Assigment 3–Natalie Strickland

Fig. 1–All objects in a pile

Fig. 2–Sculpture #1

Fig. 3–Beginning stages of sculpture 2

Fig. 4–Sculpture #2

Fig. 5–Sculpture #3

Most of my stuff is not with me–I had to leave Philly 

pretty suddenly and took only the essentials, which

apparently included all of my plants, some clothes,

my laptop, a french press, and medicine. All of the 

books and pillows and random plates and glasses 

belong to my mom's house. Because I had so many 

plants at my disposal, I decided to make pedestals

for them to be displayed on.

I made the first one out of soft materials only, and 

added in the laptop and headphones to make it 

look like the plant was just vibing on a comfortable

surface listening to some music. It was interesting

how a simple addition of some headphones and a

laptop turned the sculpture from just an inanimate

display to something that showed the human act

of listening to music. 

The second sculpture was formed by stacking books

on top of each other–at first I stacked the books in

the logical, intuitive way–biggest to smallest–but this 

form bored me and I decided to flip around the order

so the books were stacked smallest to biggest. This

created a more interesting and unexpected form. I 

discovered that the bottom of one of the planters fit

perfectly on the top of my french press. Placing the 

two completely unrelated objects together in this way

made them seem related, even if not in a way that is

functional or makes any sense. 

The last sculpture is three pedestals, which I related

together by placing books underneath all of them. I 

especially enjoyed the form of the far left pedestal–

the clear bottles made the plant on top seem almost

as though it were floating. I also enjoyed height I was 

able to achieve with the far right pedestal, and I think

the choice of the long and spindly plant complements

the lofty feeling of that piece.

No plants were harmed in this process.

Fig. 6–Portion of sculpture #3