In a literal sense, my molded object is a robotic cat toy from the 2000’s. It is about 10 inches tall, 6 inches wide, and mostly silver and dark blue. It serves as a “throwback” a nod to 2000’s nostalgia and developing technology for a more playful purpose. It brings me back to my childhood, simpler times when this robotic cat (amongst other toys) was the primary source of fun and play. Conceptually, I’d like to relate these themes to the overall sculpture by creating something playful and fun. On the other hand, I could also use it as a contrasting element and create something serious, capitalistic/consumeristic, and non-playful. These robotic cats could be harnessing their powers to build a larger robot for evil purposes. This concept could also be turned around again to be playful and silly, as if the cats are plotting world demise but in a pitifully cute way. I attempted to communicate these ideas in my sketches below.
