Time to evaluate...
So I really didn't have the most productive Easter, but I did do research into artists who use performance, and / or express interesting feelings, often connected to an idea of ... struggling or working with something? Like Marc Quinn's
Emotional Detox shows an internal (physical and mental) struggle with alcohol addiction in a sculpture, casts of his own body 'fighting' with himself.
The performance art I looked at (
the crochet work, and
the ice block) have
hours of work to end at... stillness? or something like that? Camacho is trapped, or safe? and Alys is left with nothing, no more work to do. - both have finite end points and they just have to finish the job.
I had a nice time experimenting with latex, but I need to work out what to DO WITH IT
also I need to refocus on emotions and expressing them - lots of drawing and trying to ignore feeling like I'm drawing something rubbish next week I think?
emotions is part of your theme so come on sort it
PICTURES AND LOOK BACK ON SPECIFIC THINGS:
First week back I began some experimenting.
Tried sewing on latex, works well but a bit time consuming? -CAN I JOIN LATEX WITH LATEX? and use sewing more for the look of it where i really want it.
The latex would need to be pretty thick too, or not have much strain put on it.
Looks a bit 'Frankenstein' which is cool, and fits with the grotesque and horror inspired idea, while still being connected to humanness - look into medical illustration???!!!


Phoebe was making wax sculpture, dipping molten wax into water. Ciaran suggested pouring water onto the wax. - texture much better than just painting latex, and clingfilm - looks more organic, both random and flowing, bit like organs or erosion on rocks.
plaster cast of above wax shape
latex from wax mould, tried it as a bracelet just too see. Should have left to dry longer i need to be more patient! like the texture though
this didnt work. i was thinking about emotions becoming overwhelming and escaping in some way! which lead to... this... and it didn't look so great but i tried something.
i hoped for something more like this:
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Bleeding Tooth Fungus |