Form Reflection Questions

I came to understand the concept of metamorphosis throughout this project by using the tools to chip away at the plaster. While chipping away at it, the plaster transformed from a big block into a movement sculpture. My work physically addresses metamorphosis because the places where I chizzled away at are very lucid and clear. I pushed myself to use different tools and methods of chizzling to better understand the plaster itself. The different tools allowed me to get different looks to the plaster and smaller tools allowed me to get into smaller crevices and make more detail than the larger ones that were helpful to carve out big sections of the plaster. During the beginning of the project, the larger chizzles were easier to use because I was focusing on getting the overall shape of the sculpture. However, the smaller carving tools came to be very handy because once I had my overall shape I started to work on smaller details. At first, I wanted to make the sides more rounded inwards like an oval, but I made them more rectangular because I liked the geometric shape of it. Also, I made a hole from an air bubble on the front of the sculpture and I like how it looks. The air bubble provided the opportunity for the singular hole on the front of the sculpture. I would have worked more delicately when carving out my shape because when I was carving it out, a big chunk actually fell off completely, which definitely changed my final vision of my piece.