Exploring Movement In Sculpture

Exploring Movement in Sculpture

Inspired by Anna Révész exhibition that explores movement through a series of black and white photographs and three sculptural works, Create a balancing sculpture that explores movement and form. Capture this using a camera, playing with light and composition to create depth and dimensions with shadows or just using natural light.

Materials needed:

Small piece of wood or small part of a branch
Metal wire
Pliers to cut wire
Dried flowers, flowers from garden or leaves.
1 x Nail
1 x hammer
Plain coloured bedding sheet or plain coloured wall used as a back drop
Lamp
Phone or camera

autumn flora sculptures

Monet, The Galette

Step 1

Place nail in the center of the wood and hammer a hole in for the metal wire to be placed into and be able to stay in place firmly
Place two to three pieces of wire in the centre of the wood – if it’s not holding in place you may need to secure it using a small amount of super glue.
Place found natural pieces ( flowers or leaves ) onto pieces of wire.
Mold the wire to your desired shape
Try to explore balance, movement and form when placing these pieces on to the wire

Step 2

Set up a space that you can take photos of your sculpture.

Monet, The Galette

Step 3

Start taking photos of your sculpture
Exploring the following
Movement and shapes
Textures, patterns and form
Composition
Lighting
Take some photos using natural lighting
Take some photos looking at shadows, you can take these photos at night with a lamp or light on or during the day with a lamp directed at your sculpture.

Step 4

If you have access to editing your photos into black and white, the black and white will assist in emphasising the any shadows created exploring lighting.
Some free apps that can be downloaded to edit photos directly from your phone are the following
VSCO
Snapseed
Prisma Photo Editor. Available on iOS and Android

Monet, The Galette

Step 6 > Share it with us!

Share it with us! Upload a photo of your artwork below and we will share your creations on this page

Activity and photographs by Hana Vasak.

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