DOLL SELF/PERSONALITY PROJECT

Brief:

1 Week Project

Using appropriate materials & processes make a doll which articulates an aspect of your personality


Eblogger wont let me upload the images for this project either so I made a slideshow of the process of this project.

CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO'S FOR BIGGER SCREEN

I decided to create a stop motion video instead of a 3D form. I thought I would experiment with it for this project as a change & to see if I like it or not. The stop motion is of full length of my body & the overlay behind is of my face. I wanted to show the shy, figgity  awkard side to my personality. My eyes shown are constantly looking around too. I looked at the work of Tony Oursler for this project. The man is a genius!

'Cave in'

'Oval'

'Guilty'

'Axe'

ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN BODY

Brief:

4 week project

Employing a range of sculptural activities, processes & forms prove/re-constitute/re-define/re-construct/re-design one or more aspects of the human body

Eblogger wont let me upload the images for this project (something about not enough space & to buy extra space)... ODD! I aint paying for anything haha! Jeez I'm a student.. anyways so I made a slideshow of the process of this project.

CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO'S FOR BIGGER SCREEN

End statement:

Mind mapping the human bodys material facts I looked at bones, from there I went onto distortion, distortion of the face & spine. I wanted to see how the body would react to a distorted spine by experimenting with & mis-shaping the structure using materials such as yoghurt cups, sponges, wax, safety pins, popcorn, PVA glue, Duct-tape, newsprint, clay, baloons, spray paint, wire, distortion filters in Photoshop etc

I started building distorted like bodies with the duct tape. I was not looking for an end piece with a meaning, certain colour or location, i just kept going & creating the bodies unsure of where they would lead me... 

I DID NOT THINK I JUST DID

I hung the bodies in the studio & they looked like they were cascading/tumbling so I thought about what they would look like in the stairway, they remain hanging there. The piece hanging in the studio is another kind of distortion, once again I did not think I just did, it has no meaning. The colour gives it a kind of rustic, abandoned, deteriated feel. I am slowly starting to learn about the process of creating/experimenting.

I looked atthe works of Dali, Rainer, Chie Akoi, Bill Durgin, Sarah Lucas & Rodin's 'Gates of Hell' to help me through the process.


 All these are in my sketchbook... all in the slideshow.

Sketches are on A3 paper too.. collaged together for the slideshow.

Next project starting Monday  23 Apri..HOLY MOLY!!!!!