Due to my interest in yoga, I chose my drawing of the \u201cdownward-facing dog\u201d pose for my wooden figure. I wanted to visualize a sense of balance of yoga via the assembly of different angular wood pieces, and wood\u2019s natural texture. I used different methods to connect them together. As my board was not wide enough, I first used the \u201chalf lap\u201d method to join two identical pieces together as the torso; I used screws and drill to connect the torso to two legs; to let the head and arms movable, I used dowels to join them to the torso. After all, I decided to paint the figure in matte black because I believed it could transmit the perceptions of simplicity and calmness. Throughout the making process, I learned about how a two-dimensional drawing could be turned into a three- dimensional figure through simplification, angulation, and abstraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9510,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-9507","student-work","type-student-work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-space-materiality","tag-body"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n