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My final artwork is captivating to the viewers as I’ve been able to progress from using a mixture of materials to learning how the combination of materials has made me able to learn the techniques and failures of using the different materials together. As the artwork functions to be uniquely symbolizing my own mental state of dealing with the fear of not being seen, it allows me to tell my own story without having the point be strictly told to the audience, secretly symbolizing my own story of my fears. As an artist, it’s been successful for me to be able to create artwork to a standard level that allows me to display my artistic technical skills. The creation of the artwork hasn’t solved my fear although has allowed me to think deeply and more understanding about how my fears have arisen in childhood and the ways of coping that I would use to displace the fear in my everyday life. From the creation process, I’ve been able to develop as an artist by learning to mix different materials of different densities, textures, and water solubility. Working with an air-dry cry, I’ve been able to manipulate how it doesn’t like water to mix a half-and-half solution of watercolor and acrylic paint, giving the eyes of the pig the perfect balance between being watery and too matte. Making this artwork was a form of therapy in the way that I was able to understand my mentality visually, opening my eyes to being more self-aware of how my fears can be playing a dramatic role in my everyday life. Figuring out the materials for my artwork was efficient in giving me the outcome of having a realistic and scary pig head. Conceptually I’ve been able to enhance the secrecy of how I use symbolism, I’ve translated my personal issues into visual qualities that correctly display my fears and their emotions. Overall, the project has been successful for me to be able to work efficiently as I create a mixed medium art piece that changed my artistic and conceptual skills.

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In these drawings, I’ve shown different ways that I wanted to present my final piece and idea I had throughout the process of baking the product I added up going with the fourth one because this really showed different ways of the flowers in the leaves because there is color difference and I liked out The cut out. What is it a video so if I put some lights inside that it would glow. but these six sketches show the idea I had of making my final piece

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Here is the link to my final reflection:

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I think my final piece was relatively successful because I used pastels to create a consistent look and feel throughout all 5 panels of my drawings which were appropriate to the intended vibe of romanticisation + apprehension. In this artwork, I showed romance and apprehension as interwoven ideas by utilizing poses and symbols that depict romanticized but potentially toxic aspects of relationships. To give examples, the face covering pose and the cigarette. I think the intentional use of colors was also very important in this artwork. The contrast between the pastel colors makes the objects/figures pop. Further, the use of pinks and yellows, especially in the flowers, connected with the romantic vibe. The color in the grey figures is a symbol of danger and violation. However, I feel that the artwork is too empty overall. To improve, I need to add more shading and greys to figures, and the panel with the sole figure needs slightly more yellow for it to tie into the rest more. This would make the viewer's eye move across the pentagon even better. Also, I did not follow my final plan completely and did not write on the inner layer, not have an outer layer. I believe the omission of the outer layer does not affect too much, but I needed to write for the artwork to give off a deeper vibe of introspection and vulnerability. I mostly did not do this because I was not sure what exactly to write, but perhaps I could even rewrite or start to write diary entries (on black paper) and paste them onto the pentagon.

This artwork did not exactly cause me to overcome my fears but helped me process a lot of things. The process of creating ideas for symbols, the creative thinking exercises, and the creation of the final plan forced me to think about the causes and the impacts that my fear has on me. Because of this, I am more aware of my feelings and by acknowledging them instead of putting them away and being ashamed, I can recognize that they exist but I can overcome them slowly.

In this unit, I developed a lot as an artist. Technically, pastel is a new medium for me, but I developed skills and now know how to use it in different ways. Furthermore, I learned how to create more flowy lines and draw human figures, which I struggled with before but I believe I have improved greatly, evident in my final peice. Conceptually, this piece was not only created on a single piece of paper, pushing me to explore new possibilities and learn how to integrate interactive aspects into my work. I also think that my use of symbolism in this piece is different from before. In the past, my symbols were more surreal and placed there specifically because they meant something and although this time, my symbols are also intentional, I think they blended in with the theme/scene more and were more subtle, all connecting to romance.

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'Attachment to Change'

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After looking back at my sculpture, and conveying every sense of an artist's perspective. My peace shows a good proportion, this is because I was able to portray a successful focal point which is the rat. That is profoundly barricaded by the hand. Even more, the piece independently, in my opinion, shows a successive amount of creative thinking skills that have been laid and intrigued into the piece itself. During the process of conducting this sculpture I grew as an individual. In reasoning, I was able to express my most undesirable fear which is not an ebay task, to which I still manage to express it in my own right medium and aesthetic look. Nevertheless, the space that I have worked in really provided me with comforn, this is because I felt like I wasn't the only one that had a fear, and because men are stereotyped into this anomaly of being string, fearless, emotionally unaffected, it really gave me a chance for once to un shield a section in myself that meant something. More than this my peers, and mentor gave me highly valuable feedback in relation to my piece. I know that this was an independent piece but because I had difficulty coming from childhood to adulthood expressing my thought of the burden I had gone through to finally have a way to unleash it while also being satisfied with the end result. In the continuum of the matter, my surroundings inspired me to chase those who were doing things in my eyes that were better for me to be even greater so it changed my ideology of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Coming to a full circle, this quite resembles me. During the start of the unit I established myself as a well rounded artist, however this has changed throughout my journey in this unit. Because my ego was highly placed because of the amount of status and proposition I have gone through. However when relaying that information as an artist I still lack on applying my creative thinking quality. In today's society for individuals my age have gone through many things, for one the pandemic. This made me insecure when coming back into person, you may state it has been two years already. However people are more different than your eyes preserve it as. Different people have different peers. This point is clearly shown in my class padlet portfolio. The diversity has inspired me and motivated me as a person to stand up to those who are better than me. Through this process of finding inspiration through professional artists, I have interest in my own peers' work more than the artist I research, this relates to a slogan “the circle that surrounds us widens through actions”.

