This artwork is a two foot wide mandala made entirely of K'nex. It has a variety of colors and shapes that all coincide towards the center white piece. The pieces and angles of the artwork are mostly sharp and exact but I made sure to include some bendable pieces that could add some smooth curvature to the mandala.
I created my artwork by starting with a single white piece and adding more and more to it in a symmetrical fashion. Since it is a mandala, I tried to give the artwork as many lines of symmetry as possible, but with k'nex, four is that magic number. If you do everything in sets of four, the pieces fit well together and are less likely to break because of internal stress. The big idea behind my artwork is to show balance. There is a wide variety of shapes and colors, but the mandala isn't predominantly one color or piece. The mandala has a good mixture of both straight and curved pieces. While it may look like a mess of pieces, the mandala is actually symmetrical around the center point. It is a well balanced piece in all areas and doesn't draw attention to any one part. I didn't have many goals for this artwork. During class you mentioned mandalas and I just thought of making one in three dimensions. I didn't have a plan going into this artwork, I just kinda did it. Whatever felt right is what I added. Overall, I think this artwork actually turned out fairly well. I made the artwork with no plan of action, but it turned out pretty nice. I really wish we were still in school instead of distance learning. Then I could finish works and make them better without my brother attacking. (second picture got corrupted a bit but it's easy to tell what the image is)
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Mrs. Underhill
12/23/2020 12:09:39 pm
This statement fits perfectly with the purpose of mandalas:
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