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I intended on talking about love for others, providing care for another, and nurturing growth in others, so I began with sketches that symbolized those ideas. The images I liked most showed flowers growing out of soil, through a human heart, and blooming after passing through the heart so, I abstracted my piece from these symbols. I realized while working through this project that my ideas were in line with the psychological concepts, that I have learned about in my psychology classes, of nature (genes) and nurture (environment and experiences). My intention was to show nature as represented by the base, and a positive or loving/nurturing environment as represented by the upper part of the sculpture. The green wires that run through the upper part that is an abstraction of a heart, represent the growth of a human that can be possible with a nurturing/loving environment.
I chose the moss material for the base to represent the soil and a connection to nature. I placed the ends of the green wires on the inside into the base to represent being rooted in nature. I added green wires around the legs of the abstracted heart, and green fabric around the abstracted heart to incorporate nature into the nurture aspect of my project. I chose the material around the edge of the base because it has hearts on it, and I wanted to integrate nature and nurture throughout the project.
I chose the moss material for the base to represent the soil and a connection to nature. I placed the ends of the green wires on the inside into the base to represent being rooted in nature. I added green wires around the legs of the abstracted heart, and green fabric around the abstracted heart to incorporate nature into the nurture aspect of my project. I chose the material around the edge of the base because it has hearts on it, and I wanted to integrate nature and nurture throughout the project.