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In this experiment i have polished my skill in proportion of the nature body of a rat, this is to symbolise my mother and her religion as a buddhist. To further evaluate I need to paper mashe this piece inorder to get the balancing correctly on the hand.

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Artist: Jasmine
Medium: Mixed Mediums (Plaster, Air-dry clay, glass, foam, water color paint, acrylic paint, wire, aluminium foil)
Date: 24 May, 2023

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The seventh experiment is a test trial for my final artwork. It was made using the combination of the artistic skills that I've learnt over the course of the trailing period. By combining all of my trials, I started by using a fake base to simulate the base that I would have in real life, imagining that the string is darker and much more scattered this would be the ideal base of my sculpture. Then using the ears of the pig I would use deeper and darker colors to accentuate the size of the face more. To add, I would also consider using the tin foil and wire in different angles and lengths making sure that the wiring doesn't look too common or misplaced. Generally, this would be my target product as the idea of the final design would be adapted from this example, I like how my project is going and I am looking forward into creating the piece.

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Pinterest, 2023, https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422282902534895226/. Accessed 22 May 2023.

This design really influenced me to try to create something similar because I’ve really liked how the designer used a lot of small pieces of paper to create a look where it looks like flowers, but also messy at the same time, and I really wanted to make this with my final piece because it looks very unique and different

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"This New Exhibition Explores Alexander Mcqueen’S Love Of Flowers". Another, 2019, https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12121/this-new-exhibition-explores-alexander-mcqueens-love-of-flowers-roses-2019-2020. Accessed 22 May 2023.

This really inspired me to try make some of my flowers look the same as this because it has a very weird texture that I want it on onto my hat and I really liked how the designer made it very messy because it shows all the different type type of designs and techniques in the flowers and the different types of folds.

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Nast, Condé. "Moschino’S Spring 2018 Flower Dresses Are The Latest In A Decades-Long Trend". Vogue, 2017, https://www.vogue.com/article/history-of-flower-dresses-moschino-spring-2018. Accessed 22 May 2023.

In this outfit, we can see how the flower pops up at the top of the head area. This is also what I wanted to do with my hair because it shows how there’s nothing from the bottom till when it’s fully opened up at the top with all the flowers and colors. This was it oh my inspiration because I wanted to show how much I’ve grown from the experiences that I’ve had, and where I am now, so I wanted to fly to represent where I am at this stage in life.

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In my 6th experiment I've been able to mix air-dry clay and marbles together to complete a veiny eye texture with the air dry clay coming out from the eye. I think that the texture is very interesting although I won't be using it in my real artwork because I feel as thought the texture would displace the overall look of the artwork. Using air dry clay once again for the nose i feel like the rounded but still moldable shape can be manipulated to be crooked and hurt, like in the design. Overall, I will be using air dry clay for the nostrils of the pig and the overall eye of the pig but not using the strange texture that I came up with.

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The detail and brush strokes are not that clear due to the quality.

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This sculpture will be a representation of the feeling that I am feeling in relation to being unable to achieve my dreams. The fear of being unable to achieve my dreams, the goals looks very reasonable and achievable and it is still in the making yet it seems like my dreams are fading and melting away from the clutches of my hand. There are a variety of visual qualities that I have incorporated into this artwork. One of the more apparent and obvious visual qualities would be the use of scale, specifically the down scaling of the house so that it fits the palm of my hand. The reason behind this is because the house is the representation of my dreams and it being built is my view from the present. The reason why the house is still under construction and not yet fully built is because I have not finished achieving nor have I reached and fulfilled my dreams yet not it would be illogical to have a finished house aka a fully achieved dream in my hand when I have not achieved it yet. Moreover I have used distortion to sort of distort and melt the house to make it seem like although my dream is being built it is also slipping away from my grasp. The texture of the artwork would be grainy and rough for the house, this is because I want to show a building in construction so the building should be rough and still being refined but not too rough and broken just broken in certain parts since the building is still in the making. The colour of the house will be light purple mixed with blue with some grey. The reason why I used purple and blue mixed it to create a sort of dreamy colour and grey to make it more realistic and down to earth. Whereas the hand will be the colour of cement so darker grey mixed with some blotches of dark grey. This is because I want the main focal point to be the house and not the hand. I just want the hand to be a complimentary figure to the house. The hand should sort of lead to the house and it represents me trying to reach my dreams currently.

This sculpture will be made mainly using mordrop, thin wire, thicker wire, chicken wire, and chopsticks. Once the mordrop is dry I will then use paint to paint over the entire sculpture and sometimes bruising the chopsticks so that it is bruised.

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In my final plan, I drew out a hanging sculpture or standing sculpture that shows a person who is mentally broken down and supported by the curvy wire on the outside. The focal point is the person, which I try to make stand out by wrapping the red string around. The person on the inside is connected by a thick wire flowing downward. On the other hand, I also try to recreate a combination between drawing 2 and drawing 5.

