The Skeletons in Our Closets
Mixed Media Skeleton - Sculpture 1
22"x 12"x 26"
Eat Disorder/Insecurities Social Issue Project
I did my art project on the social issue of eating disorders, namely Bulimia Nervosa, but I think this can also relate to any type of eating disorder. When I was creating this piece, I wanted everyone to be attracted to it (even from wonder or confusion), not just people who might be sensitive to this issue. I wanted that because eating disorders are based around insecurities, which I think everyone, especially teenagers, are susceptible to dealing with. I also wanted the shock factor. You know, the roll of toilet paper. I wanted this to bring attention to Bulimia since the process of purging usually takes place in the bathroom. I ended up weaving the toilet paper through the rib cage because eating disorders not only hurt people’s consciences, but they harm what’s inside and chip away at their health. This can also be related to insecurities because they tend to hurt us or choke us, which is shown by the toilet paper roll around the throat. For my materials, I used wire to make the ribs and strap it to the spine, PVC Pipe to create the bigger bones like the spine and the arms, hot glue gun sticks to create the hands, masking tape to wrap around the bones to make it appear realistic, and of course, the toilet paper.
Proverbs 17:22- “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”
Desperate Measures
Tape Measure Sphere - Sculpture 2
4"x 2"x 2"
Desperate Measures
Pretty Offi-shell
Shell Sphere - Sculpture 2
3"x 2"x 3"
Heaven Scent
Mixed Media Sphere - Sculpture 2
5"x 4"x 5"
Lend Me a Hand
Mixed Media Shadow Sculpture (Partner Project) - Sculpture 2
9"x 2"x 23"
Leave Me Alone
Mixed Media Fan Sculpture - Sculpture 2
7" x 13" x 21"
Social Anxiety - Stress Project
This art piece is based on one of my biggest stressors, social anxiety. I am represented by the fan, my panicked thoughts whirring violently, but protected by a cage guarded by threatening nails. The nails are spray painted black with red tips to be menacing like red caution tape. However, there is a part of me that is actively trying to fight my social anxiety and that is why some parts of cage have been broken open.
Constant Conversations
Mixed Media - Sculpture 2
6" x 8" x 9"
Concentration Piece #1 - The Loudness in the Silence of My Head
My first concentration displays the dark side of my theme. It expresses how I am anxious about the conversations I am going to have. These conversations (the loudness) take over my thoughts and echo repeatedly before they even take place in person. I often feel trapped in it, so I used the styrofoam head wrapped in strips of fabric to show isolation and loneliness. On the top of the head, it is cut to fit an embroidery of red vocal wavelengths as a visual representation of the distressing pre-planned conversations taking place.
Electric Ease
Mixed Media - Sculpture 2
13" x 5" x 30"
Concentration Piece #2 - The Loudness in the Silence of My Head
My second concentration displays the positive side of my theme because these plaguing, inner conversations can be overcome by a different loudness, music. It portrays how music stops my brain from being overcome by all of my nervous thoughts. In my piece, music is overcoming my brain. This is expressed by half of a brain and the brainstem to make the respective body and neck of the guitar. It is made of wire with a string of lights weaved around it to light it up. I added light because the music makes me feel better, so it is the light and positivity I feel when listening to music because it relieves me of my social tension.