Ian Inspired!

Last time my Prof in Humanities asked us to come up with a sculptural work. Since Sculpture has a very wide variety of medium, there are a lot of choices to choose from, including food. At first I decided to use carrots as my medium. And my subject is cat. But upon curving the carrots, I realized that if I were to use food, it won't take that long and carrots will be perish. So I think of something, a medium that can be preserve until such time. So I decided to use a styro. But upon curving I noticed that even though you are using a sharp blade of cutter to curve the styro, it took me some time to finish it. Another reason is, this was my first time doing it.

That was the head. Then the body.


After curving my medium, I wonder what will be the color of my subject. And how will I put them together. At first I tried water color, only to realized that water color will not absorb by the styro. I tried pastel, and Yes! It did work for me! My only problem is, how will I put the head and the body together? Until my brother gave me a double adhesive tape, finally I come up with my very first sculptural work. His body was colored with pastel and I put a tail at the back to hold it standing. I have chosen to used color orange for my subject because my cat is also color orange.

And lastly, while I'm sitting and watching basketball, particularly the Sudden Death Play - Off of SMB & Gondon's Gin Boars way back 1997 (via YouTube), while staring at my work and taking some photos of him, I'm thinking what will be the name of my sculptural work. . . . .


I was watching a basketball game and suddenly, Ian Araneta of Azkals came into my mind. (he is my favorite among the Azkals) Later, I decided to name my work after Ian Araneta.

And so now, I'm introducing to you my very first sculptural work made from styro, "IAN, ang pusang Azkals". :)