Week 2- It's raining...Dogs & Cats!

This week we were tasked with making dog and cat sculptures using 'unlikely' or 'unusual' materials. I'll be honest, I wasn't too thrilled when I heard that this is what we'd be doing as I'm really not very good at producing 3D work, I can find it frustrating as things usually don't tend to turn out how I initially envisioned them turning out! However, once I got over that initial dread, I found out it wasn't too bad and I actually had a bit of fun creating the sculptures *gasp* 

Before starting I had a brief look at some examples and possible inspiration for this project. As awful as this sounds, I didn't want to go too in depth with the research for this project as I feel I'd copy too much from whatever I'd have found. I just wanted to start creating without having to think too much about what was going on. 

I absolutely love dogs, I once cried when I saw one on a night out...I like cats too, but dogs more.

My toilet roll cat...looks more like a fox really.

A headless dog... I was going to make the head after I'd cooked dinner, however for some reason, I kinda like it without the head.

And a body-less cat, I could put the cat's head, on the dog's body...but that'd be taking things too far.

I used a lot of foil, masking tape and recycled cardboard for this project. I found that shaping things was much easier with these materials, then covering them in masking tape made sure that everything was held together. 

Inspiration to progress my work even further:

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