I didn't do much planning for this project, the original plan for this project was making a pine cone out of copper wire however I couldn't quite figure it out and I was trying to look up youtube videos on how to make it when i came across how to make a dragonfly out of copper wire. I watched the video and thought that it would be a better idea then mine. I kept the original idea I had for the canvas which was a forest floor painting with leaves then added real pine straw to make it look like a forest situation. Some obstacles I faced were getting the pine straw to stick to the canvas and getting the shape of the wings on the dragonflys. Getting the pine straw to stick was probably the biggest obstacle but I ended up getting it to stick, the original idea I had was gluing real leaves onto the fake leaves however when I got to the point of gluing stuff on I didn't have any leaves in my yard to grab for the canvas so I switched to pine straw. Overall I really like how the piece blends and it has a camo effect because lots of animals hide themselves in the forest so I like how the dragonflys are kind of hidden in the piece. I could have improved this piece by adding real leaves because I think real leaves would look better compared to pine straw but i still like the way the pine straw looks. Some things I gained from this project was learning how to use wire and mold wire to make objects. This has inspired me to learn more about molding wire for projects because its unique and looks interesting with it popping off the canvas. Obviously the more you use it the better you'll get and for this being the first time I don't think it's too bad. If i were to redo this project and do it differently I would use leaves instead of pine straw because I think it would look better that way all the leaves are different and there's different shapes. Overall I like the way it turned out, it isn't one of my favorite pieces i've made but I wasn't interested in nature turns mechanical so I was mainly just trying to finish the piece.
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January 2018
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