The curvy wire (outside): The curvy wire on the outside will be bent into a strong and thick wire, so it will still stay strong while showing a flexible move even hanging. I'm trying to give a sense of working progress, comfort, and movement as it proceeds. The wire is moving in the in and out which like twisted ladder.

Multiple strings:  The multiple colors of the string represent the vein and the inner feeling. The vein kind of implied the interconnection between the curvy wire, which is a progression of past and present that comforted together to the feeling of scare when people deny and disagree with it.
colors ((red, yellow, blue, purple or black):

Texture & line: The texture will change differently according to the different parts of the body: wire, string, and fabric (with glue). The texture of the face, hand, and foot will be bumpy and rough because it symbolizes the unevenness of the feeling and strengthens it to be better. The texture of the body parts will we smoothly and using a round line that wrapped around the body and the modroc kind of giving the smooth texture which represent the warm feeling but fill with empty space.

Gesture: I drew the gesture of the body lying down with one hand and one hand down to show the stress and discomfort. It is implying the feeling of self-breakdown. The gesture of the body is giving a smooth feeling from the modroc, which represents the emotion and shows anxieties and fear both physically and mentally.

Net and cross hatch wire: The net and cross hatch wire capture the emotion and complex feelings inside of me. This is because, due to the feeling of losing control and breaking down, it makes me emotional and easily angry. It's also pushing me to think about negative thoughts about myself and regretting, "Why can't I do it?".

Fabric (PVA glue) handing vertically: I try to communicate the hanging fabric symbolism as the community around me that has been looking at me from head to toes. The looks have given me a perspective on my weakness and made me worry about what if people think it's not enough. The closer the fabric was to my head, the more I felt left out and The fabric laying vertically creates tension and unease. I want the audience to move their eyes up and down.

overlapping wire and aluminum (realistic parts: face, hand, and foot): The realistic part of the body represents what physically and truthfully happens and what I have to deal with from inside and outside. For instance, I tend to feel my hands, feet, and head as the most trembling parts, which leads me to freeze and overthink about it. And an overlapping line will completely show the department's feelings and anxiety.

Paper mache and plaster:  (bumpy texture):

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without paper mache, string and aluminum paper (design 2-5)

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In this experiment, I am trying to create the pose from design ideas 1 and 5, as well as combine all the materials that I have been working with. I actually really like the flowing of the wire, strings with different colors, and fabric because it does create a sense of calm, moves upward, and is very expressive from the human inside. However, it should also be based on the realistic face, paint colors, and how I apply her emotion. What I would do differently in my final plan is change the scale and make the human body more abstract, like using wire, net, and string to combine and make it look like a vein. From this experiment, it also feels a bit complicated and hard to focus, especially since I didn't figure out how the body and the head should be hanging and connected from where to where.

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As the names fortell it describes the  journey I had experience through to which express the fear of losing someone important in my life. That someone is my dear mother, this sculpture consit of variety of materials that I have been experienced with in this project or experienced I had throughout my years of lessons in art class. The visual quality I choose was mainly focusing on change in scale. As a result I intentionally made the rat smaller inorder to direct the viewers sight to the visual quality of the arm. To express my mother in this sculpture I ensure to apply a yellow dull color for the rat, in reasoning. My mom favourite color is yellow and because she is meant to represent as the rat I decide what best to include her favourite color into the mix. Nonetheless I made the gradient dull not fully bright yellow because I still want to portray my mother as a person who have been through a lot, because she has. By using some dull gradient on the rat it shows that the subject is worn out and old. To execute this matter I will be mainly using acrylic paint as this is the best option in my opinion to mix and match, manipulate color that I desire. To give that worn out look, after the final coat of paint have dried I will use a grade 4 sand paper and rub it all around the rats surface area.

Moving on to the most crucial part of this sculpture, the human arm. To make this arm I will be simply acquire a model that I have already found. Then manipulate the rolls of modrok to the shape of the arm until the elbow consisting around 4 layers. Because acrylic will always give off that glossy look after paint, support by my experiment. I will be repeating the same process with the sand paper that I did with the rat to the arm. Looking at the drawing in the plan, we can see a split in the palm of hand which run through the whole area. With the assit of some copper wire connection throught a fill areas inside both hands, I will manage to make the model stable and still be able to hold the rats paper mashey weight. As a result this will show the breaking apart of myself when she start to pursue in another subject and not care about me anymore.

This sculpture mainly adjust and depending on the contrasting in colors to show a focal point.

