“Celestial Worm”

Materials used: Formica, tree branch, styrofoam balls/cone, wood, paint (gold & white), silver iron wire, & glitter.

The idea of star constellations served as a guide to create this piece because I decided to think that the series of stars that are needed to create constellations can be thought of as an internal structure. The aim of “Celestial Worm” is to explore the concept of transformation through form and since it attempts to investigate the idea of form, it challenges the contemporary notion of form being defined as an external appearance. As a result of this investigation, “Celestial Worm” looks past the externalities and places emphasis to the internal structure of the piece. By placing more emphasis on the internal structure, the concept of form transforms into something more provocative. For this piece I decided to place different sizes of formica discs at various points on a tree branch and in addition to this I have placed this structure on a round base painted white to express the continuation of the piece. To accentuate the internal structure I have decided to place a styrofoam cone with three different sizes of styrofoam balls on the tail of the piece. I have painted the styrofoam gold and I have attached silver iron wire and added glitter to them as a reminder to the audience of my inspiration of the piece.

My interpretation of form