For this still untitled frame, I bought in a Sharity Shop some of used clothes and I chose the size of two pieces of women’s clothing, with the size of the wooden base. I worked with the pieces by dipping them in a mixture of water, wood glue and plaster. After it dries I spent overcoating of pure wood glue like finish for fixation and more durability. This was an experimentation a composition of different materials in the practice of my work.
For this still untitled frame, I bought in a Sharity Shop some of used clothes and I chose the size of two pieces of women’s clothing, with the size of the wooden base. I worked with the pieces by dipping them in a mixture of water, wood glue and plaster. After it dries I spent overcoating of pure wood glue like finish for fixation and more durability. This was an experimentation a composition of different materials in the practice of my work.
About my canvas: clothing with plaster on canvas
I got this idea from my other tutor Sarah Jacques, she suggested me do work with plaster on clothes.
But on May 4, 2015, I had a tutorial with Jane Watt, and from that, I changed my mind as regard at my canvas with clothing and plaster, because I was not feeling accomplished with the result, it seemed that something was missing to complete this piece. So when my tutor Jane described how she felt seeing the canvas outcome and she asked me about if I leave wrapped in plaster would see like thing dead, stagnant, and this is not my goal. I need to give more life; then I decided to break the plaster that involved the piece of clothing with hammer bringing color inside to out by breaking the plaster. On this working, I worked with the metamorphosis, with the transformation of the piece.
This process of breaking, I did in my private studio in my house, and I worked with a lot of clothes as a range of scale.
