My compilation of work for 3D: Portraiture and the Human form.

This will show the journey of my work, why I did it and why I chose to go down the path I did.

First of all I researched a series of artists, from Henry Moore and Barbra Hepworth, From this research i was really inspired by the work of a man named Egon Schiele, the way the way he uses expressive lines portraying the twisted body shapes. This research also included the trip we took to London to visit museums and galleries, and the trip we took to bradford and the Hepworth Gallery, additional information can be found on the individual blog posts about both trips. 

                      

From this research I created my own Egon style of drawing, I had to get to grips with the way he draws before I had the hard task of recreating it in a 3D form. 

I decided that the best way of recreating this would be to to take castings of mannequins using mod-roc, I had used this prior to this so I was aware of all the safety requirements I had to take, such as washing my hands and surfaces after use, and not directly inhaling the dust from the rolls. The first cast i took was a simple plain body. i also did the back of a body and an arm as development of my casting skills.

I then painted it with watered down acrylics in a style that Egon did with his paintings. i was very happy with this as a first attempt, but i knew it needed some more development

After further research into materials and methods if using them, I experimented using starch based foam, that when wet, would mould together, this was unsuccessful but without trying this way of working I would have never known. 

I then took more casts of a mannequin, I then came to the conclusion of incorporating wire with the mod-roc to recreate Egon's line work in a 3D form. This is the casting. I like the way that the wire in the mod-roc acts like the bones of the body, giving it more life.

I then painted it, in a slightly different way to the first time, as i was unhappy with the opaqueness of the first. I think this was very successful experiment and the final casting shows clear development and crucial shadowing in the way in which Egon Schieles work looked. I am happy with the path I choose, as I feel it is unique, even though it was based on the work of Egon, I have reformed it into 3D and feel this completely changes the piece of art.