First sculpture, in progress.

Hi guys! I'm Robin. I'm not going to go into great detail about myself, but if you're really curious, I have two dogs, both german shorthaired pointers...I'm a 6th year senior, art ed major, annnnnnnnnnd...well, even though I'm really tiny, I like to eat...a LOT. ^^;;



Anyways, so this is my first blog, duh. I finally got my own camera, so I just got some pictures of my first work in progress. The project, like the rest to come, has to have a conceptual idea behind it. I really felt like I was in a foreign territory here at first, but I took the words from the thesis/layout/foundation for the work and defined each and every one: stale, rotten, decayed, old/fresh, unsullied, innovative, novel. Once I did this I began to understand how these words work as concepts for the piece.

Soooo...after some brainstorming and researching, I finally decided that my first piece would consists of two boards cut into the shape of a human figure/silhouette. I'm going to place a mirror on the wall and, after the boards are put together, set the figure in front of the mirror. The board facing the viewer will be smooth and refined, whereas the other will be the complete opposite. The side facing the
mirror will be coarse and
banged up with cuts and hacks in it and paint splashed across areas. The concept I had in mind was that this will embody the idea of how people really view themselves and whether what we see in mirrors is truth/reality or fiction.

So far this is what I have accomplished. I've already cut out the shapes with the jigsaw and I've just started sanding the side that's going to be representing the "shell" or "husk" [the outside] of our body.

I really like this knot in the nasty wood. It adds a really nice, stong contrast to the lighter, fresher parts of the wood.

And now for a little light humor to wrap up my blog. As you can see I laid my shape out to sand it, and my first thought was, "Wow, this looks like one of those crime scene things." Ah well, I thought it was pretty funny. Hope you enjoy. Until next time, fellow art majors. ;)

-Robin