What is the central idea of your concentration?
Humans have this large metaphorical and literal shell on the outside that protects their inside has always fascinated me. Strong bones and thick skin are supposed to protect the inner anatomy of the human body, just like in a broader overall view of how people have this large shell that they protect their inner self with, so they don't get hurt emotionally. My pieces started out being very abstract; such as my black sculpture, then I realized I wanted to stake a more literal approach.
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image number.
Each of these pieces show a different part of the outer human anatomy that protects the inner human anatomy that lies with in it. All of these pieces are exaggerated so there is a difference between what is what is being protected, and what’s protecting it. My original thought was to create different a set of abstract sculptures that would represent humans on the inside verse the outside, then I thought about it and it made more sense to take a literal approach and create the individual parts of the body and use exaggeration. The pieces are exaggerated or differentiated by the use of proportion and materials other than clay such as wire, glass, etc. The tongue (#6) is oversize to stand out and what’s being protected by the mouth and all the teeth that encase the tongue. I have taken risk with the construction of my work. In my piece Heart (#6) I decided to play with balance, getting the rib cage to stand while encasing the heavy heart,going against gravity. I have taken into consideration how they affected the space around them by creating pieces that stand, lay down, and hang; affecting the space. The overall connection to the emotional shell that people have can relate back to “the black sculpture (#1)”. The spikes and the darkness in the piece are supposed to relate back to the tough outer shell that humans have.
Humans have this large metaphorical and literal shell on the outside that protects their inside has always fascinated me. Strong bones and thick skin are supposed to protect the inner anatomy of the human body, just like in a broader overall view of how people have this large shell that they protect their inner self with, so they don't get hurt emotionally. My pieces started out being very abstract; such as my black sculpture, then I realized I wanted to stake a more literal approach.
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. When referencing specific images, please indicate the image number.
Each of these pieces show a different part of the outer human anatomy that protects the inner human anatomy that lies with in it. All of these pieces are exaggerated so there is a difference between what is what is being protected, and what’s protecting it. My original thought was to create different a set of abstract sculptures that would represent humans on the inside verse the outside, then I thought about it and it made more sense to take a literal approach and create the individual parts of the body and use exaggeration. The pieces are exaggerated or differentiated by the use of proportion and materials other than clay such as wire, glass, etc. The tongue (#6) is oversize to stand out and what’s being protected by the mouth and all the teeth that encase the tongue. I have taken risk with the construction of my work. In my piece Heart (#6) I decided to play with balance, getting the rib cage to stand while encasing the heavy heart,going against gravity. I have taken into consideration how they affected the space around them by creating pieces that stand, lay down, and hang; affecting the space. The overall connection to the emotional shell that people have can relate back to “the black sculpture (#1)”. The spikes and the darkness in the piece are supposed to relate back to the tough outer shell that humans have.