Drawings
This piece started as a loose set of contour sketches before moving to charcoal. I'm excited to start working on the color studies along with the ones for Charity Ann's form this week.
Landscape Form
As Charity Ann's form began to take shape, I noticed that certain aspects the abstracted landscape became anthropomorphized. This reminded me of the first meeting with my mentor earlier this semester. A question she raised was "where in my body do I find the landscape?" This question and my realization concerning the first form led me to push merging body and landscape even farther in this piece.
Another step has been added to the process; building an oil clay maquette before starting the armature. It helped me better understand the form, making it easier to build in components. I've been struggling a bit with the armature. Although this form is much more sturdy, efficient with material, and accurate to my drawing than Charity Ann's, the trade off is that it takes much longer to build. The construction method has evolved from loosely formed wire mesh stuffed with newspaper to an aluminum wire contour with the mesh sewn on to create the form. I am also combining this method with sewn and stuffed burlap components.
Plaster Relics
The original firefly casts work perfectly with this narrative. I've made several new ones. Three are variation of the original form. A fourth incorporates a mason jar, drawing connections between this series and the firefly jars. I finished off the jars by tea staining their muslin covers. I'm not super enthusiastic about the outcome of the jars, I think the idea needs to be developed further. The new cast objects are made as a single casting and carved instead of combining two separate castings together. My mentor suggested tinting or painting the plaster. My plan for this week is to add color to the existing objects and hopefully to cast a few new ones.
Narrative
I have not written the narrative yet for this body of work. I'll post updates as this develops.
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