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- dentistry setting/theme
I chose the setting of a dentist office to create a feeling of tension, and eeriness, as it is a generally uncomfortable environment. It is also an environment in which someone is vulnerable, as they are inspected, and someone's flaws are inevitably revealed, which directly relates back to my fear. I also chose a dentistry because it is a place that is inevitable, not optional to attend, and no one exactly wants to be there.
- Cavity in the dentist mirror
The cavity is supposed to show a suppressed imperfection, that is being hidden by the outside cover. The way in which the cavity is exposed, and shown to the outside world, represents my fear of being unable to cover up flaws and imperfections within me, and the vulnerability and anxiety that this feeling contains.
- Bugs leaving behind greyish splotches
The multiple bugs crawling up my body are meant to create a creepy, eerie feeling. They are gross, disgusting creatures, that leave behind spots, ruining the perfect peachy skin, which is meant to represent the fear of being stained with a bad image. The way that these bugs emerge from my clothing and climb up my neck is meant to create a feeling of inevitability, as though there is nothing I can do to stop them from crawling up my body.
- Light
The light shining directly onto my face is supposed to convey a feeling of tension, of being watched, and being under pressure. The fact that there is a spotlight on my face shows how I feel as though I cannot afford to show imperfections, out of fear of disappointing those watching me. These people, "watching me", are represented within the light.
- Smile posters in the background
These posters carry a double symbolism. Firstly, they represent the standard of perfection. In the image, the subjects' imperfection is exposed (cavity), the perfect pearly white smiles represent the perfect image that I am trying to achieve, or strive towards. At the same time, a repetition of exaggerated smiles also represents judgement, as they almost appear to be laughing behind the subjects' back. This represents my fear of being judged or ridiculed when imperfections are exposed.
- contrast and use of colour
The way in which I created contrast between peachy warm tones and cool tones contributes to the piece in several ways. Firstly, I chose to colour myself in peachy, feminine colours to represent trying to emit or fit into a perfect, soft standard. This peachy perfection is interrupted by the bugs, which have a dirty, green colour, and create flaws within my image. I also wanted to create a strong contrast between the subject of the piece and the world around it, as I wanted to represent feeling uncomfortable, out of place, and almost like an imposter, trying to pretend to be something they are not. I decided to use a dark green in the background to make the space feel almost claustrophobic yet empty, in order to represent the anxiety and lost, alone feeling that putting on a facade of perfection brings.
- expression in texture/line/brushstroke
The way in which I have chosen to apply the product and the level of smoothness that I have created purposefully contributes to the meaning of the piece. This is because I have used a sort of semi-realistic stroke, that, from far away, creates realistic figures, but close up is actually chaotic and messy. This represents my fear of appearing imperfect and my hiding of impurities, as the oil pastel strokes create a facade and an image, but are actually messy and imperfect up close.
- life-size/ to scale sizing
I have chosen to make this piece to scale, meaning that the face would be roughly the size of an average person's face. I have also chosen to display this piece roughly on eye-level with the viewer. This is because I want the audience to empathize with the image, and the expression within the piece. I want the viewers brains to perceive this piece, not as a fictional story, but rather as true emotion and fear.

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In this last experiment, I tried to go much bigger and focus less on any symbols or composition and mostly just a figure. I like how this turned out - I like the combination of colors, especially having clearly lighter sections. So in the final piece, I need to plan this out or place down the light colors first. I also think the way the background is mostly just plain color, black, is nice and lets the figure be the main focal point. One thing I did differently here was press really hard to get a matte color in the background which I think worked well. I will use this in the final piece. I also tried to add water to the background (left) but I think that it blends in too much with the figure that is smudgy so in the final piece, I want to keep any smudginess to the figures and symbols. This one also uses black or a dark color to create lines in the face and body which I think works well if I make sure the lines aren't too thick while keeping them matte since that makes it look cleaner. When making these lines, I think I need to be more confident and not sketchy because that makes things look messy. I don't think I will add water to the pastels in the final piece.

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I tried using the water-soluble pastels in a different way. But it was not very succesful. I think that I am not using enough shading. Also again, I don't think the colors are working well together. I like experiment on the botom left where the black is making the contrast - this is something I definelty want in my final peice. Also the figure again is nice but it's too small so I really have to go bigger. I need to try a different color palette.

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For these two experiments, I tried to use the water on water-soluble oil pastel technique. Overall, I liked it when there was a contrasting color on top of the watered-out layer. However, I really don't like the color pallete or how it was used in this. Especially in the experiment on the right, there was not enough texture and everything looks flat. I also need to create more contrast with the figures and background still, perhaps using a color that is on the opposite side of the color wheel completely, or black.

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I experimented with oil pastels and I think I like this more than dry pastels. I was able to transfer some skills from the earlier experiments, like scumbling. Also something I focused on was making sure that there was a lot of contrast between a figure and the background, which I think worked well and I will continue doing. I also tried to add water to the water-soluble pastels which gave off a nice effect I will experiment more with in the future. Something that needs to improve is the stiffnedd of the figure, as seen in the bottom right.

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I tried to do a bigger scale drawing this time. I'm realizing that I might not like the dry pastel look as it is very see-through and not so vibrant. Next time, I will try oil pastels.

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1) Human-like figure with distorted features (left):  This effectively portrays how the essential notion of social interaction is simple, yet my fear has intensified it tenfold to the point where I find intense difficulty in simply performing everyday acts.
2) Shackles: This displays the helplessness that I feel when faced with this fear, and conveys a feeling of being trapped and being unable to escape from the strong iron chains of the fear that was deeply rooted within me.
3) Human-like figure with distorted features (right): This figure represents myself as a child, in order to communicate that this fear has always existed with me, ever since I was young.
4) Painting colours (dry pastel): This shows a superficial mask that is being painted onto the human figure which represents an attempt to hide the strong emotional and negative feelings that frequently goes through my mind. This also acts as a focal point because it is the only part that possesses colour.
5) Pills: The pills implies that the figure is trying to heal from the fear, but it doesn't always work out, hence the action of pills crumbling that is located at the bottom.
6) Scratch marks: This accurately portrays my unhealthy habits to deal with this fear. When my fear kicks in, my senses goes out of control, thus exacerbating endless itches  and scratches in order to deal with the strong and intense feelings.
7) Nudity: The nudity conveys a sense of vulnerability because the body is most vulnerable when it is exposed, with no clothing to act as armour.
8) Eyes littered on arms: There are numerous eyes that are being overlaid onto the arms. This signifies the uncomfortable gazes that I often feel on a daily basis.
9) Arms in the background: The arms resembles my countless attempts at escaping from this fear, yet it inevitably always fails in the end by sliding back into the pitch-black void.

