3D: Gregor's Room Reflection Statement

 5/6/2026

Introduction

    The three sculptures visually communicate the melancholic and alienating atmosphere of the primary setting of Franz Kafka's infamous story, the Metamorphosis.

Explaining with more Detail

    While exploring the materials to build the sculptures, I wanted to focus on encapsulating the ornate, beautifully designed furniture of the time period in order (because) to warp it to visually express the grief and tragic aura of the narrative.

    I decided to include the wall, but exclude the door to represent how Gregor was no longer a part of the same "dimensional reality," as his family, meaning he could only exist with the wall. He will never go through the door again.

    I felt the work was not producing the results I wanted, so I had to reorient my focus to balancing weight and being realistic in what I achieved. I also had to use a copious amount of patience. In a way, it pushed me to my limits, but it also helped me improve.

Conclude

    I want to keep exploring color in the way I did for this piece. The lack of control over the colors in the final annoyed me at first, but I discovered that the way they visually came together in the end was wonderful. For once, lack of control pushed me to a greater height. I want to expand my color vocabulary.

    I want to learn more about construction and how to create things (objects and settings) that are visually beautiful, possible, but also defy reality. It's exciting!

    This piece allowed me to explore furniture in a way I never had before. I know that "furniture" doesn't come across as something to explore, but one of my favorite curios as an artist is the spaces we inhabit and the beauty we find in them. I have been obsessed with learning to draw furniture and getting to make it instead was so educational!

    The making of this work exposed me to new ideas such as not having as much control over the final outcome than I would like. In the case of this project, it aided me beyond what I could have expected. It was exciting. I want to find new ways to apply this chaotic idea, especially through color and perhaps even composition.