(SW6)+3D+Sculpture

Studio Work # 6 **3D Sculpture**

**Media:** Mod Rock, **Size:** 35 x20 cm, **Month of completion:** April 2012

**Description:** This is a 3D Mod Rock sculpture of me. Its a face of me with no facial expressions on my face. The colors are what represent the extreme facial expression. I used all primary and secondary colors with tints, shades and tone, that each one represents a certain facial expression. I'm still influenced by the Fauvism movement that was paintings painted in vibrant and crazy colors. That was something I did in my work and the artists that I was influenced by were the Ancient Egyptians. They are people who represent my culture and they were one of the very first people to make plaster sculptures.

**Analysis:** **What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project?** **Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style.** I was being influenced by the fauvism movement that made me want to paint my sculpture in unrealistic colors, just like the fauve painters. The Ancient Egyptians were ancient who started the art. They drew, carved, and painted on all different kinds of arts. Everyone was then influenced by them. I used their idea in making a sculpture of my face and paint in my own way.

**What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how?** The media's i used in this project was plaster strips and then to harden it and make it a better sculpture, i covered the plaster with mod rock. Mod Rock is a kind of plaster and they were both applied in the same way. We had to first have strips of the plaster or the mod rock and then dip the strips in water. We had to then smooth the powdered plaster on the strips with our finger so we could have a smooth sculpture. After doing that second step, we apply the strips on the face. My siblings and my mom were the people doing these steps because the plaster mask was done at my face. I had to do two pieces, one or my face, and one for the back of my head. I had so many difficulties to put them together but i finally managed to put them together by adding more strips of plaster and also building the ears. After putting them together and it looks like a head, i put real plaster inside so i can let the head balance it self and stay stable when i put it on a surface. To paint it, i used acrylic to make the fauvism characteristc by applying to many colors and each one would represent its extreme facial expression.

**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?** My teacher helped me when she gave me advises on how to make the sculpture stable. She also taught me the steps of building any sculptures with plaster. She was the one who encouraged me to maintain with the idea of building a plaster scultpture because it has to do with my "facial expression" theme. Those advises helped me a lot and they are what allowed me to have this sculpture of my self.

**Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement -** A weakness that i had during building this sculpture was when putting the two pieces together and i realize that the ears weren't at the same level as the other piece of the back of my head. I was forced to rebuild new ears so that they can show in the sculpture. I finally managed to make it look like a proper face. Another weakness i faced during this project is when painting the sculpture. I used to many tints, shades, and tones that they looks like random blogs everywhere therefore that blending makes the painting a bit awful. I need to practice more on how to blend different colors together. Over all the portrait wasn't bad and i liked it. **Clearly explain the strengths of the piece –** I like the sculpture as a whole. It consists a lot of colors that each one represent a facial expression. I like how i blended the cool colors at the back of the head. What i really like about that sculpture is the message sent through this project. The message is that this is a sculpture of my self with no facial expression and all the colors on it represent different facial expressions that i go through in my life. Now i have more experiences on how to deal with plaster. I realized its fun but in need a lot of effort to come out with a good 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.** An idea that i'll take from this project to the next one is still painting in fauvist colors. Next project is something depending on my opinion and i am willing paint a 2D painting. That painting will be my self too and it will contain a variety of colors that each one represents the moods and the expressions i go through. I want to paint more like the fauvist therefore i have to make trials until i feel comfortable when painting faces with unrealistic colors.

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