Self-initiated pt 1

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We finally got a self initiaited brief and I am so excited to get started on this and have more freedom to explore what I want to. Straight away I knew that I want to work with the body, specifically the female form. After reading about Donna Haraway and her work it has really influenced me and got me thinking more about woman’s roles today and about reproduction also, so I think that these may be some interesting things to pursue.

I had to make the body out of clay first and then we would do a 2-part mould out of plaster. I spent about 2-3 hours and made the body out of clay, I based it off of a recent life drawing that I have done of a woman laying down. I decided not to add arms, feet or a head to the piece and to keep it quite Greek statue style instead. I then got small pieces of acetate to create a barrier in the half way mark of the body, or the horizon line. This is to make sure the plaster doesn’t stick together when pulling it apart. I found it quite difficult not to get any under cuts and had to get the technician to help me quite a bit but we figured it out eventually. I used crayons in the wax to give it colour and it worked out really well for a first try with coloured wax. For the first candle I used only one colour but for the others I layered the colour, doing this through cooling intervals. This was when the wax melts, it pools in different colours and created some interesting effects.

I am really happy with the outcome of these candle pieces and it is definitely something I will pursue in the future. I think that it could be some of my strongest work so far.

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