us.  Aiden taught me to be strong and unconditional love.

I feel like everything I wanted in this sculpture to represent was there. I love the way the wire and wood played off each other. I really liked the organic shaped that was made by the wire. The only let down was the clover withered from me digging it up and planting it but it was now grown back.

Lexie seems to be a fan....lol