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Box : The box is made out of foam with the color white to represent that it was trying to hard to keep the lines balance each other although it was small. Even though the wire is poking the foam, but because of its pure( white), it can not escape with that.
Color : I"m thinking of using Foam because i wanted the color to be white which represent emptiness that try to hold in with the pressure that was on it. With the combination of red and blue to show my distress and fear that I'm not being good enough for my family even with the opportunity that I've been given thus far. However the used of red is also shows my anger that I wasn't able to do anything with my own abilities. Lastly, black which basically represent the fear itself. As the black wire that was wrap with the thread as it was wrapping the ballon shapes that was holding out from the pressure. It was as the ballon could explode at anytime because of the black color.
Line : Messy and curved line is represent anxiety and my lack of stabilities within myself. It was trying to recreate my thought through the lines that look calm yet anxious.
Texture : I'm using plaster to show the rough texture as well as wire wrapping plaster. Majority of the lines is wrap with the color thread which the texture is probably balance of soft and the sharpness of the wire.
Ballon ( or shape like a circle)  : The ballon is showing my inner self thought that was scared and feel the pressure of the black thread that was wrap around the ballon. This felt like that it could explode at any moment.
Thread : The thread is basically how I used my color through this artwork. With using the color represent with the color itself wrap around the wire to show that each color is show my emotions.
Wire : The wire is the emotion inside of me. If I wrap with red thread that showing that I'm scared and feel the pressure yet at the same time I'm also angry. Some of the line is not wrap with thread is means that I'm able to let out my thoughts for a bit. However only small bit of it happen and most of it was either it was wrap by the thread or plaster.
Plaster : Plaster is to represent the emptiness with the color used of white as well as heavy. Therefore when it was wrap around the line, you can feel like that the line it break or fall at the moment. The plaster will also need to be shape as twist as well as thin and thick to create the feeling of distress.
Paper :  The paper is used to represent the color white of emptiness. This is because the white color represent the blank and feeling lonely with the pressure from my family.

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In my final plan, I drew out my final which is a kid's party hat showing the different types of flowers some of the flowers are growing and some are dying showing the different types of feelings I had when I had lived in Singapore.

I want to make my flowers pink and green because pink shows the pink flowers in Singapore when I was a kid. The dark green is to show how it's some of the leaves are dying.

The flowers that I want to make are going to be made out of metal this is because I can see the different types of folds and the roughness of the metal

I want to use the shadow on my paper hat this is because it shows the relationship I had with my parents when I was a kid and when I was in Singapore and it kinda shows how connected we were.

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Title: Purposeless

Medium: Foam, wire, paint, paper glue and cardboard

Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 12 inches

My final piece that I will produce will consist of a foam block with various geometric shapes and curvy and scattered lines all over the block. There is a carved eye in the middle of the block with embedded eyes all over the main eye. There are wires attached to the left and right sides of the foam block that connect to a black base thus making the foam block stay afloat.

The purpose of this piece is to represent the feeling of being purposeless. The geometric shapes and curvy lines represent the chaos and confusion that can come with feeling lost and without direction. The carved eye represents the feeling of being directionless and not knowing what to do. The wires represent the feeling of being trapped or stuck. The black base represents the feeling of emptiness and nothingness as well as the interal void that comes with having a lack of purpose and the lack on mental clarity that comes along with it.

I chose to use foam because it is a lightweight and easy-to-shape material that can be used to create a variety of geometric shapes. I chose to use wire because it is a strong and flexible material that can be used to create a sense of movement and tension. I chose to use paint to add color and texture to the piece. I chose to use glue to attach the various elements of the piece together.

I believe that this is the best solution to my idea because it is a creative and expressive way to represent the feeling of being purposeless. The use of different materials and techniques allows me to create a piece that is visually appealing and thought-provoking. I believe that this piece will be successful in communicating my artistic intention to my target audience.

1. The use of geometric shapes represents the chaos and confusion that can come with feeling lost and without direction. The geometric shapes are all different sizes and shapes, and they are arranged in a haphazard way. This creates a sense of chaos and confusion, which is what I wanted to represent with this piece.

2. The carved eye represents the feeling of being clueless and not knowing what to do. The eye is looking in a different direction from the rest of the shapes, which suggests that the person is lost and confused. The eye is also carved out of the foam, which makes it look like it is floating in space. This creates a sense of isolation and loneliness, which is also what I wanted to represent with this piece.

3. The wires represent the feeling of being trapped or stuck. The wires are twisted and tangled, which creates a sense of confinement. The wires are also attached to the black base, which suggests that the person is unable to escape. This creates a sense of hopelessness and despair, which is also what I wanted to represent with this piece.

