For this piece it turned out way better than I had originally expected. The idea at the time seemed bigger than what I could handle. With some help and lots of patience I was able to make it happen. The meaning behind the piece shows the transition from childhood to older youth. What we held in our hearts were such pleasant things that were very careless. Whereas now, the top of the heart shows how we hold the desire to look a certain way. It's more of a harsher half of the heart and or part of our life.
I made this piece by using paper mache, squishy tubing, wood, and paint. The first half of the heart I made first, I used a wire base then proceeded to cover that in many layers of newspaper covered in glue or another solution flour and water. I then found small pieces of wood and inserted it in to use as shelves for the finished product. With the paint colors I wanted to do a blend since a heart isn't exactly one color, it has mixtures. I added blues, bronze and a little black through out the heart. For the second half of the heart I did the same thing as I did with the first half. I then connected the two boards using wood glue to keep it together. To have it stand on it's own I used wooden poles and then screwed them into the boards. After that was standing on it's own I used a geso which is like white paint to paint the wood the same color. Inside the heart I placed items to really represent child to youth. With the pieces inside I gave them a rough look by using white geso on the items.
The overall finished piece I am very happy with how it had turned out.
I made this piece by using paper mache, squishy tubing, wood, and paint. The first half of the heart I made first, I used a wire base then proceeded to cover that in many layers of newspaper covered in glue or another solution flour and water. I then found small pieces of wood and inserted it in to use as shelves for the finished product. With the paint colors I wanted to do a blend since a heart isn't exactly one color, it has mixtures. I added blues, bronze and a little black through out the heart. For the second half of the heart I did the same thing as I did with the first half. I then connected the two boards using wood glue to keep it together. To have it stand on it's own I used wooden poles and then screwed them into the boards. After that was standing on it's own I used a geso which is like white paint to paint the wood the same color. Inside the heart I placed items to really represent child to youth. With the pieces inside I gave them a rough look by using white geso on the items.
The overall finished piece I am very happy with how it had turned out.