Works

This is one of the taller sculptures I have done as I wanted to create something that commanded space, attention, and felt daunting to look at. They are physically ‘lying back’ and resting on their hands behind their back. This references the title ‘The Laid Back’ as I enjoy making and titling sculptures in a literal…

With this sculpture, I wanted to use the colour and the posture to tell two different sides to an emotion. The posture, with the hands in the air, movement in the legs, almost ‘jumping for joy’ depicts the name ‘The Overjoyed’. Meaning static, elated, delighted, euphoric, all of this to show the joy and happiness someone…

To be ‘Self Assured’ means to be confident and assertive. Thus reflected in the loud orange colour I have painted this in, as well as the height of this sculpture (around 30cm tall). This particular sculpture focuses on the good things that come with the mental state of being self assured. Knowing your boundaries, strengths, weaknesses,…

‘The Indecisive‘ is intentionally one of my smaller sculptures in this project, as this emphasises the panic and inner turmoil that is associated with being indecisive and being unable to plan ahead, think of the future, understand time limits, etc. To be indecisive is seen as dithering, being weaker than others, being uncommitted and therefore…

‘The Aloof’ is my tallest sculpture to date. This is used to highlight how people are hiding their personalities behind behaviour such as being ‘aloof’, cool, calm, and collected, in order to fit into social circles and not stick out. Traits such as being tall, lanky, having a strong, determined personality and attitude to life,…

This piece changed a lot through the process of painting and sanding down the bases. In the ‘before’ photos, it was originally sat up straight with the arms resting on the legs, through time the back has been damaged but I feel this adds a lot more depth to the sculpture and works very well…

  This is my most successful and favourite piece so far as the techniques are finally resolved and I feel as though there is a lot of improvements from this compared to the first piece I finished. I feel this is the piece that reflects my inspiration from Alberto Giacometti the closest and references his…

This is a very successful sculpture in terms of technique and reflecting my theme and intentions closely and effectively. I used the same method as before to create this base, and used extra mod roc around the ankle area to ensure there is not too much movement away from the base. Especially with the angle…

I am starting to solidify my process and techniques the more I go through this project. I have used a masking tape roll lined with a plastic bag to create a mould to pour plaster into, creating the base. Working in two layers to make sure the wire stays in place and can be manipulated…

          This is my first experimentation with using plaster, mod roc, and wire, to create a sculpture. This series of work is all about the physical portrayal of mental states and how we use body language to read and manipulate one another every day. By adding the ‘head’ I feel it…