Finished product

Hey guys, I'm back. I have LOTS of pictures because I didn't blog sooner, heh heh. ^^;; Oh well. I hope you enjoy them.













This is just a collection of images that were taken as I went through the process of tearing up the nasty side. One of my friend's friends happens to be in a sculpture class and was observing me for awhile and then decided he wanted to join in on the fun. The few whacks he took were more powerful than I could do. He was awesome.

After I tore up the nasty side a good bit, I drizzled black latex paint all over it and then plopped it face down into the mud. And as you can see to the left, this guy hit the sculpture so hard that he broke the hand off. I'm very glad he did. When I presented it at the in-progress critique, I was told it didn't look nasty enough and that it would look even worse if I just broke it up into a bunch of parts. Sooooooooooo...I did exactly that and then some.

































I tore up the piece some more and then proceeded to break them up into individual pieces. I wanted to burn them and had intended to only scorch the surface, but ended up burning it a bit longer. I was very happy with the results. At first I felt bad because I was missing pieces, but then I said, "Well, actually, it helps to reinforce my concept." So I made it work.

I stained the nice side and then coated it with polyurathane. Believe it or not, that side was the easy part of my project. ^^;;

I finished up the piece by gluing both sides together and then I put in nails not only for the effect of making the nasty side look worse, but to literally hold the pieces in place. So what Anna said in the critique was very true. It's as if someone's falling apart on the inside but doesn't want anyone to see, so they do the best they can to quickly patch themselves up to give the illusion of being alright. I also made areas look like they were sutured together by putting lines of staples across the figure. Once I had all of that done, I finished up the piece by splattering grey and brown paint across the nasty side and then building a stand for the piece.

All in all, I think the piece was pretty successful. People can look at my work and immediately understand the concept I'm trying to get across. The only things I really had a lot of trouble with was trying to put the nails in. I was trying so hard not to hit the nail completely through the wood because it's not really thick, and because of this the nails kept falling out and I had to keep renailing them. And then the paint decided it wanted to go everywhere, even on the nice side. Thankfully the polyurathane is so smooth, so I was able to wipe it all up. But mostly I was disappointed when I set up my piece for critique today. I had made all of the correct measurements for the stand, but it still didn't stand straight. Apparently I messed up the slotting again. *sigh*

Anyways, so here are the pictures of the final product. I hope you've enjoyed my first sculpture. Leave comments or questions if you like. I appreciate the feedback. Thank you. ^^