Category: Studio Practise

After the failure of the previous casting, this second attempt was a chance to put into practise all that I have learnt in the previous casting. With this in mind, I aimed to have finished the recasting and refining within the day so not to lose too much time before the exhibition. After remoulding the… Continue reading Recasting – Day Project

http://blog.polytek.com/2015/02/26/tek-tip-painting-with-platsil-gel-10-silicone-pigments/ An important aspect of remanufacturing the human face is in the painting stage. Here I will add all of the vital colours and tones to really bring the mask to life, mores than its superficial textural representation. This video is instrumental for me in really adapting my drawing skills to this new avenue of work… Continue reading Painting Silicone Cast

(Mueck) Angel, 1997 Silicone rubber and mixed media (110 x 87 x 81 cm 43¼ x 34¼ x 32″) A secondary aspect of my work is working to create a realistic life cast employing prosthetic techniques (hair, skin colouration etc.) ignorer to create a high realistic casting of the face I have already cast. This I feel this is a… Continue reading Silicone Mask

To record the final casting I once again made use of the photography suite to photograph the smaller details/changes that have been made to the mask. I feel that removing the back of the head made the casting more realistic, as well as allowing for focused efforts on the facial aspects of the mask. This… Continue reading Lifecasting Final Photoshoot

I felt that it is important to document this process, and as a result I have used the photography studio to capture the details of my (2) Easy Flow Casts and the Monster Clay Busts before I make the necessary refining to the objects.This I  feel was successful in capturing the finer details of the… Continue reading Lifecasting Photoshoot

A secondary aspect of the casting is to create a clay bust. More in line with my experience of sculpture (as seen in the V&A and The British Museum), this I feel is an important part of the refining process. What (Monster) Clay Moulds will allow me to do is to really sharpen up at… Continue reading Monter Clay Casting

This initial casting was very nerve-racking for me as I was unsure as to whether I had mixed together the correct quantity of Easy Flow (1A:1B). In addition, when looking at the initial drying period of the resin, I could see the mood itself sagging and creasing within the interior of the cast which signalled… Continue reading Remoulding Cast

As you can see there is great similarity between the car and the sitter. Although there is significant finishing that need to be cone to the cast(s), I feel that it will be greatly improved by casting in Clay and remoulding to make the details more smoother and defined, before resting in a silicone mould.

***Note that these cast(s) need to sanded significantly, with unwanted areas removed before being photographed in the photography studio in the following weeks In-Studio Imagery Cast 1: *** detail contained with this initial casting (i specific reference to the fair fibres and skin fragments over the entire profile of the face) has given me ideas in terms of the later Silicone Casting… Continue reading Easy Flow Casting

plaster applied all over the lower face and jaw, with straws in the nose finished mould on a clay slab, ready to be filed with glass wax and left to set In preparation for my ‘whole head’ casting I shadowed another student as he cast his lower face and jaw in plaster, for moulding into… Continue reading Life Casting

(Base layer of drawing; tonal elements), much more pictorial detail still to complete — comparative image (below) as seen in Collobarative Research Catalogue close-up

As an extension of my drawing, I plan to create a A0-sized photographic print of my photographs. I feel that there is a strength to my photos that should be reflected upon more within my practise, removed form the finished drawing. In many ways, can the photograph not act as an accompaniment to the drawing,… Continue reading The Selfie Monologues

In response to some group discussions about the collective exhibition at the end of the term, I have decided about the style of my work and how it could be adapted to wrk as a Zine.   A Zine is a: zine/ziːn/ noun (informal) plural noun: ‘zines; plural noun: zines 1. a magazine, especially a fanzine. Urban  Dictionary:… Continue reading Zines

In order to improve the quality of my images this year, I have significantly expanded the types of drawing materials and implements I am using to create my drawings. From research over the summer, I know that more then the standard Graphite Pencils are often used in highly detailed images. To this, I have invested… Continue reading Expanding Materials

This year I have have decided to start developing and expanding the use of primary imagery within my work. Although appropriation is and will continue to a large focus within my work, I still want there to be similar emphasis on there being a strong primary image element to my work. This is made more important by the ongoing online image… Continue reading 360 degrees Photoshoot

In line with my discussion at my recorded Tutorial I have bought a A2 portfolio that will house my on-going sketched throughout this year. As I work slow, this will be useful in allowing me to produce continual work within one place (removed from a sketchbook or closed booklet). It will also encourage me to… Continue reading The Poetry of the Human Face

Reflecting on my trend of my work last year, I really want to resist and explore further the idea of a deconstruction of a traditional portrait. Working on a larger scale this time, I plan to create another, more detailed layered drawing/sculpture. Much of the preparations were done in the summer  period, but I am… Continue reading A ‘Deconstruction’ of Traditional Modes of Portraiture – ‘A Sculptural Drawing’