Task Twelve: Scale and Ambition

In one of the drawing workshops I created a sculpture which was about 50cm high and wide using two old, used wooden frames and connected and stabilised them using yarn in an upright triangular position (to resemble the roof of a house).

If I were to change its scale I would make it much larger- 8ft by 8ft or bigger. I feel this would emphasise the feeling of unease created by the juxtaposition of the solid, heavy wooden frames and the delicacy of the yarn keeping it all together and upright. I would of course screw the wood together to make sure it is safe- but cover the screws with the yarn. I would also possibly put wire in the yarn to make it stronger (but keep it hidden to keep the idea of fragility and instability).

I would also take away the blue blocks, the blue horizontal yarn (as that was only put in place to keep the blocks upright) and the two hanging drawings as I feel they would take away from the importance of the materiality and the structure of the sculpture and the tension between the two mediums would be lost through the distraction of the drawings and the clutter of the other shapes within the frames.

I feel if this sculpture was created on a much larger scale and people were then able to walk underneath and around it, it would be quite intimidating and also interesting to see how people interact with the piece- if the feeling of unease and doubt of its stability is created as intended.

 

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