18 March 2012

Update

So I just wanted to update my progress in the past month. I've been away on vacations and helping with a visiting artist most of march, but there has been some progress made! I have made the rubber mold on my wax sculpture for two of my masks. I plan on pouring melted gummies into one and molten sugar into another. It's just the head of the bust i'm using as my first mask, and i plan on altering them so they're not all the same. In order to not ruin the magic I'm going to refrain from uploading any pictures until the final result. The line up goes as follows
1) Denial - i have made the wax sculpture of this and will make the rubber mold once the first rubber mold is done. I will then put dark chocolate with the consistency of almond bark in the mold and have a bust of myself.
2) Anger - This one I plan on making out of nerds. I have a plaster mold ready to go and I plan on pouring nerds with some sort of adhesive together in the mold and creating an interesting backdrop that will be flush with the wall. (there will be some sort of enamel in order to not have the nerds colors run)
3) Bargaining - this one will be one of the two from the head mold I'm forming currently. I plan on melting gummy bears into the mold and cutting the mold in half between the eyes. I will then put gummy bears in a circular shape with the two halves of faces on the left and right side of the circle. the gummys will ultimately mix in the mask, but will sustain their colors when they're in the circle.
4) Depression - This one I'm almost done with. I have the plaster mold created and a powdered sugar positive from it. I just need to buy the black twizzlers rope and connect it like hair. I'm considering finding some sort of silver frosting to make tears on my face.
5) Inspiration - this one will ultimately come from the head mold i'm creating from my bust as well as #3, but this will be the only mask where my eyes are open. I plan on making a rubber mold then a wax mold where I alter the mask to have the eyes open, then I plan on making a second rubber mold and pouring molten sugar into the mold. This will then have a lightbulb in the center of it and look like a light bulb itself in the shape of my head.

All of this work will be done for the critique on Tuesday, and I will FINALLY update some pictures. I will also add one of Guillermo as I seem to have forgotten to last project.

Cheers

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