sculpture to fix to the body

this project i had to think about issues such as support, concealment, protection and invasion. i decided that support would make for a more interesting sculptural piece. i first began looking at ways to support the body, as well as posture, i looked at corsets and african neck rings and also fashion garments.

i wanted my piece to restrict body movement and as a result correct a persons posture. i tried this with a piece of string wrapped around the body but i found this very uncomfortable and gave a strange sensation. iwanted to stay with this idea so i tried to think about different ways to do this. i got wire and made long pieces with is and wrapped it with string so that it would be more comfortable to wear, i then tied then together to make to piece that could be worn. i made one for the neck and torso, both inspired by african neck rings and corsets.

African neck ring

Louise Nippierd

My Pieces

Redesigning the human form

i first began looking at the word transform and evolve and how i could represent this through sculpture. i then thought of enlarging the human form and trying to use a material outside its purpose, i choose fat. it took a lot of experimenting and trail and error, i wanted to experiment with different materials to resemble fat but in the end i found that using actual fat made for a better sculpture.

Lynda Benglis

Marc Quinn

Nick Turvey

tissue dissolved in liquid latex

fat cast of my chest

liquid latex and tissue

the main idea for this project was to take a material in the body (fat) and recreate it outside of its purpose in the body. i wanted the fat to be almost like a skin, instead of it being hidden away in the body. However i wanted the viewer to make there own conclusion about my pieces, whether it be that having fat should be embraced and not frowned upon like it has been in todays society, or that we should be more conscious of the damage we do to our bodies

i tried to be unbiased while making my sculpture pieces as i didnt want it to be offensive, it was my interpretation of using a material outside of its purpose.

Doll self

artist that i looked at 

Andrew Myres

i looked at hime which inspired me to create my figure with nails

karen saragsyan

Hans Bellmer

Franz West

Artist Statement

this project consided of creating a doll which had to be half my height and had to consist of 1 of more aspects of myself

I decided to represent my emotional self instead of visual representation. I find that I can be closed off at first and can put up a barrior when first getting to know people, this Is what I wanted to focus on with it project. 

I first began making an outline of  a figure but wrapped in fabric, symbloising a protective barrier. Although it looked interesting it didn’t take long to make. I decided then to make it more obvious so I cut out a figure which was exactly half my height and glued nails to the outside. I would of liked to have the figure in the round but because this was a 2 day project I wanted something that I could make quicker. 

Although I was happy with the outcome If I was to re do this project I would make it more 3D

new meassurement

I was given a project that I had to do over the period of a day. I had to come up with a new way of measurement. I found this project very enjoyable and I was surprised with the amount of work I was able to create in a day. I began brainstorming ideas and the one I found most interesting was a new way to measure the body. I measured out different parts of my body with a piece of string and represented it all on one long string, it was my own personal measuring tape. I then went on to measuring the circumferences arounf my body but showed them with various circles. I made a suspending piece with circles and string that accurately measured the length and areas around my body.

I found this project to be enjoyable and was also a new experience, which although was quiet stressful at times, was rewarding at the same time

Hunt museum project

for the hunt museum project i decided to choose a coin which is called the dekadrachm of syracuse set in a gold mount with a suspension loop. The front face shows a female head surrounded by four dolphins, possibly Arethusa or Persephone. The reverse shows a chariot pulled by four horses and a charioteer. The goddess of victory Nike flies overhead to crown the charioteers head with a wreath. This coin is reputed to be one of the so-called thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Christ. This belief comes from the Middle Ages. The gold band surrounded the coin is inscribed with: Quia precium sanguinis est [This is the price of blood]. The coin is Greek, Sicilian or Southern Italian; the mount medieval. 

i was attracted to this coin because i thought the withered effect it has was really interesting, i also liked the fact that it was casted which is a process that i enjoy doing. Although the coin had re4ligious symbolism, i wasnt too interested in this aspect, i was more focused on how the coin looked and the process it took to make it.

i wanted to take these two aspects from the coin, the withered effect and the fact that it was casted and combine them both by using bathered and embossed metal and then casting it in plaster

 an enlarged image of the coin which was in display in the hunt museum.

i started off with a large piece of metal which i then dented and bathered until it looked withered

i experimented with more pliable and flexible metals

 i experimented with different metals, for instance this was i beer can that i cut in and dented, i preferes working with light metals like this because it was easier to bent and distort. i then made a replica using the vacuum in the college.

 this was how the plaster mould turned out

 i vacuumed the larger piece of metal but the detail didnt come put as well i would of hoped. its turned out interesting at the same time

 my studio space

 i was more fascinated by the sheets of metal themselves rather then the plaster casts. i like how the light reflects off of it and looks like a skrunched up piece of paper.

 

the smaller pieces of metal were a lot easier to cast because they were easier to peel off as the metal was more flexible, this resulted in a better finished piece.

the plaster casts didnt turn out as i would of liked them to, they kept sticking to the metal and when i tried peeling them off they cracked and fell apart

Conclusion

if i was to go about doing this project i was consider the different metals that i could use and also try to make them look more withered, i would of also like to have painted a portrait on to aliminium but this would of just been another portrait replicating the coin. however i would like to do this anyway in my spare time. i enjoyed doing this project very much and it was interesting to learn about the history of the coin and to  make my own version of it.