Whilst eating a sandwich wrapped in foil I had the idea of wrapping the faces of the statues in it. It worked best with foil that was crinkled and straightened rather than new foil but both achieved a 3D mask like face.
Another carved stone head in the art school garden that I used, this time covering in foil.
If I had been at home I would have continued the process by adding plaster to the reverse of the foil and leave it to set. I used this process in my first year to make small heads.
Kathryn Raffell, 2014, Baby Faces, 11cmx6cm, plaster.
But as no plaster to hand I settled for pinning the foil masks to the wall as part of the end of the week pop up exhibition.
Kathryn Raffell, 2015, Masks, Medium – foil.
Continuing to use foil as a medium, I used it to make a mask of my face and documented this by making a short video.
The mask I made in this clip I put into the end of the week exhibition we had. I placed it into a dried plant I found near the school as I wanted it to appear to be part of the nature of the place.
Kathryn Raffell, 2015, Foil Mask cast of my face, Foil medium and dried plant material.
