Foam and Plaster

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Foam And Plaster 

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In Process

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Final

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Artist Statement

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When first experimenting with the foam I noticed the silver lining the piece had. It reminded me of a space ship so that was where my mind was led to sketch. I wanted to have the shuttle with rays shooting down from the bottom. When sketching I imagined the rays curving instead of shooting right down to give it a more dynamic and interesting composition. This then reminded me of a jellyfish. I decided to sketch and see what that would look like instead of the UFO. In the end, I decided on the jellyfish angle due to the interesting curvature I could achieve with the legs. This gave my final piece more of an organic flow.

I began my journey by cutting out foam pieces that served as a flat canvas that I would build the plaster. I started with the shape of the legs as I knew that building up the head of the jellyfish would call for more time. The legs were simple to do as I just needed to apply plaster to the shape and wait for it to dry. I repeated that process 3 times sanding them down before each recoating. For the head, I sketched out and cut the shape of the head twice. The head was sectioned into four pieces and had foam in between so as to not waste plaster. Once all the pieces were dry and sanded down I attached them with more plaster. I added screws to the legs so they would hold onto the head better. Once it was melded into one I primed the pieces and spray-painted them. I knew from the beginning that I would want light pastel colors. I chose a light sea foam blue and pink to give it a nice airy feel. Lastly, I gave it a clear finishing coat to hold the color.