Packing tape extravaganza!

Decided to cover the "fabric" with packing tape. I like how it's reflective and translucent.

Maybe hang it on the wall?

Yep. I like how this is shaping up.

One thing to note that I did deviate slightly from Einstein's model of gravity. Instead of the space time fabric around a mass being pushed down, I've also pushed it up. I don't think I'd be allow to dig a hole in the floor of the crit room so this deviation is physically necessary. I still think it evokes a sense of unseen tension.
The next step is to possible cut out the bottom of the cone. And next I will draw grid lines over the form with colour painter's tape. (Possibly 2 or more offset grids?)

Space-time fabric: a little progress

A few progress shots of my space-time fabric sculpture. I'm thinking about using clear packing tape . . . I wonder if it would hold the shape on its own? Wax? Maybe not.

Good ol' Einstein

So I'm going to try this, except make the white/plane part disguised as the floor in the crit room. A gravitational anomaly in the Visual Arts Building lol

Project 3

Project 3 is an open project.
What started out as an idea about sculpture in dialogue with painting, I was thinking about how I could move the plane of the picture (the surface) away from the wall. I tried out a few ideas and drew the conclusion that pulling the surface out into real space was maybe a little cliche, expected. So I thought about moving the picture plane into itself. Not physically possible . . . at least not with my rudimentary knowledge of particle physics. I was also thinking about my art-material-crush, candle wax, and "the drip" in contemporary painting (which is something we touched on last year in painting class). The idea of the drip as symbol of paint (liquid colour) made me think about gravity. So what form could these two ideas take when combined?
Maybe this? (good ol' Einstein)

Manscaping: Project 02 results

Installation of project 02. Let's see how the crit goes tomorrow :)

More progress

Made some good progress on the wax mold of my torso this week. It's disturbingly fleshy-looking!
The next phase of the project involves me taking photos of the torso as the timeline of a landscape and it's population unfold over time. I'm thinking of using a reference to heat mapping and my hometown of Winnipeg as inspiration.

Process shots

This is my set up. Note the cute lil' hot plate for melting wax.

Ran out of wax so I cannibalized my first project :O

Looking down into the cast. Looks like organs! :D

Making a torso plaster cast pics

First try with Alginate and plaster: a messy mess of a mess

Second try with plaster strips and warm water (!) success!
(this is pre-accidental chest wax = ouchies)

Waxing poetic (did I use this one already?)

Just an experiment using candle wax as casting material. The mold is made with alginate and my fist of fury, but what I like most about it, is the alginate picks out all the lines and crevasses. For my project, I was considering doing a full body cast in wax, but this might prove too ambitious. I'll start with the face and see how it goes from there ;)

Project 2: Surrealism

For our second project, we are to make a piece (no rules pertaining to materials or process) that deals with surrealism in contemporary sculpture. I want to do something figurative. We touched on the topic of the feminine body and beauty. I thought about how that pertains to the masculine body . . . but what about the "ugly"? A few ideas have come to mind about casting a face in wax and giving it gold thread facial hair. Or bejewelled warts. I also thought about capturing "ugly" emotions like anger and apathy. What I'm leaning towards is making a full body cast using red candle wax and having the form wrapped in a gold or metallic ribbon that ends in its mouth: becoming vulnerable through speaking truthfully (which I think is the most beautiful thing!)
Here's some inspiration:

Louise Bourgeois

Mark Quinn

Antony Gormly

Ron Mueck