Shandelle Bourchier

Eaton Community College

Year 11

Recycled cardboard and porcelain

60 x 136 x 15 cm

I looked at the selection of carboard on the floor and soon discovered that the crinkled sections reminded me of the decorative owls my mother displays throughout our house. I’m also inspired by the elegance and mystery of owls flying through the night. My owl is positioned mid-flight, in a fleeting moment of grace and power. Cardboard represented a challenge as a sculptural material. Through painstakingly layering and shaping, bending the cardboard and finding a way to suspend the wings without adding to much weight on the body, my owl became suspended in flight, symbolising weightlessness and agility, its wings outstretched as if defying gravity.