UWM Mixed Media
”What Does it Take to be Beautiful”
Mixed Media 49 cm x 15 cm December 2018 Exhibition Text "What does it Take to be Beautiful" is a mixed media piece that portrays society's standard of the ideal image of beauty and the effect it has on women. This piece is a wire sculpture made of plaster and painted with acrylic pant. |
Inspiration
Planning Sketches
Experimentation
The "X" holding up the figure was too big and it wasn't proportional to the figure. It overtook the sculpture. So, Instead I found very thin pieces of wood.
Another thing is that the height of the twine was too short. It wasn't straining or elongating the figure which was something I was trying to go for. So I added height. Another struggle I had was that I didn't know what to do with the head. So I decided to add plaster to it and position it to look like the head is hanging down. |
Process
The materials that are used in this piece are
- wires
- plaster strips
- twine
- wooden "X"
- acrylic paint
- brushes
2) Now it was time to begin the wire sculpture. I cut out 2 pieces of wire. The first was 30 inches and the second one was 14 inches. I took the 30 inch wire and made the frame for the body. Then I took the 14 inch wire to create the arms. Then I began to wrap more wire around the arms, legs, and ribcage to add more structure and to make it easier to apply the plaster.
3) Now it was time to begin to add the plaster to the wire sculpture. I added a layer of plaster of the body to act as a base. Then I kept building up on the structure and form.
4)Then once the plaster was dry, I began to paint the sculpture. I used acrylic paint. I mixed mars black and titanium white to create a gray color. Then I mixed cadmium yellow, titanium white, and brown to create a muted, beige shade. Lastly, I mixed brown and titanium white to create a light brown. I wanted the sculpture to look like it was deteriorating. I just started to lay on patches of color everywhere.
Critique
Reflection
ACT Responses
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork.
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What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
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What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc while you researched your inspiration?
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What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
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What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
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What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
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What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, culture, etc while you researched your inspiration?
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What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
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What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
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Bibliography
https://www.gallery.ca/beuys
http://www.billwoodrow.com/dev/sculpture_by_letter.php?page=2&i=15&sel_letter=b%
http://www.billwoodrow.com/dev/sculpture_by_letter.php?page=2&i=15&sel_letter=b%