Ice Cream Write Up

         Creativity has many definitions.  But to me, creativity is the freedom to express yourself however you desire.  Whether its painting on canvas, sculpting out of clay, or cutting up a box into an ice cream, creativity allows you to do what you please.  This happens to be one of the main reasons I love art.  Regardless of what you construct, you can't be "wrong".
         I started off my project with a red, white, and brown JcPenny box.  I chose this box mainly because it had three different colors.  I wanted to create something that had personality, and I thought the easiest way to do this was with color.  I also chose this box due to the material.  It was a flimsy box that would be easily cut and also bendable.  This would allow for easier construction of curved shapes, particularly with the Ice Cream cone. 
         I had a couple ideas before I came up with the ice cream cone.  I first brainstormed about different animals and tree designs.  But overall, I didn't find these ideas interesting enough to persue.  Since I am one of those people who is constantly hungry, I began to brainstorm about food ideas.  One of the first ideas I came up with was the Ice Cream Cone.
         When I first started to construct the Ice Cream Cone, my main concern was the bottom of the project.. and the scale.  At first I considered making the bottom of the cone.. like a waffle cone (a cone shape).  But I realized .. my project wouldn't be able to stand up on its own, thus making it weak.  I then decided to make it a cylinder shape.  From here I started to construct the top (wider) cylinder and the ice cream from the inside of that.
          I created the ice cream by cutting strips of rectangles from the box.  I used these rectangles to arch the strips from one side of the top cylinder, to the other side of the cylinder.  After I had arranged the rectangles all throughout the circle.. it had created the top of an oval.  I also constructed this oval in a certain order so that it had personality.  The different colors and added textures (on top) helped to add a "wow" factor to the piece.
         Overall I enjoyed the project.  Its not often you have a "challenge" of using only a certain amount of material.  The challenge of taking an object.. and creating it into something that doesn't resemble the original was also a challenge.  I think the Ice cream cone completes the task of being "Anything but the box".

-Ethan Tyler

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