After my ideation stage, I have now created a collection of varying sketches and ideas for actual sculpture pieces that I have mentioned previously within my blog posts.
Firstly the “Drunken Man” sculpture has been visualized, although only rough sketches, the size of the piece is remaining to be roughly the size of an average human, the sketches are to follow.
Still using a hollow interior with smaller versions of the torso placed within the inside of the first model, I think to make this sculpture more dynamic if while falling back and extending, the two other heads that appear also contain different emotions.
Another concept that I think is very strong is an idea that would be placed within the Brewery Quarter of Cardiff City Center, using the theme of the bars and pubs that would surround the work, My sculpture concept contains A large upturned cocktail bottle pouring out a liquid that spills onto the street, before bouncing back up into a stream before falling back down for one last time, the length of the work makes it easier for people to travel around it as well as the street cleaners to continue performing sanitary procedures.
The sculpture allows for extra room underneath the benches, this can be used as a makeshift shelter for homeless people late at night to protect them from rain or for other purposes. The bottle would have to be made from an extremely lightweight material as I think the only way for it to be supported would be for the actual liquid stream that extends outwards after the bottle to act as a support to prevent the structure from falling. Materials such as glass or carbon fiber come to mind however this does raise issues with the potential of the structure being extremely expensive or, if made from glass, easily broken. However, a material such as maxi glass could be used so that the bottle retained a transparent finish while also still being relatively lightweight. Although I do like this idea, It does not use much interactivity as well as it not being particularly innovative and remains quite a cliche, using a very basic item within the brewery quarter no thought is required to figure out the meaning behind it, however, it is a simple visual piece that would be enjoyed by all visitors, rather than just the industry staff who work within Cardiff City Center.
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