4. The black base represents the feeling of emptiness and nothingness. The black base is a solid, unchanging shape. This creates a sense of emptiness and nothingness, which is what I wanted to represent with this piece.

5. The use of foam allows me to create a variety of geometric shapes. Foam is a lightweight and easy-to-shape material. This allows me to create a variety of geometric shapes that represent the chaos and confusion of feeling purposeless.

6. The use of wire allows me to create a sense of movement and tension. Wire is a strong and flexible material. This allows me to create a sense of movement and tension that represents the feeling of being trapped or stuck.

7. The use of paint adds color and texture to the piece. Paint is a versatile medium that can be used to add color and texture to a piece. This allows me to create a piece that is visually appealing and thought-provoking.

8. The use of glue allows me to attach the various elements of the piece together. Glue is a strong adhesive that can be used to attach various elements of a piece together. This allows me to create a piece that is sturdy and durable.

I believe that this is the best solution to my idea because it is a creative and expressive way to represent the feeling of being purposeless. The use of different materials and techniques allows me to create a piece that is visually appealing and thought-provoking. I believe that this piece will be successful in communicating my artistic intention to the viewer.

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In this 6th experiment, I was able to refine the initial foam structure I made by incorporating more negative space which allowed me to apply wires into the space which adds a lot of diversity and depth to the structure as there are a variety of smooth, scattered, curvy and geometric shapes and when they are all coupled together, I was able to compose a fairly feasible foam structure that depicts purposelessness through the symbolisation of directionlessness which was done thorugh the juxtapostion and abract shapes which was acheived trough the use of the mediums, shapes, colour and depth in the structure as well as the effect of wavy, messy organic lines with the negative space and abtract form but also the freeform and see through elements with the wires and chunky shape

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Purple = Symbolism

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Wood planks in a cross:

The planks that will hold the hanging drops are in the shape of a cross. This cross is representative of a mobile that hangs above a baby's crib. The mobile symbolises my reference to childhood and the feeling of growing up too fast. The drops will be hanging from these planks similar to the objects that hang from traditional crib mobiles. The drops will be hanging from this structure to identify that the feeling I am expressing comes from the feeling of growing up too fast.

Plaster:

The drops will be constructed with plaster to represent the weight of the drop. The base will be made from styrofoam and then covered with the plaster so that it becomes a solid. The more solidified my drops look, the heavier the weight will appear. This is significant to the “drop in the gut feeling” that I am intending to express. With plaster the drops are hanging with a strong weight that pulls them down and shows how they are dropping.

Hanging drops:

The drops will be hanging from the piece because they are supposed to appear as if they are falling or dropping from above. When someone looks at my piece I want them to think that the drops have fallen and express the feeling of barely hanging on by the string.

Shape of the drop:

The drops will all hold a similar shape where they are quite thin at the top and fall into a full and round sphere like shape. To simplify, each piece will hold a shape that resembles a typical water drop. This drop shape signifies the “drop” aspect in the “drop in the gut feeling”. When I visualise this feeling as a shape I see a drop similar to that of a raindrops falling. However, some drops are mutated and messy while others remain simple and intact.

Different Shaped Drops:

The shape of the drops will differ and each be individually constructed. Some will be simple and clean while others are complex and messy. This differentiation in the shapes and construction of each drop symbolises the different emotions or significance that occur in each moment or memory of one's life.

Hole in some of the drops:

In some drops there will be a hole going through the middle to make it appear hollow. This hole symbolises life being able to pass by. In this case the drop becomes hollow and anything has the ability of passing through it. This is significant to the topic of growing up too fast and missing out on experiences. When missing out on experiences they seem to fall past you, or in this case through the hole. Once they have passed through you cannot get them back.

Dark Shades of Blue:

The colour tones in this piece are symbolic to my own personal feelings and emotions towards the message. When I visualise how I feel when imagining my fear, the colour tones are mixes of dark blues and purples. Using these deep colour tones gives a solemn and depressing vibe, therefore the viewer will understand that these drops bring negative emotions. The blues will be painted in an ombre where the tone becomes darker near the bottom of the drop. The colour darkening as it progresses down the drop is symbolic of the weight the drop holds and how the bottom is holding these negative emotions causing it to drop.

Different plaster techniques:

In each of my drops I will use a mix or a few of three different plaster techniques that I identified from my experimentation. The plaster techniques include smooth, bumpy, and a technique in which I place the plaster strips without smoothing it out (so that the texture is full of small holes). Using a variety of different techniques on each drop makes them unique. The clash of texture and shape is intended to give a vibe of anxiety towards the viewer. This feeling of stress and discomfort from the messiness of each drop is symbolic to the realisation and following panic of growing up quickly.

Freedom Expression:

An expression that contrasts with the rest of my piece will be wavy lines of bright orange on one drop hanging in the centre of the drops. This contrasting expression represents moments of peace and the overcoming of this fear. I wanted to include this element in my piece to represent how it can be used as a means of therapy. Through expressing that it is possible to find peace past this fear, I am sending a message both to myself and the viewers.

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In this experiment, I tested different designs that I felt represented peace and comfort. I then choose two of what I believed to be the best designs and applied them with the paint and hot glue. I found from this experiment that when using the hot glue, the paint did not show up very well and it was also quite difficult to paint. If I am to use this experiment in my final piece, I will most likely use a different form such as glitter glue.

