Exploring transformation through imagination, the Sculpture & 3D Media Collection redefines how ordinary materials can tell extraordinary stories.
Sculpture & 3D Media Collection
The Sculpture & 3D Media Collection celebrates creativity across diverse materials, from upcycled parts to glass, beads, and hand-shaped paper mâché. Each piece demonstrates how resourcefulness and imagination can transform simple or discarded objects into works of art full of character and presence. The collection highlights texture, movement, and playful storytelling, showing how three-dimensional media can animate ideas in unexpected ways.
The Process
Each sculpture in this collection was built from everyday materials and assembled using simple, hands-on techniques.
Nutswood & Clyde the Porcupine was made from upcycled hardware and wood. Nutswood’s body was formed from a small pallet piece, with flexible metal hinges used for his arms and mouth, and nuts and wire added for facial features. Clyde was made from a painted hair dye cap fitted with hardware pieces and a bead for his nose. Both were constructed with glue and paint, giving distinct personalities through contrast and texture.
Butterflies in a Bottle began with a recycled juice bottle painted blue to emphasize its embossed surface. Beads were strung onto beading wire and wrapped around the bottle, while thicker wires supported hand-painted wooden butterflies attached at different angles. The combination of materials created a vertical, decorative piece that suggested movement and lightness.
Paper Mâché Man with Boy and Bird was created from newspaper, paper towel tubes, and basic paper mâché techniques. The characters were shaped using tape for structure, layered with paper mâché, and then painted. Decorative rocks from the dollar store were painted silver and gold to serve as the base, and a found wooden block—cleaned and scrubbed thoroughly—became the stage. The finished scene was photographed, turning the sculpture into a series of images that together form a narrative collection titled Paper Mâché Man with Boy and Bird. These scenes can be clipped, customized, or developed into short videos, showing how fine artwork, while creative in itself, can bring originality and authenticity to digital art.
Exhibited at the Upcycle Recycle Exhibition in the Grand Theater Display Case (April–June 2025), these works highlight the creative reuse of materials through practical building, painting, and presentation techniques.
Inspiration & Meaning
Together, these works showcase the possibilities of three-dimensional media as both objects and narratives. Nutswood & Clyde the Porcupine embody creativity and charm through the reuse of hardware, offering both humor and character. Butterflies in a Bottle captures the fleeting beauty of flight within a contained, luminous space. Paper Mâché Man with Boy and Bird transforms a simple material into a stage for storytelling, where humor and drama play out in miniature. As a whole, the Sculpture & 3D Media Collection reflects the joy of invention—celebrating imagination, resourcefulness, and the artistry found in reshaping materials into something new.
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