Art 2: Q3 Final Project

For my project this quarter I decided to create a sculpture of a cherry blossom tree. I wanted to do a sculpture because I thought it would be a fun idea to create something out of different material like a mixed medium project. I wanted to make a cherry blossom tree because my name is Sakura and in Japanese culture Sakura means cherry blossom which is a tree. My overall vision for my sculpture project was for me to create a cherry blossom tree out of clay. I decided to not complete my at piece in clay  but instead copper wire. I decided to make the tree out of copper wire because when I was looking up videos of how to make tree sculpture I came across a video of someone making a tree out of wire. I thought that it was cool idea to make the tree out of the wire. I found out that it was easier for me to shape and make the branches with the wire than with the clay. The clay was too much of a hassle for me because the clay keep cracking and wasn’t holding it shape really. I think that I made a good decision to change my sculpture idea from clay to wire because it had a better turnout overall. I think my work shows the viewer that my art is a creative piece. I think I achieved the visually appeal my art piece draws to viewers. My sculpture relates to previous work because it is similar to mix media which is a type of art wear you use different materials to create an art piece. I believe my work fits in with sculpture  artwork.  When I looked at artwork on artsy.com I looked up sculptures. When I looked up and saw different type of sculptures I saw many similarities and differences between the artwork. Most of the art work I was on the website were made up of different materials like mines and others were made out of clay. When completing my benchmark had encountered  many failures during the project. The failures I had encountered was making the tree out of clay. This was difficult  to be because of how the clay keep trying out fast and how it didn’t really hold it shape well. I also had a hard time making the cherry blossom flowers out of clay. When I was frustrated with how things turned out with the clay I decided to go on YouTube and look up pictures online on how to create a cherry blossom tree sculpture. I saw that most of the sculptures on YouTube and online was made out of wire. After I saw a YouTube video of someone making a tree out of wire i decided to change my concept. When moving forward with my project I found that it was easier to make my tree out of wire because I was able to bend it many different ways to make the shape of the tree. For the truck of the tree I decided to do paper mache at the bottom so I could cover up the wire. I also wanted to put paper mache at the trunk of the tree because I wanted that part of the tree to be thicker and the braces be skinny. The branches for the tree was just made up of wire. I had painted the whole tree brown because the copper wire I used to make the tree was red. On the branches of the tree I had put pink flowers on their to represent cherry blossom flowers since it was a cherry blossom tree. I had made origami flowers which I learned how to do from YouTube. I really didn't like how the flowers turned out when I was done with them. However when I put them on the tree I thought it really made the tree look nice. My inspiration came from google and youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojsLZxYcwA&list=WL&index=19

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQGoVx8xMdM. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try new ways to experience themselves through art instead of traditional drawings and paintings. My work could influence people to step out their comfort zone and try to create new things that they want to make. From this project I learned that there are many ways to make a tree sculpture.