Balsa Wood Small Sculpture

If a Wood Carver Could Carve Wood

Materials: Sculpture 1, cutting matt, exacto knife, balsa wood, wood glue, metal pins

                 Sculpture 2, cutting Matt, exacto knife, balsa wood, paper, metal pins

Dimensions: Sculpture 1, 2 inches in width, 6 inches in height 

                     Sculpture 2, 6 inches in width, 4 inches in height 

Artist Statement :

Both of my sculptures were inspired by negative space. I looked at a lot of photos from the artist Howard Hersch. All his work was structured but chaotic and played with negative space. I wanted the first sculpture to have very structured forms, so I stuck with rectangles made out of the balsa wood. The form though, was very chaotic and contained a lot of negative space. The second sculpture was inspired by the way paper can fold. As I was toying with ideas for the sculpture, I noticed how paper can fold and make a unique pattern. I then combined that idea with the one of using negative space again. The pattern of the folded paper is used throughout.