Mini Me?

We were given a really interesting assignment, we had to create a doll version of ourselves, but it had to be exactly half our height. At first I wanted to go quite literally with this one, but with a deadline of 2 days, there was no way I would've gotten what I wanted done. My first sculpture I made was a "dinosaur" version of me. I used my skeleton sculpture from before, and added on a dinosaur head to show my life-long obsession with dinosaurs. I put my Smiths vest on it to add to my personality and also to add a little humour as the vest reads "Meat is Murder"!

Skeletor

Coming from a performing background, I know quite a bit about movement. I know that at the end of the day, all movement comes from the skeleton. I decided to make a rough sculpture of a skeleton suspended in the air (again to show my interest in hanging).
I used balsa wood and paper to make the sculpture, as it shows the delicacy of our bones and how easily they can be broken, but at the same time are quite strong and can support a lot.

Body Mobile

 After researching Alexander Calder who works a lot with wire and mobiles, I was inspired to make my own one. The Body Mobile!

Sand Bodies

It was pointed out to me that some of the life drawing I did looks like the sand images. What a happy accident! I really like the effect of these, almost like bodies of sand being blown away!

Le Point Parfait

"Ballet dancers point their feet to make long, graceful lines with their legs. They point their feet almost every time they leave the floor. Ballet dancers work hard to achieve perfect points." The same can be said for aerialists! In our case the simple pointing of your feet is what keeps you on the equipment! I used a similar technique to David Oliveira for this sculpture. I really enjoyed making it but I found it quite difficult. I want to play with this technique a bit more!

David Oliveira

My new favourite artist! David Oliveira makes wire models of people and animals. I love how his sculptures look like drawings and the way he hints at certain parts instead of filling every point. Its really interesting the way he drapes bits of fabric over random parts of his image to add to the depth.

Experimenting with Sand

For these Collographs I tried to recreate the sand photos from earlier. For the first one, I used sand and wire to try and get the lines of the sand. This didn't work in the way I had hoped but I like the effect. For my second one, I experimented with different materials to create a sandy effect. I used sand, sheep's wool, string, glue and wire. This one came out much better than I had expected.