PLASTER REVIEW

November 26, 2008 engiesuh

starfish.plaster work

I decided to make my plaster form organic. By incorpoating the real image of starfish, I made rough textures on the surface of my artwork and created edge shaped pattern on top to make it look like a starfish. After I doodled lines on a paper I marbled I found a figure that I wanted to make it into 3 dimenssional. At first, I did not make the decision that it is going to be a starfish, however, as I was developing my artwork into plaster, I noticed that it gave me the image of starfish.

Before starting the project, we all listened to Ms. Dayton’s jazz and doodled. While I was doodling, I saw many interesting shapes on the paper. Then I decided to choose one shape and make it into 3 dimenssional with clay. With the clay model, I used straw form to enlarge the shape and then used plaster to make the piece harden. I also decorated details with plaster so that it looked more like a starfish.

While I was making the art piece, I focused on the texture to create rough surface. Also, I shaped the form as if it was moving under the sea and creating movement in the art piece. To make my starfish look more organic I put patterns on the surface like the real starfish has. I also focused on the color of my paster work using red and orange color scheme.

Overall, my art work came out with great satisfactions. I like how the colors really stand out creating the warm and hot feeling. The red dot really stands out making it look more superior and unique.

With the same plaster process I could make abstract form as well.

This project was very much fun!

DEDICATED this piece to Ms. Dayton~