Sculpture: Initial Works

These are my initial works on sculpture. They were not included on my folio as it was a seperate assessment, but it was still marked and graded. These were the first pieces I had ever made for this sculpture course. Plastered egg carton on table top

Plastered cast pieces on chair and Lord of the Rings designed table (original table)



Shadowbox with photoshoped images, scarves and cassette tape.


CDs, scarves, photoshopped borded photo with light

Signed teddy bear with Prefect badge, fabric and cork frame

Box with school uniform and shoes

School uniform in laundry basket with yarn balls and cushion

Constructed shadownbox of personal belongings

Sculpture: Leonardo da Vinci models

Last year, I had decided to use a bit of my Art History interests to complete my Sculpture folio. Unfortunately, they were never used on the folio, but the contsruction of them was extremely fun and they are still one of my most prized possessions regarding art. They are made in small scale (about 6 by 6 inch) and are made from simple materials such as wood, plastic, paper, straw, buttons, wire, paper, cord, cork, toothpicks and glue.

Leonardo da Vinci's war machine


(Back view)

This is my little flying man - an unsuccessful concept by Leonardo:

Leonardo's flying machine

This is Leonardo's invention of the bicycle, one of his most successful inventions of all time:

Leonardo's bicycle

Leonardo's hellicopter - very different to modern designs:

Leonardo's hellicopter design

These were lots of fun to make. I painted them all after I made them to match his drawing sketches.

These models did not make it to my sculpture folio as such, but, when I post close-ups of the folio, you will be able to see them in the shadowboxes at the top of the first board, so they did end up there luckily!

My World of Art: An Introduction to my work

I have been studying art for five years in high school. In the past two years I had picked up two art courses per year. This was lots of hard work and pressure! But never not fun! When I was 15, I worked on a range of different arts to complete an art folio. In New Zealand art courses, you have to complete an art folio to pass the course. This is one of my four folios I have completed:

Art Design folio completed 2006 - Year 13 (aka final year of high school)

This board was lots of hard work, especially on the basis that you have 25 students working on the same thing in one classroom with limited number of computers and lots of stress to get things done! This took almost 3/4 of a year to complete and received an average grade. However, I learnt lots from working on this folio!

Art Sculpture folio completed 2006 - Year 13 (aka final year in high school)

This folio was WAY harder. It consisted of lots of conceptual ideas combied with the practicality of it; it also involved painting skills as well as good photography skills. This was one of the weirdest, yet most interesting things I've ever done in my life, and made me more open minded, aware and knowledgable about the weird and wonderful world of art. It took pretty much the entire year to complete. It received a high grade, which I was thrilled about because it meant all those sleepless nights were worth it! I will be posting future posts with the original digital photographs of both, the final and the conceptual/working photographs from this folio.

Art Design folio completed 2005 - Year 12

This folio was much easier to complete as it was only two boards! Futhermore, we were given the images used - they are the designs of fashion designer John Galliano and his images and designs - and were instructed to design using them or designing around them. This also achieved a reasonably high grade, which I am quite surprised about, when comparing to my future work above. Oh well, times change... I will be posting my 2004 folio as soon as i manage to photograph it, and I will be posting close-ups of these works, and other works very soon. At the meantime, please enjoy my blog, and feel free to comment on anything!