Personal Project Evaluation

This unit has been a lot of fun, but it seems to have went by really quickly. When I started this unit, I almost regretted doing sculpture due to the amount of time it takes to create a finished piece. So I took the approach of making up smaller casting that would have the potential to lead to bigger things. These small experiments worked out really well I feel. I can definitely see potential in taking them further to larger more finished ideas.

I feel pretty confident about this unit and I feel like I was able to plan out the whole unit fairly quickly. I managed to gather enough research to fuel my ideas and which inspired me to think differently. My knowledge of the materials I used has grown greatly too, I wish I did more with the liquid latex but I might have a chance to experiment more in the Final Major Project unit.

If I was to do anything differently. It would be researching the materials more before diving in and wasting it. I'm speaking mainly about the alginate I used, its very expensive stuff and I failed to use it three times before getting it right, which feels like a waste of money.

But other than that, I am very happy with how things turned out and I look forward to possibly taking my ideas further in my Final Major project unit

One of the better casting that I created, even though it didn't turn out as planned.
I'm still happy with it

Some strange ideas I had while researching surrealism

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