From this…
To this…
The fragmented face…
So…. yesterday, I took in a clay face I made while at home, 2 weeks ago. I let it air dry, but as I took it off the mould it cracked and crumbled a bit, I will Klin it tomorrow and see what else happens to it, I am also interested in looking into amending it …maybe. I am thinking of using a technique called, Kintsugi art, repairing broken pottery with gold.
Things are coming together, things break, things have a solution, I am embracing the brokenness and going with it. Although I may use super-clue and household filler lol. It’s all a process, and I’m enjoying the moments. Let art just be. I am giving things a go. #perception
As I evaluate my work – what I would do different would be to take off the clay face from the mould that I used a little sooner before the clay dried out. So not to have it crack. Lesson learned. However, thoughts come to mind of none of us are perfect and how some people hide behind a mask. Which is why I will use the Kintsugi technique. Not hiding the cracks…
the artist I am reminded of as I write this is Eva Antonini, her work explores “the fragility and transiency of life’ through her creations” (Lucky Complier/excerpt).
I previously researched her while I was creating another face, last year – but this face was a very personal piece of art. It was to represent the father of my children who passed away due to cancer. This clay face… I happened to be subconsciously making, as the girls and I looked after him… tragic time of loss, sadness and brokenheartedness. A box was made and I completed a cast of this and evenly poured vinyl mould once melted over it and waited patiently for it to dry. it took a week. During that time he passed. We were numb.
The vinyl mould substance was too heavy for the dry clay and it broke the bottom lip off I was able to mend it. I poured mixed plaster into the mould to create the face – I worked with it. the fragility of the plaster once dried and on the removal also broke. However, I didn’t give up I tried again and it worked.
