Human Body Required

For the human body required project I want to do two separate pieces, a helmet and a tracing paper dress. I took inspiration from the old school diver's helmets and the body of the octopus. I want to give the illusion and feel of underwater and have a contrast between being anchored down by the heaviness/bulkiness of the helmet and the light and fluid aspect of the octopus' tentacles flowing in the sea.

Inspirations:

In Progress:

The helmet has a wire base and the wire was covered with the tracing paper and then layers upon layers of the white paper (paper mache)

The dress is made entirely from long strips of the tracing paper layered around a ring of wire. The paper begins to curl at the bottom, ranging in lengths, giving the feel of octopus tentacles I wanted to portray.

The final photos were taking in a dark bathroom with a black light:

                                             

Final:

For the final photos of my piece I used a dark room and black lights to portray the dark ocean with the purple lights illuminating the sculpture and creating an underwater look. I really enjoyed taking the pictures, they came out a combination of creepy, mysterious, and interesting. I wish I could of gotten a little clearer images, but it was hard working without a tripod. The first image is lit up with a lighter (finding light in the darkness) and the following images escalate with the black lights.

It's About Time

Soap Hedgies

In Process:

Final:

Time Based:

Change 1: Hollowed out center of soap carving (take away)

Change 2: Bathed pet hedgehog with soap carving (take away)

Change 3: Burnt the surface of the soap carving (take away)

Change 4: Chopped off the "head" of soap carving (take away)

Change 5: Sprayed entire surface of soap sculpture with spray adhesive and sprinkled soap shavings on top, then re-sprayed with spray adhesive (ad on)

Change 6: Poked toothpicks through the top of the soap sculpture into the hallowed middle (ad on)

Change 7: Melted soap shavings on top of soap sculpture and burnt tips of toothpicks (additional)

Change 8: Add large push pin to where the head was cut off (add on)

Change 9: Melted colored surf wax on top of soap sculpture (ad on)

Change 10: Chop the "feet" off of the soap sculpture (take away)

Change 11: Two more push pins are stuck into soap sculpture where the "feet" were cut off (ad on)

Final: A sunflower was added to the side of the sculpture, the sculpture was hot glued to a small block of wood, and the whole sculpture was sprayed down with spray adhesive (additional)

Extras (final):

Reflection: I really enjoyed this assignment, even though it was extremely difficult. It was extremely hard for me to get the proportions right and I really struggled. Even after two tries I still was unable to get the proportions right (messing up on snout and chest), but I would really like to try again, I think I would improve with each try. The time based portion of this assignment was my favorite, I enjoyed thinking outside the box and altering the material in different ways. It was extremely interesting to see how the soap responded when it was held to a flame, it didn't really melt but bubbled up with a charred look to the bubbles. When the spray adhesive was added, the adhesive would catch fire and bubble up but it kind of protected the soap from the flame, it was pretty cool. My hedgehog sadie enjoyed exploring all the soap.