3D Art and its Rising Artist Ayla Barton

By: Laysha Vargas-Guizar

There are a variety of types of art offered at Redwood, but some are often forgotten.

What some people leave out is 3D art. Whether it is 3D printing or sculpting, 3D is just as creative or even more creative than a “typical” art.

Ayla Barton ‘25 is a student from Ms. Latimer’s class and has been doing 3D art for 1 year now. 

Barton says, “I started because I thought it was a cool elective and I wanted to be like, artsy and cool.”

Many of her pieces for 3D art just come up as she is sculpting or making it; just having fun as she makes it. Depending on the assignment it could take a couple of days to finish a project or if it’s a big one on average it takes a week.

Barton’s art is purely based on her having fun, and her art represents the fun she has while making the art piece.

Out of everything Barton has made so far, her favorite thing she has made is the one she was currently working on. 

“Yes, the pot I am making right now,” says Barton. 

She had been working for 3 days and it will finally be finished once it’s painted. Barton has really high hopes for her pot when it’s completed.

The hardest and longest project Barton had to make was her paper-mâché piece “Be Kind” with some flowers. It took over 3 weeks to fully complete, and once it was(done), she was “extremely happy with how it turned out”.

Barton has an environment which makes her art projects very relaxed making it pretty easy to focus on her art. As mentioned before, she has a lot of fun in the classroom when and while she is making her projects.

When asked if 3D art is difficult Barton says “It is not difficult, it is just really easy and laid back. Ms. Latimer is also just a really cool, and chill teacher” .

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