Thursday, October 14, 2010

Project: Surface Research and DESTROY!!! Part 2

"Trash Crab", David Plotnick, Mixed Media, AFO 2010

Originally this was going to be the first creature I would make but the food chain would not have been as exciting.  While I feel it is a very stylized version of a crab, I was starting to experiment with the weight of different materials and surfaces.  I was exploring the function of shapes and how they can be applied as characteristics of representation.  The use of bottle caps for pincers is an example of this use.  I also was debating whether to paint on these creatures.  Our bug has met a bitter end to the crushing while goofy looking mandible of a larger predator.  The materials used include: pencils, bottle caps, condiment containers, bubble wands, and screw on caps.    

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