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I decided to base this experiment on what was missing from my last experiment. I felt like my composition was a bit too generic, and there was an element of eeriness missing, so I experimented with different ways to achieve this. I had the idea of using bugs, so I created a comparison between big and small bugs on torsos, which allowed me to come to the conclusion that rather than a few massive bugs, many small ones create a more creepy, cringy effect. I think that this is because it then seems more realistic, and therefore more scary. I used bugs to create flaws within the perfection, which I also tried out by drawing a poster of a "perfect" smile, and covering it in bugs, which would be an effective and meaningful addition to the background of my piece.I also experimented with different color schemes for the bugs, which allowed me to come to the conclusion that using cool toned grays with accents of dirty greens and yellows creates disruption between the peachy perfection.

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In this experiment I aimed to gain a clear understanding of exactly how I will use my chosen medium in my final piece, especially regarding colour. I found that creating a contrast between comfortable, peachy colours to represent perfection or a perfect cover and using cool colours to represent discomfort and exposure creates very effective contrast, that clarifies the difference between me and my surroundings, showing my feeling not in place and uncomfortable. However, for the cool toned areas, i would like to use more greys and greens rather than vibrant blues, as I feel that these vibrant tones create more of a joyfull, excited, rather than a cold, robotic feel. I think that this experiment was super succesfull in allowing me to grow my oil pastel skills, especially when creating light and shadow (referring to the light in the picture and how it emmits yellow tones). However, I noticed that looking at the full picture from further away, these lights and darks could be more extreme, to create more ambiance and depth in the image. This experiment has also been succesfull in determining the texture I want to create. I really like the semi-messy look, where singular pastel strokes are still visible, which allows expression, however they dont take awak from details or shadows that contribute to the realism of the piece.

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In my final drawing, I have drawn out a sculpture that I will be making for my final piece to incorporate my fear of death and the uncertainty of what happens after it.

At the bottom of my piece is the casket that will be made out of a 3D clear box. The reason why it must be see through is so that the tree growing from the box along with the doll can be visually clear from the start up so that it depicts the uncertainty of what happens after death more clearly.

The chicken wires surrounding the casket is to represent the imprisonment in death and that we're all gonna die someday and it can't be escaped from under any circumstances.

As for the wires that surrounds the casket along with the chicken wires is to help develop the imprisonment idea by adding more of a spooky detail since idea of death for me is spooky and scary. The wire helps create a spooky feeling because it is easy to manipulate into curvy, sharp and unusual  lines and shapes.

Above the casket is the doll and the doll is lying down to represent that the person is dead and is floating along with the tree to further expand on the uncertainty part of life after death since it's unpredictable which is what's scary what we may or may not experience after we die.

The doll is painted in red to further represent that the doll is not alive. I decided to make the doll be painted in red because the color red represents blood, fire and violence which helps further develop the idea of death through murder which is one of my biggest fears. The doll is the focal point of this piece because red is the only warm color in my piece which will make it stand out. Also the doll is positioned in the middle of the piece which will automatically make the audience lead their eye to the doll.

My brushstrokes will be rough since the doll is supposed to represent death and roughness further depicts how unpleasant and rough the idea of death is.

The tree that is growing from the casket is supposed to give out a more spooky vibe because the tree is not supposed to be a fully healthy tree, instead it is more of a dead unhealthy tree which is why there are no leaves or anything in order to depict that death is a terrible thing and the fear of what happens after we die. Using wires will be perfect to depict this because wires are good to manipulate into dead spooky tress like I have experimented with below because I can manipulate it to different shapes and lines like to make it sharp and asymmetric to make it seem unusual.

The black paper branches is there to just add more detail and make the wired trees seem more complete to just give off a more dark and negative energy since that's what the color black can represent.

The wired trees will be drilled on and hot glued into the doll by drilling holes in to the doll and then sticking the wires in and then hot glued after to make sure it is stuck well. Also the drilling will eliminate any other unnecessary materials that would not look like and causes distractions in the piece like tape and blue tack.

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In this experiment, I attempted to depict the same thing as the previous experiment but I changed it up by making the chicken wires positioned more weirdly so that it can depict more intimacy and showing that death is unescapable. But I feel like it's not as succesful as it could be because the green doesn't look nice and it doesn't fill more of the casket.

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In this experiment, I attempted to make my casket look imprisoned by adding the chicken wires on the casket to make it look like a cell but I don't think that it was successful because the chicken wire only covered parts of the casket and it was green so it didn't look intimidating at all.

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In this experiment,  it was quite hard to get through in the hole because of the sharpness. However, I were to add more thread and wire, i think this experiment might look more appealing because at the moment it look a bit boring with just some thread and wire on top of it. But overall, I can see that with using the fence, it sort of create like a sharp and strong feeling into and making the artwork more define in feeling of seriousness. However I want my artwork to show more of calm yet stress and pressure at the same time. I wasn't really tried to make it look strong. I think in would look better if I added more of the white stuff on top of it as well as on the side to show the texture.

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this experiment is a bit harder than it look because i'm working with glue and water that are hard. When I dip the paper into the water, it really hard to make the shape and put on the cardboard. I think because I add too much water into the glue which make the paper a lot harder to work with since it soak with water more than glue. However I think when this dry, it will look more cooler than it is now and show sort of wavy and a lot of volume. I think I will used this as part of my final ideas.

