skeleton & skin project and critique

We were given a skeleton and skin project and for mine I created two cubes, one smaller and one larger, with the smaller cube suspended inside the the other. On each side of the cubes, wires were fashioned into grids. Acrylic medium covered squares at random. It hangs from the ceiling and catches light in interesting ways, and casts intriguing shadow shapes.

During our critique I studied a fellow student's piece. These are the formal qualities of her work:

Organic shapes - resembles a flower, or butterfly

Hangs on wall

Solid red tissue paper - skin

Gold sequins on one "petal"

Gold wire lines

3 skin-less "petals"

1 "petal" with criss-crossed wired

1 large "petal" with translucent red fabric

Some pen lines are visible on red tissue paper

And these are the more informal qualities:

Moves well on a wall, like it is growing, coming at you, and/or taking flight

Normally sequins = crafty, but it's limited & not the main focus so works well

Would work hung in any direction

Feminine

Color scheme - unity with red materials and gold materials

Negative and positive shapes contrast

Although the critique process takes some time, it's a great learning experience. I like that we refrain from letting the artist speak much during their critique because it provides a more bare-bone and fresh look at things that viewers may not have seen had they heard the artist talk about their work first.