Something that represents yourself...

Our first mini assignment in Principles of Design class was to create something that represents us... Do anything, try something new, experiment!

But it has to be based on an art movement.

I did some research and decided to base my work on 'Expressionism'.

This is what I came up with.

A sculpture meant to show a face "stretching" out from the paper.

At this stage, the clay sculpture of the face depicted me wanting to break free from the stereotypical society that I was brought up in. I added lace to show how I still seemed to be tied down by many different factors in life currently. The two-toned face stood for my emotions; purple were the calm emotions I experienced & the red were the more intense emotions like happiness/anger.

The background was still empty so I experimented a lil' like decorating it with buttons..

Then I decided to paint the background a monotone, which stands for how my environment was like, all different types of people (as seen in different thickness of stripe) but were just plain black & white, straight & rigid. ..Boring. Somewhat, also like a prison.

The final product!

Added cling wrap to further exaggerate the effect of the face "popping" out.

This was my first time moulding a sculpture. ..Not bad, eh?

Next post will be a little bit about my art movement.

'Till then!

Love,

Ailsa (aka salsa)