REASSEMBLAGE Megan Reed

TEXTURAL REFERENCES:
(1) (2) (3) (4)

(5) All of these textures, in some way, made me think of a fish (or water). Picture
(2) reminded me of fossils I have seen of fish, imprinted into sediment, picture
(4) and picture (5) reminded me of rock that has been shaped by water
running over it, picture (3) reminded me of fish scales, and picture (1) actually
inspired the tulle fabric that I placed within the fish itself, to add a rock-like
visual texture. Time is set in stone, and once it passes, it cannot be changed, so
a rock texture seemed an appropriate representation of this concept.
ORIGINAL OBJECT:
This old
fashioned clock
had many
intricate and
beautiful parts
to it that made it
specifically
alluring for this
project.
DISASSEMBLED PARTS INVENTORY:

These objects, though

some reshaped, were
all used in creating my
sculpture Fishing for
Time.
FINAL SCULPTURE:
Fishing for Time
-is a sculpture
representing how time is
fleeting, how our time is
sucked into so many
different have tos that we
cannot catch time for
ourselves (represented by
the hook with broken line).
One fin has a clock set
at 9, and the other to 5,
to represent the long
hours we spend at work
instead of with those we
love. The tailfin spins, and
you can also move the
time of the clocks on the
fins.
 REFLECTION:
If I were to redo this project I would have liked to use solder and tiny screws
instead of hot glue to adhere the plastic and metal pieces together because
the sculpture would be more sturdy. I also would have taken more time on the
wire body so that there werent so many oddities in the circular shapes of the
spiral. Overall the process went fairly smooth, other than the hot glue giving
way sometimes and having to re-glue as I attached other items.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME