(SW15)+3D+Imprisonment

Studio Work # 15

**3D Imprisonment**

**Media:** Plaster, **Month of completion:** Ferbruary 2013
 * Description: **
 * This is a unfinished project of a 3D model of creating an imprisonment model of the previous project of a face with the lock on it. I wanted to created a mold of a lock and apply it on the mouth of this mold in the picture. After applying the lock, i wanted to paint the whole model with the Egyptian Flag. **

That on himself such murd'rous shame commits
 * Analysis: ** ** What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project? **** Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style. ** The artist that I was influenced by is Renne Magritte who is a surrealist who used his fantasy and his imagination to show a message of reality. I was influenced by his surrealism idea. The reality of this piece was to show how Egyptians have bared a lot of suffer and it is the time for them to speak and be heard. They were always ignored until they protested in Tahrir Square for freedom. There is another anonymous artist that has photographs of one person and in every photograph there is a different flag on the kid's face. The flag on the kid's face looked like it was actually painted on his face.

I used double body liquid rubber that was applied on my face and then i used mod rock plaster that was put over the rubber. After creating a mask of my face, i applied liquid plaster in the mold to create a hard heavy sculpture with my face. I had to wait for one day until it dried.The sculpture still broke because the neck was too thin and i also think that the plaster didn't dry enough when i pulled it out of the rubber.
 * What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how? **

My friends were the ones who created the mask over my body and they were very helpful doing the mask carefully as i told them. Mrs. King also gave other ideas to develop the idea and i think they were very helpful because will be changing the whole project into something else.
 * How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful? **

Something that I don't like about this project is how it breaks easily even after being dry. It also broke into three pieces and i hoped that it would come out one piece. The rubber wasn't so stable when pouring the plaster and it created a folded shoulder that doesn't look real.
 * Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement - **

Something that I really like about this piece is how the sculpture looks exactly like my face. I also like how the rubber showed every single detail that was on my face when the rubber was applied. The face shows the eybrows, eyelid, and the very little details on the lips.
 * Clearly explain the strengths of the piece – **


 * What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not necessarily just the theme. **

Since the sculpture broke into three pieces and the head is fully perfect, i am thinking of getting a board and apply 12 sculptures of my head on a flat surface with the Egyptian flag under it. I will also put scotch tape on each and every mouth to show the message of imprisonment. I will also paint the Egyptian flag over the heads so that the faces can have color and the message would be clearly found.