I had the idea to make a wire sun,stars, moon and cloud go incorporate the outside world with the world I inhabit in my bedroom. I also wanted them to represent time going past within the four walls of my bedroom.
I started by trying to create a cloud using wire, cardboard, fairy lights and cotton balls.
While this cloud definitely looked the part, it wasn’t structurally sound. I then decided to use an empty jar as the base for the cloud. I added the fairy lights into the jar which made sure that the cotton balls had a smooth surface to be attached to.
What I failed to plan for, was the fact that I couldn’t hang these structures from the ceiling of my room.
I used my curtain pole to hang this portion of the sculpture. Luckily I took this photo before the piece started to fall.
While I hoped that this sculpture would work, I didn’t think through the weight of the piece when hanging it up.