Wire Sculpture- Tennis Player

Three words to describe the sculpture (from Francesca):

Athletic, muscular, and active

 

How does your wire sculpture use line to articulate motion?

I used different lines to illustrate movement in my sculpture. I slanted a lot of the wires to create the angle at which the tennis player is serving at. I also curved and bended them to create muscules, especially at the legs, which also helped in creating the movement.

 

In what ways does your sculpture illustrate your technical development?

I had to attach different pieces of wire to each other while I was making the scuplture. There are some areas where the wires look much heavier and denser, and that's where I connected the major wires. I also was able to fit the racket into the sculpture's hand, and for that, I had to adjust the gap in between the wires a couple of times in order to match the width of the racket, but at the end, it was definiety worth it.

 

Look at your preliminary sketches for your sculpture. How do the sketches resemble your final piece? how are they different?

I have come a long way from my sketches to my sculpture. My line drawings didn't have the same amount of movement and expression as my sculpture, since it wasn't as detailed and didn't really use many different variations of lines. However, they were similar because they showed the same action and a lot of the angles were pretty similar.