Student Life 9

December 22, 2022 The Bear

Sculpture class makes monsters for Halloween

Rylee Shimon
Co-Editor in Chief
Molly McCarthy’s sculpture
class used their imagination to sketch and
design a monster. McCarthy came up
with this idea when she was talking to her
practicum Karleigh Culver. She wanted
to do something unique compared to
what students have done in the past.
McCarthy loved the idea of making the
monsters out of paper mache, but stu-
dents had the option to stick other tex-
tures to their monsters.
The assignment had certain re-
quirements; the monsters had to be made
out of paper mache and painted with
acrylic paint. The skeleton had to be
made out of balloons, tin cans, paper
towel rolls, cardboard, wire and bottle
lids for the armature/skeleton of their
monster. Each monster had to be at least
1 foot tall but they could be taller and
they had to stand up. The students had to
embellish their creations with found ob-
jects from the supply closets.
Audrey Watt said, “I used glow
in the dark paint to create a better effect.”
The students in sculpture realized that the
paper mache was hard to work with.
Watt added, “I was afraid of
using the paper mache, but I was up for
the challenge.”
McCarthy wanted her students
to create their monster from their imagi-
nation. So, she had them sketch out a per-
sonal monster first, and she noticed that
some were creepy, cute and even very
original. She did this so that the students
could have a good idea of how they
wanted to create their monsters.
Luca Hahn said, “How I chose
how I wanted to create my monster was
from my favorite artist”
Nathan Hills said, “I based my
monster off of Monsters Inc because I
like the movie.”
The students had mixed feelings
about their end products but they were
proud of themselves for working hard.
Mason Shimon said, “I like my
creature that I created and am surprised
that it turned out the way it did but I am
happy with how it did turn out.”
Hills said, “I feel like it
could’ve been a little better but I feel
proud for doing something like this for
the first time.”
McCarthy was happy to see her
students work very hard on a project and
make it something that they were very
proud of. She knew that the project was
a bit challenging because the students
were working with paper mache but she
was impressed with all the students' de-
termination.
McCarthy said, “My students
had a lot of fun creating their monsters,
and I feel that they did an excellent job
with their creations.”
McCarthy has favorite monsters
that were created but she isn’t telling
which one’s those are. Overall, McCarthy
loved the project idea and this assignment
will continue on for new students who
decide to take sculpture.

Alex Moss Mason Shimon Luca Hahn Dilan Kazlauskas

Nate Hills Josh Kroemer Audrey Watt Kayla Garrett

Holden Arnaman Alyse Klinkkammer Logan Wright JaLynn Falco

All photos by Karina Krall.

Aedan Sonye Aizlyn Marsh Cheyanne Waite

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