Balancing Act

Drinking glasses are symbols of multiple themes throughout art. In paintings they are portrayed with a deep red wine that can show wealth and elegance. Other cases, such as a party, drinking can be proven just a fun social sport that anyone can partake in. But the reality is that one must have a good sense of “balance” in there life when they drink, or there could be major consequences. People must know when or when not to drink, how much to drink, and when drinking a fair amount, they must be able to control themselves and their actions of engaging in any dangerous activities.



Idea: For my project, I will be doing a sculpture with multiple styles of drinking glasses that are positioned in various ways that are barely connected to one another. Some glasses will have a liquid like substance dripping out of them, which will resemble an alcoholic drink. All the cups will be connected to a base which will be a serving tray that will have an image of a stop sign on the top side. The underside of the tray will have four wheels that are facing different directions to prove one of the consequences of hazardous drinking. Overall, my goal for the project is to make it look very unstable (although in reality it will be stable) so it will seems as if the whole sculpture could collapse at any moment. This will represent the balance of choices people make when they drinking, and if they go too far, everything will come crashing down.

List of Items:
-Currently all I have are different kinds of drinking glasses
+Serving tray (New Item 1)
+Pitcher (New Item 2)
+Wheels (New Item 3)

Materials:
- Plastic drinking glasses
- Elmer’s glue
- Silver sequence/ glitter
- Red hot glue sticks
- Hot glue gun
- Paper
- Markers
- Wheels
(All items can be found at home, or at a thrift store/99 cent store)