This hybrid behind the human face is a fish and a snake. Both of these animals have spiritual meanings. The fish spiritual meaning stability and balance. They could also bring good luck and prosperity. Whereas, the snake spiritually means healing, rebirth, and guidance. Although, in the Bible, snakes symbolize evil power and chaos.
Christina Bothwell’s work shows verisimilitude as her sculpture shows true and real details. She was able to create surreal sculptures by combining humankind and a creature. Christina Bothwell also used mix-media to create her sculptures. She’s known for using glass and clay. Christina explores what it meant to be more or less real or true.
Surrealism art is “…by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations.” This helps you aim to revolutionize the human experience. Surrealism challenges your artistic creativity with objects/portraits. Surreal sculptures are known to be playful. It would challenge the viewer to see these objects in a different light. Exploring the meanings and ranges of media would help sculptors get a wider understanding of how to express their ideas.
There are no required materials. House or everyday objects could be used. If supplied with clay or other media, it’s suggested to try to explore and experiment with it. This could also be an assemblage of different materials/media. It would be interesting to see how you combine and/or see these objects working together.
Please document your work and create a voice recording or/and a video to show the process.
This task was a challenge to me as I get used to the controls. On my first sculpture that is not seen, I worked for five hours. I deleted that first sculpture out of frustration straight after. However, during that five hours, I was able to learn more about the controls and sculpting. After a few minutes, I was able to recollect myself and create these two assemblage sculptures.
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I could not complete the artstep exhibition task as both of my sculpture files are too big to be downloaded onto artstep. I have used low-poly 3D objects for these sculptures and am still not able to download them onto artstep. I’ve been so frustrated with this task as I wasn’t able to do what I expected.
Although, I played with the design on artstep. Using black brick walls I wanted to create a space of emptiness. The walls and floor are simple because I wanted these two sculptures to be the main focus. I wanted these sculptures to be on the opposite side of each other. It’s as though these sculptures are isolated from each other. I wouldn’t add any other objects other than my sculptures to the exhibition. This would help show the emptiness I wanted to portray. One sculpture with a main focus on a human body and the other sculpture with a main focus on a snake. This is symbolic as snakes are betrayed as evil in the bible. If I was able to continue with this exhibition, I would’ve added some static sounds. This would help the viewers feel the damage and loss of these sculptures.
In 2020, Isaac Cohen an experimental artist created a simulation called ‘Immateria’. He created this excerpting different organic creatures. For this digital exhibition, Isaac wanted to retain a hand-crafted human side that’s often lost in the digital processes.
In this experimental mixed reality, interactive art installation engages the viewer in a temporal conversation. It investigates how technology mediates self-perception.
As shown above, Erwin Wurm engages with unconventional and challenging interactions with everyday objects. He photographs a participant interacting with an object(s) that’s composed for a period of sixty seconds. This challenges my conception of what a sculpture could be. An interaction with an object and staying still for a few seconds. Being able to interact or symbolize objects with our bodies.
These are the objects I chose to work with.
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Rob Mulholland is a sculptor and an environmental artist. He was born in 1962. His work is exhibited worldwide but is based in the United Kingdom. During Rob’s practice, he explores the relationship between humans and the natural world. He undertakes his artworks in public and private spaces. Rob explores his practice using mirror surfaces reflecting the environment selected. These reflections alter the perception of the space as though these figures are not visible. He also uses a variety of materials. As shown above, Rob is interested in the element of deconstruction. He seems to find the balance between ‘chaos and order’ and ‘force and reaction’ of his works. It was interesting to see his play combining a mirror and the natural world.
Christina Bothwell is an American fine arts glassmaker. She was born in New York, United States, in 1960. Christina’s work is known to portray birth, death, and renewal. The materials she uses are glass, ceramic and mixed media. As shown in the photos, she combined cast clay and raku-fired glass. The combination of these two media helps Christina to create what’s seen and unseen. Many of her pieces include human beings, strange creatures, and human-animal hybrids. It is although it’s a fantasy from the viewer’s point of view. Throughout Christina’s sculptures, the small baby figure is the subject matter of the pieces.
"I think of these pieces as souls, each being pregnant with their own potential, giving birth to new, improved versions of themselves." - Christina Bothwell – Artist
Robert Bradford was born in Germany, 1925 and died in New York, 2019. He’s a French-educated American film producer. Robert came to prominence for his large sculptures since 2004. His sculptures are assemblages of discarded plastic toys, combs, buttons, brushes and pegs. Robert’s recycled art gives off positive energy to the viewers. Robert normally creates shapes of animals or characters to give this positive energy. From his experience as a mental health worker, he had a good understanding to balance art and psychology. Robert’s assemblages are aesthetic and meaningful. His use of balancing the colours around his large sculptures were interesting.
I played with clay to make these square 2D walls. The thicker wall is fully in the colourful circle. This sculpture/assemblage is structured. I used wire and wrapped it around with colourful modelling clay.
The vase hold four fake flowers upside down. This created a beauty piece that looks as though it is a drink. I’ve symbolised these flowers as beauty. I placed it on a mirror with lights as we glorify the drink of beauty. I then placed frames with dried flowers facing a bigger mirror. In this sculpture I played around with lighting and shadows too.
This piece is displayed inside an upside down circle table. I placed fake purple flowers in the vase upside down too. I played around with the shadows of the table.
I used a wooden plank to hold my mirror diagonally. This angle of the mirror and positioning of the light, helped me create this reflection. I enjoyed playing around with this.
This sculpture was quite difficult and a challenge to me. This is really structured. I used an easel and portable mirror to hold two thick plastic sheets of my drawings. These drawing were made using 6B water-soluble graphte. These objects held my drawings in this position. The base of this sculpture is a mirror and I believe it makes this look bigger and you’re able to see more from the bottom angle of the sculpture.
I found my ideas developing more as I go. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do but I kept looking around the room finding what I could combine.
Today, I reflected on my surroundings outside of the house. I completed three images that blend into their surroundings. During this task, I tried to have a better understanding of how the site is operating as part of the sculpture.
Using my big clipboard I leaned it against the wall. I drew basic outlines of the wall with the door lock, using a black colored pencil. This is interesting to me because I was able to outline this wall accurately and see the connection. It is as though the clipboard is transparent. I used a clipboard as it is a neutral color to fit in with the wall.
Cayetano Ferrer is an art installation and sculpture artist born in Hawaii in 1981. Looking at Cayetano Ferrer, city of Chicago site interventions, I wanted to create a similar idea to his work. As shown below, he challenged my conception of what my sculpture could be. Blending a clipboard to its background gave me a better understanding of sculpture.
This day I sat in the sun and was reminded of Layne Waerea installation artwork. I used a yellow round sponge and clipped it onto a clothesline. It was a sunny day, so I imagined this sculpture is seen from the ground. It is as if the yellow sponge was the sun. I found this interesting because I was able to replace the irreplaceable. The bright yellow sponge was bold and noticeable on the clothesline.
Layne Waerea is an intervention artist who carries out work in public spaces in Auckland. As shown below, her work ‘(Waiting for) Free Rain’, caught my attention. I took the idea of hanging objects on a clothesline outside. Her idea was to catch rain with the buckets. Whereas, my idea was to dry the sponge and replace the sun.
I used yellow and purple clothing pins to match the yellow and black grip stripes on the stairs. This was interesting to me as I’m blocking the anti-slip strips. These are the stairs that lead to the clothesline to hang our clothes. When it rains when there is laundry outside, we run to get our clothes. My mum would always tell us to be careful on these steps as we could slip running down. I love the colour matching because it blends in, as if it’s not there.
