Creating a Mini Sculpture When presenting/showcasing my work, I thought a great way to preview my idea was to create a miniature sculpture of the design I intend to produce for the end result. Not only would this allow me to understand the process of my mounting and how the work is going to look , but it suggests to my audience who I’m explaining it to, a more visual understanding to allow them to follow what I’m trying to express in a more guidance way. Sometimes when things are explained in a visual manner, it reaches more of an understanding to the untrained eye.

With already knowing how I want the layout to look and having constant workshops and tutorials and suggestions from tutors and students, I was able to express the exact design I want to display in the gallery.

The process:

Equipment needed:

. Cereal Box – X2 .White paper

. Cutting matt and scalpel

. Ruler and a pencil . Scissors

. PVA Glue and glue stick

. Mini print outs of what I’m including

. White card (For the images to be mounting on – This will represent the foam board the images are being mounted onto. Although the colour I will be using for the final one may possibly be black instead of white.

Cut out template.

What I firstly had to do was open up the cereal box and have it laid out flat. I then worked out roughly with cutting out the prints and testing the size on how much I needed to cut out for the wall space. I then had to measure this up to work out both the cut out for the floor and the side wall.

Testing the size for the wall.

Before sticking the prints on, I placed white paper to represent the wall.

Photos mounted onto card which is how they will be in the final show. I wanted to design it near enough so it was exactly how it would be presented in the exhibition.

I found with using a scalpel instead, it gave the cut outs a more neater/sharper line. The little square cut outs represent the titles in which will go under each image. I will have displayed on these: The title, the quote I’m including and mu initials and possibly the date.

I found with using a scalpel instead, it gave the cut outs a more neater/sharper line. The little square cut outs represent the titles in which will go under each image. I will have displayed on these: The title, the quote I’m including and mu initials and possibly the date.

I left a bit of negative space at the bottom to show that the prints will be slightly higher up from the ground. I wanted it near enough to the scale as much as possible.

All three sections are now stuck together and I left to dry. I later on then got my camera out the next day and took some images of the set up on my DSCL (Shown Below)

Images of the Final setup

I was really pleased with how it turned out and felt it visually represented exactly on how I intend to display my work in the exhibition.

My next step now is to get the prints printed and mounted and print out the title and character titles to go with each image. Making sure there all to the correct size etc.

I then created the tabs that I attached to the ‘wall’ ‘floor’ and ‘side wall’ , this then allowed me to when sticking it altogether to attach onto the other side and interlink them.

Side wall

Floor

The wall in which the work will be mounted onto.

The prints will be displayed in the order on the model.