Project

Proposal: My initial idea was to create something out of recycled newspaper. After getting feedback from my peers I decided to choose the idea of creating miniature objects out of popsicle sticks. I decided to choose this proposal because this was something I've never done before in my life so I wanted to give this a shot. In addition, this idea seemed like less of a hassle and a lot easier to work with.

Process work: This project required a lot of popsicle sticks, wood glue and hot glue.

At first, I was having some difficulties constructing a house especially the walls. Some of the sticks were not properly aligned so it was frustrating trying to align the walls side by side. In addition, I couldn't figure how to get the walls to stand straight without falling down. This annoyed me very much and I wanted to change proposals but after numerous attempts and using hot glue, I finally managed to get the walls up.

Research: My research consisted of Googling images of popsicle crafts for inspiration. However, I did find one artist by the name of David Hrobowski that really intrigued me. His work consists of what he calls Riffstick; a repeating idea or pattern of glued popsicle sticks & its variations. When glancing at some of his work, you can't even tell if they're made of popsicle sticks until you look closer. He mainly creates popsicle stick furniture and they're astonishing. He even made a chair out of sticks and surprisingly, it was able to hold him. Mind-blowing!
http://riffstick.net

Overall, I am quite satisfied with the results. It was a lot harder than I expected but I thoroughly enjoyed every hour constructing them. My design of the house turned out to look more of like a chicken coop rather than an actual house so I decided to go with that.