Game of Thrones EVALUATION

Game Of Thrones

My chair was inspired by Magdalena Abakanowicz, a sculptor who creates large humanlike figures made of sackcloth typically limbless, always headless and often in a 'praying' or sitting up position. Magdalena uses hessian (sackcloth) to cover the main amount of her humanoid sculptures made with either clay or a wire cage. Abakanowicz's sculptures are always larger than life size which is why I decided to make my chair very small. I decided to go with opposites instead of straight up copying her work. My chair is around 9cm in height wheres as her sculptures are usually around 9ft. 

I chose to create a stool instead of a 'chair', I thought that worked better with my ideas. 

I made my chair out of clay and hessian. I began by creating a human back shape. I created the basic shape of the hips, bottom and shoulders and began using the clay to create shoulder blades, a spin, small details such as dents and dimples and then I began creating the shape of the bottom. I am not too sure if my sculpture is a male or a female, I never really had that thought in mind, I sort of just 'made it'. 

I then created a simple square shape and attached that to the shoulder area. Under that square in the centre I added a long cylinder shape. I was going to add a human like foot to the bottom of the cylinder, but as Magdalena created limbless figures, I thought I would leave the foot out. 

Finally, I added hessian, the main part of all of her works. I simply used a glue gun and glued a square of hessian on top of the square 'seat' and I then wrapped and glued Hessian around the cylinder leg.

 
I did a lot of research for Abakanowicz's work, making sure I had lots of facts and information about her and her work. I was finding out how she made her sculptures and then I began to try and figure out a way of how I was going to make mine similar to hers without making it an exact copy. 

Whilst working on this project, I learnt lots of new skills and I have developed different ways of doing my art. I used clay which I rarely have used before but I did not fire it and I let it harden in the air. I also used hessian which I had never used before. I found using the clay difficult to begin with as I had never really used it before to create anything with detail, especially a body shape. 

Overall, I am happy with my final chair. Though I would have changed a few things such as size and possibly firing it in the kiln, I have learnt for next time and if I ever get the opportunity to use clay again, then I will know for next time. Next time if I were to do this project again then I would make my chair a lot larger so that I had more space to create more visible details. On my chair I created curves, a spine and back bones and then I added small textures to the back to make it look more realistic. Next time I would like to experience with body shape. My chair this time was not created with a gender in mind though I would say this does look more like a female body. Next time I would like to create a bulkier male body as I have never done that before. Next time I would maybe added a neck or limbs as this chair was supposed to look like Magdalena Abakanowicz's praying sculptures and from behind you cannot see no arms or legs as they would be at the front.