Nobodyhere Photograph

Themes: Inner self, incompleteness, brokenness, distorting, fragility, vulnerability. ​ This started as an investigation into materials in its traditional and non-traditional forms. I choose a child’s doll as the subject of my investigation. As I began to experiment with the different materials, instead of being drawn by the perfection of the casts, I was drawn to the imperfection of the casts that were flawed or damaged in some way. It very quickly became an investigation of how I could manipulate the materials in order to cause the flaws and deform the end result. I worked with several different materials, including plaster, wax, resin and porcelain using 1 and 2-part moulds and casting all but the torso of the doll. The more I worked with the materials the more the need for fragility and vulnerability became. I started to relate the work as precious objects that needed protecting even though I was the instigator of deformity. ​ It was an interesting observation how both the viewer and myself related to the work. Their view of deformity became a visceral experience, which in most cases repulsed them and yet the work became strangely precious to me. As with most of my work, this investigation was captured by the lens.

Photography:Digital on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 0.1 D in

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