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Ozymandias Vending Machine (Senior Thesis)

Front side of the finished piece

Front side of the finished piece

Each side has details scattered, either referencing the poem itself or other pop culture references tangentially related

Each side has details scattered, either referencing the poem itself or other pop culture references tangentially related

In my experience of designing props, I've found adding light hearted humor through easter eggs to add my personality (in an unobtrusive way)

In my experience of designing props, I've found adding light hearted humor through easter eggs to add my personality (in an unobtrusive way)

This was the initial concept for which I ended dialing back to just the core idea of a graffitied vending machine

This was the initial concept for which I ended dialing back to just the core idea of a graffitied vending machine

While brainstorming with my professors, I decided that simplifying to an adaptation of "Ozymandias" with a contemporary twist

While brainstorming with my professors, I decided that simplifying to an adaptation of "Ozymandias" with a contemporary twist

The concept was supposed to just be a functioning vending machine but, due to size restriction from the bottles I bought, I went with a static piece with some set dressing

The concept was supposed to just be a functioning vending machine but, due to size restriction from the bottles I bought, I went with a static piece with some set dressing

Loose blueprint of using foam for the model sand dune

Loose blueprint of using foam for the model sand dune

I illustrated some faux branding for the bottles and machine

I illustrated some faux branding for the bottles and machine

Label variations

Label variations

The modeling process

The modeling process

Despite the machine not being able to dispense bottles, the built-in lights still worked

Despite the machine not being able to dispense bottles, the built-in lights still worked

Ozymandias Vending Machine (Senior Thesis)

This sculpture was done for my 2024 Senior Thesis. It is a loose adaptation of the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley, with a vending machine substituting Ramses II's statue. The bottles are made to look progressively broken and weathered with each one having a different illustration.