The Grade Twelve art class’ yearly tape sculptures have returned to the halls of Colonel Gray. The location-specific sculptures, which depict translucent human figures in a variety of locations around the school, have been populating the school annually for around seven years. This year, 4 sculptures were located in the Library and Cafeteria.
The sculptures are made by wrapping Saran Wrap and then packing tape onto the appendages of a human model. The hard piece is then pulled off and the pieces are taped together to form the complete sculpture. A spherical object such as a soccer ball is used as the mold for the head.
Two sculptures were erected in the cafeteria. The first employed two figures in order to depict the scene from Titanic where Kate Winslett t-poses on the bow of the ship while Leonardo DiCaprio supports her from behind.
The second is of a figure with rabbit ears looking at a cellphone. Underneath the tape are paper speech bubbles with various things written in them. AnnaSophia Ledwell McInnis, who worked on the sculpture, says that the sculpture was intended to represent the spreading of rumors. The large ears represent how people must mind what they say because someone may be listening.
Originally, the sculpture was looking around from the corner of the stage, but it has later been moved to a seated position.
The other two sculptures were located in the library.
One sculpture was seated atop a bookshelf reading a book; paper was placed in the hollow cavity of the translucent head. According to Ledwell McInnis, the sculpture represented over-studying and “How much effort and dedication that students put into their work.”
The second sculpture portrayed a diminutive figure eating a burger alongside students in the library.
Ledwell McInnis said, “That (the project) was pretty cool. It was an interesting project idea.”
However, as the project wore on, she said, “It just became very stressful, because we were like — ‘Oh my God, we’re running out of time.’”
During the process, Ledwell McInnis said there’s struggles after her group had taped the sculpture together. They realized that they could not attach the legs while the sculpture was ‘deflated’. This meant that Ledwell McInnis, who was slightly smaller than the model but the same height, had to wear the full suit while the rest of her group attached the legs. Ledwell McInnis said that the experience was “awful”.
“I was there for a whole lunch period. I had to lie on the floor. They pulled it off my feet, and it was not fun.” The grade twelve student said that being in the suit was quite hot. “It was like being an astronaut.”
Except for the Titanic sculpture being destroyed and the rabbit sculpture being removed, the sculptures in the library are still very much available for all students to view.
Comments