THE COMMUNITY

In the beginning this project was created to represent a community but in the end the concept became an Aggie community. The palm represent a community with all different building styles that represent different people. The fingers represent that extension that A&M has by spreading its community to other people and when the fingers are closed they say Gig 'Em Aggies to show the school spirit.  

The hardest part of this project was taking the time to cut out every individual building and every window and hot gluing them together. This process took up 90 percent of the time we had, and many all night-ers were spent trying to get this project done in time.

This entire project is made out of cardboard from the bottom up. Each house in this project was researched or thought up to be different so that it could really represent a community of different people. There are building from San Antonio, Italy, Spain, U.S., and much more, even my house is in this sculpture. I thought it was a good idea to not replicate each house but to draw cut and put together different houses.

 

In the end the hand was painted maroon and I believe each building has its own sense of uniqueness and style. My favorite building is the bright red building you see in this picture, something about it just stands out to me and it has its own individuality. I am satisfied with the outcome and if I could do it over the only thing I'd change was the time spent on this project. Our concept did get changed but I think it worked out for us for the Viz show.