I had my first sculpture class yesterday, and I loved it.  Although, I don’t get to prepare my sculpture as yet.  At the moment I am researching the brief of face manipulation.  Next week I’ll start to make a cast of the face.

Face Manipulation

The aim of this part is to select a word from:

• Devoid
• Dismantle
• Distort

I chose the word Dismantle then did a mind map of all the connotations of the word. I ended up with gears, cogs, alternator belt, zips and a whole heap of mechanical words. There were others, but these words stood out the most. So, I’ve decided to do a face sculpture akin to a doll from Toy Story – you know, full of machinery, has been butchered, and stuck back together badly – a kind of Frankenstein’s monster.

I’ve no idea what it’s going to look like, but it looks fantastic in my head!

Analytical Drawing

Oh, and going back to analytical drawing, I’ve scrapped the pieces I was originally working on and am going to base it on Painting To A Theme from last term. I hunted the city to try and find pieces of sculpture similar to the style of my paintings but came up with nothing. I was exasperated trying to find something, then on the way home, it hit me. Create my own sculptures! So, today I headed back into town, got some clay, came home and set to it. Well, easier said than done! What a nightmare it was. I had to create 3 pieces, and I spent about 3 hours trying to make them. It was frustrating the life out of me. I mean, it’s not as if I was trying to create anything detailed. Just something abstract. I thought it would be easy. Well, I got that one wrong. Anyway, they’re done now, and they’re totally pants, but I need something to draw for class on Tuesday, so they’ll need to do.