Art Project #5 Advanced Bull Mask Sculpture, Part 3

In this demonstration, I do my best to try to help you how I went from a paper plate to then creating a cylinder/cone shape. I talk about the importance of the materiality. In sculpture, like I mentioned in the other video clips, it is critical to be able to move, twist, pull, and tear the material you are using. You have to be comfortable working hard at it and pushing and pulling the material. I realize that paper, especially paper plates do not lend well to being flexibility, but that is the key about sculpture: If you are using recyclable materials like many contemporary artists use, then you have to push it, fold it, crumple it--until it gets to the shape you want.

So in this demonstration, I specifically state this and also caution that what I am doing is not easy to do, so you have to be willing to shove the material to its breaking point in some instance to see what the material can do for you and the vision you have.

It's possible. But it does require a lot of imagination, push, and creativity and I think most importantly, trusting the process, your hands, and just doing it! So this is why this project is considered more advanced because you have to trust the materiality and push it to its limit. In this case, it is the paper plates.