Fall break has been a great time for me to experiment with making stuff. I built a loom earlier in the week to try my hand at weaving with plastic yarn I made from Walmart bags. This is...a slow and tedious process. But yeah, I kind of enjoy the tedium.


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Wood bending is a REALLY HARD process, but that (and woodworking in general) is turning out to be the most enjoyable sculpture process I've encountered so far. I have a feeling that I'm getting closer to the type of thing I really want to be doing. In the meantime, more dinosaurs of course!


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This was my final sculpture for class. I don't think photos do it justice, but suffice to say that it took me an extremely long time. I have a lot of respect for birds now. It's entirely made of sticks and a small amount of fabric, nothing else holding it together and it ended up being quite sturdy! It's about 8 feet long and 2 feet high.


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