I've decided on a final direction for this project, which I hope to have completed by the end of the quarter. The piece will consist of six "mannequin" heads: three plain bodies with hair/head pieces, and three anatomical bodies without hair/head pieces. My plan is to set each group up in a row facing each other, so each head has a conversing "partner".
I started carving one of my plaster casts, which proved to be more time-consuming than I thought:
This has been challenging but fun, because the process is subtractive not additive. It is forcing me to "see" in a different way, picking out areas of negative space that I want to be, in fact, negative. I am going to continue to carve out the skeletal structures, and will paint muscles and other internal structures on the form with oil. The other two plaster mannequins will be similar in composition.
I also started number 2 of the hair mannequins:
This piece is more difficult to work with than the first because the hair is longer and a smoother texture. I like where this one is headed, and I just have a few more rows of hair to sew in before I style it all together. She will be wearing this head piece which I also worked on this week:
There are just a few more elements that I need to add to the crown before it can be added to the head as a whole...
So, as of now, I have one head done and two under construction. That leaves me approximately two to three weeks to get everything else completely finished (three more heads). I am feeling the pressure slightly, but I think that is also what helps push me to get things done.
Another post coming soon!
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