Wire Sculpture Reflection

In my opinion, the wire sculpture project has been the hardest, most stressful, and time-managing project we've had. It took a lot of hard work and patients to complete the wire sculpture, as well as trying to make it have the same features as ourselves. The most challenging part of the project was starting it. I had no clue as to where to start, but once I got past the outline of the face, it got easier. The most successful part of my wire sculpture was the nose because although it was hard to make the nostrils, I completed it the best I could. Before starting our project we had to draw portraits of our faces, as well as our eyes, nose, ears, lips, and more. I think in some ways drawing before made it easier to do the wire sculpture because we had better sense of how to sculpt the features, and it helped determine the size of things. However, in some ways I think I could have also done the sculpture without drawing before. The most important thing I learned about using lines is that I need to be careful about spacing in between lines and try to make them the right size. Overall, although the project was difficult, I got a lot out of it and mine came out better than I expected. As a class we all worked very hard and used our three hours wisely, and I think our hard work paid off in some great wire sculptures! :)

Carly Furr