For this piece I really wanted to touch base on the obsession of taking a selfie and then waiting for the approval of how many likes or comments the picture. I decided to go a little big for this piece by making a giant iPhone, it's probably four feet plus. The process that I had to go through was insane to be honest. It first started with figuring out how to make the phone in the first place on top of the fact I needed a large enough photo to fit such a large space. So, it started with printing the picture out in sections. Once I had all the sections printed out I glued them down on a piece of cardboard. I had a friend, Emily Broad Photography take the picture of her sister and edit it to where only her sisters eyes had color. I really wanted to make it look dramatic. After that headache of a mess (it took forever to figure out) I had to construct the iPhone.
I had to take a bunch of measurements so nothing would look funny. My teacher had connections and was able to supple me with a big piece of drywall. that would be the base of the piece. I had to draw out what I needed to cut. Then I painted it geso, after that dried I painted it with black pant since I was using an iPhone five as the model. Then I had a cutout of the apple logo and table it to the back of the iPhone. I took a clear gloss and painted several layers so once it dried it will be a shiny apple logo like on the phone. I then did the shiny strips on the top and bottom of the phone. After, all of that I had to do the front of the iPhone.
I used E6000 glue to press it down on the dry wall. Then I took the piece of glass and put that on top, I used the E6000 to glue the outside and really stick it down. Once that was dried I took a hammer to it and smashed it all over. I then went back and glued down the bigger pieces in place. Then I took a piece of plexi glass and glued that on top to keep the broken glass in. Then I had to get the outline of the phone so I used two pieces of cardboard cutting out a boarder. I painted it black than used the same glue to really press it down. I didn't forget the button, (I used the clear gloss to make it shiny underneath).
I then went back and added the finer details like the buttons on the side and top and the camera. For the sign I made it all out of cardboard, I painted it to match the models eyes. This piece was the most challenging piece I have ever done but I proud of it.
The meaning behind it is society saying that this picture isn't good enough, even though it's perfect it is just not good enough. It's broken, like the phone, it needs to be sent back, it's been recalled.
I had to take a bunch of measurements so nothing would look funny. My teacher had connections and was able to supple me with a big piece of drywall. that would be the base of the piece. I had to draw out what I needed to cut. Then I painted it geso, after that dried I painted it with black pant since I was using an iPhone five as the model. Then I had a cutout of the apple logo and table it to the back of the iPhone. I took a clear gloss and painted several layers so once it dried it will be a shiny apple logo like on the phone. I then did the shiny strips on the top and bottom of the phone. After, all of that I had to do the front of the iPhone.
I used E6000 glue to press it down on the dry wall. Then I took the piece of glass and put that on top, I used the E6000 to glue the outside and really stick it down. Once that was dried I took a hammer to it and smashed it all over. I then went back and glued down the bigger pieces in place. Then I took a piece of plexi glass and glued that on top to keep the broken glass in. Then I had to get the outline of the phone so I used two pieces of cardboard cutting out a boarder. I painted it black than used the same glue to really press it down. I didn't forget the button, (I used the clear gloss to make it shiny underneath).
I then went back and added the finer details like the buttons on the side and top and the camera. For the sign I made it all out of cardboard, I painted it to match the models eyes. This piece was the most challenging piece I have ever done but I proud of it.
The meaning behind it is society saying that this picture isn't good enough, even though it's perfect it is just not good enough. It's broken, like the phone, it needs to be sent back, it's been recalled.