doll self 3

"hands and feet"

this simple sculpture is simply a reflection of my size,im not at all a small chap,and people are constantly commenting on my huge feet and hands,so i thought i make something simple.
i would very much like to revisit this again,but use nice wood,and keep the natural finish , perhaps varnish it, to add my love for woodworking and carpentry into the mix

doll self 2

"Habitual Ritual"

this may be one of my favorite self portraits i have ever done 

trying to figure out which side the projection would look better on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yylSrouYKQ

i changed the bandanna that i would project on,as its lighter,meaning more  clarity to my video

Doll self

"Chest and Shoulders"
i feel like the sound recording compliments the work a lot, people in the room where asking where the sound was coming from,which lead to them asking why i had the sound in the first place. i like when people ask questions about my work.
the raw ugly objects also reflected well the sort of doll i was trying to make,they where also quite relevant to characteristics of mine

after looking at the doll on the table and seeing the mess of laptop and speakers under the table i felt like i let myself and the work down with lazy presentation,so i fixed that.

presenting this on the table completely  took away from it

having the sound under the table also took away

once i moved it off the table,it became a million times more pleasing to look at and experience 

i also re-positioned the sound

partnering object

*there is a sketch pad to acompany this work(s)*

the reason i chose to layr cardboard is because it relates well to how the olmec statue was made.
from jade,first,just a rough dirty ugly stone,but once sculpted carved and polished,it becomes a thing of beauty. i wanted to display somehow,and i thought that the rough outside of te rectangle could mirror the roughness of the stone before the cleaning. ansd the clean cut line on the inside could mirror the polished fineshed statue.

i also like the idea of taking away from the layrs iof cardboard to form shape,simalr to removing from the stone until structure of a jade figure apears.

getting it cut

 

i liked the shape of this,just a cut away from the cardboard layrs. something i may use in a futre project.

i also wanted to work with the age of the piece,as i know it comes from 400-900 bc,yet it still loks alien like,almost futureistc. so using rope laced in green wax i made outlines. each displaying an age,past present anf future.
i would alsom have like to make a print using this.