Figurative Sculpture

 

Trinity

Gray Air Dry Clay, Red Air Dry Clay, Wood, Acrylic Paint

Front - 5x5x4

Back - 9x6x5

This sculpture was created with a bond between two people, as an activism piece to raise awareness to mental health of the survivors left behind when someone falls victim to suicide. The front sculpture was created with a “gun shot” wound to the head and butterflies coming from the exiting side to show the soul of the individual leaving the body. The base for this sculpture is a wooden circle that is burned to symbolize a period(.) as the end of life. The back sculpture 

     

Research:

   Artsy features “Suicide” created in 1990 by Zhang Dali. As research it was not context in words but how the image was created and the effects it can portray from the viewers point of view. 

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/zhang-dali-artists-bust-suicide

A second chance explains the significance of the semi-colon and why it is used within the survivor and suicide prevention community. 

https://www.asecondchance-kinship.com/suicide-prevention-the-significance-of-the-semicolon/

Article based on suicide prevention and the risk of someone you know falling victim to suicide as it is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention

 

Dinner and a movie

Frankenstein

Various Objects and Materials

Inspired by: Big Daddy (1999)

This piece is a generational pull from a parent to a child about the “need” to grow up. This piece goes further into the relationship of of a father and son, this dynamic is how kids from split house holds spend their time with “dad”. The take out food and ketchup speaks to dad being fun/not knowing how to cook/easy food options. The newspaper hold many meanings to it, the business section was highlighted to the maturity and the funny pages and sports for the immature sides of this characters. There are also two different types of sticks, two from the same tree and one from another. Two from the same tree are to show the bond and relationship between them. The sticks have another connotation of being out in nature and free while also being the object that will trip you the easiest.  

 

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