Making the Final Piece

To make the final piece I made the base for each body part out of expanding foam (apart from the legs). Once the foam had dried, I used a knife to carve the foam into the shape that I wanted and then plastered over this. I used polyfilla to add and build up the finer…

Tiny Heads

To make these experiments I collected potential materials such as old makeup, combs, bottles, lids, makeup brushes, lipsticks etc. I have worked in this style before on my foundation course so already knew the style that I was aiming for which was for my piece to be quite raw and organic in form and texture…

Display Ideas

As our pieces for this project have to be displayed in a box/cabinet of curiosity I have been looking at ways I could display my work. In my sketchbook I have looked at the idea of totem poles, so having multiple heads stacked on top of each other to show the ideas talked about in…

Modern Day Idol

I have narrowed down my typology from statues to idols as I aim to make a statue/figurative sculpture representing a modern day idol/what we idolise in modern day life. I have researched magazine adverts for this and also looked at celebrity culture to narrow down the topics that I will cover in my piece. In…

History of Statues

So to begin my work with the typology of statues I thought it would be best to research the history of statues and busts in multiple cultures. I have documented this in my sketchbook in more detail..what I found was quite interesting and has helped me to understand my typology whilst giving me a potential…

Tate St Ives

When visiting my parents in Cornwall for my birthday we visited the Tate at St Ives. I’d never been there before but thought the work and architecture of the gallery itself was very inspiring. I also saw Rebecca Warren’s exhibition there – the majority of this work I felt wasn’t as strong as the work…

Museum Trip

Our new project for this term is typologies and museums. Whilst visiting the National Museum in Cardiff we were asked to look for examples of typologies whilst thinking about a typology we would like to research for this project. I have chosen to look at statues and figurative sculpture as during my foundation course I…