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In this experiment, I am trying to achieve the realistic look of a face by using the face mold. I don't really know exactly how to use the mold, so this experiment is not turning out as well as I expected it to. The first thing is that the aluminum paper doesn't work really well on the mold and the modroc together. This is because I didn't use a good technique, which caused the face's texture and shape to constantly change. However, I really like playing with paper mache because it creates such a good texture that I want, which is a messy and bumpy texture, and I can also make it into any shape by drying it in the sun. As part of the model, I also made an aluminum sheet that is shaped like a sharp spider's legs connected with the wavy line.

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In this experiment, I used a doll's body to connect the trees. The highlight of this experiment is the trees because after feedback from Ms. Blair, she suggested me that I should add more detail to the trees and make it more spooky which I did. I also added branches made out of lack paper to make it look more detailed.

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Out of all, I think I like this experiment the best because it was really easy to work with. As well as mixing a lot of medium together. For example, the thread and the wire that was wrap. Wrapping them together was really time consuming and I actually need to work outside school time for this as well. However with the used of different style of wrapping them, it look so good. I think one of the most easy yet hard is to braid the wire and yard because it is time consuming and really bored. So I need to be quick with this before i got bored. However when braiding with wire will help the string shape more and give us more line texture with wavy, messy or straight.

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In my fifth experiment, this is a sign that I've been using string and paper mache glue correctly as a combined of a soft brush of paper mache glue and yarn works well at creating a somewhat strong but at the same time soft texture of the string allowing for me to be able to mend the string into different shapes and angles. I'll be using this technique in my final design where I'll use the string to create somewhat complex designs matching with the pig head. I also like how the brown paint and watercolor gives the string some depth into the mummy look, overall I would also use more more yellow and green paints to show mold and oldness.

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In my forth experiment, I aimed to make sure that pig ears on the pigs model looked dramatic but also was able to use my oil pastel and fine lining color pencils to create the feeling of mummified and oldness. I really enjoyed creating the pig ears with plaster and using extra water to create the crazy uncommon smooth texture that normally dipping and layering plaster wouldn't give you.

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IN this experiment, I created a maze structure with foam and incoropaored modroc to it by layering all the foam with it in order to get an abract figure that is able to effectively display depth and form as well as depict the main intention of my piece which is the expression of purpolessness whiuch was achieved through the use of a blank color pallete coupled with abract/scattered shapes. Overall I felt that this experiment enabled me to understand a lot more on the aplicaiton of modroc and how it interferes with differnt materials but in terms of whether I am going to use it in my piece, most likely not, This is due to the fact that modroc is hard to apply to foam and mimic its shape when applied due to its lack of malleability depsite being dipped in water therfore I likely wont be using this medium in my final piece.

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In my seventh experiment, I changed from tinfoil to some cloth. This is because I was trying to try and experiment. With different types of materials I also put some leaves at the side of it hanging from the wire, showing the growth.

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my six experiment I made a leaf connected to the bottom of my h at which shows the different bruises because it’s cut up and this trauma affected me when I was a kid

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In my fifth experiment I wrapped wire around the hat, because I wanted to show how I’ve grown from when I started to where I am now, which is represented by a flower

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play with surface texture and pattern , maybe with hot glue and more contrasting colours to cature the feeling of taking risks and having success in your life.

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play with surface texture and pattern , maybe with hot glue and more contrasting colours to cature the feeling of taking risks and having success in your life.

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Needs to play with more contrasting textures in modroc. It's all too passive and nice right now. Has a paper mache rat, also needs to play with more rough textures.

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Needs to play with more contrasting textures in modroc. It's all too passive and nice right now. Has a paper mache rat, also needs to play with more rough textures.

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play with drawing over multiple pieces of paper and combining oil pastel and charcoal together. Bring more movement and expression into your strokes. Think about the feeling of watching/judging/following. How can you get this feeling across in how you use you space and create movement in your lines??

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play with drawing over multiple pieces of paper and combining oil pastel and charcoal together. Bring more movement and expression into your strokes. Think about the feeling of watching/judging/following. How can you get this feeling across in how you use you space and create movement in your lines??

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In this experiment I tested different forms of drops that i could include in my piece. In this experiment I created drops out of chicken wire and then plastered specific parts of the wire drop. This gives a broken appearance and adds to the idea of creating multiple different unique drops.

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In this experiment I tested different forms that I could attempt in my final piece. These drops are all different shapes however I felt that the more I mutated the shape out of a drop, the less it was impactful towards my message. After completing this experiment I believe that I will be using the forms that still hold a similar shape to a drop, rather than the spiked shapes seen above.

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This experiment was particularly easy because the foil was really easy to bend up and down and easily shape. First, I wanted to wrap around with thread but to make it more appealing, I added the needle that was somehow connected with each other to show the feeling connection in the future of mine.

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In this third experiment I learned how to manipulate copper wire so that I can relate more toward the theme of lost and disassemble. Furthermore I learned to use the much easier process of green copper wire which has already been manipulate to grids to be stuck inside the mold to bounce of the intention of lost and messy.

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In this second experiment I have applied some wall putty in order to make the texturing more smooth which will give the product a smooth polished finish where I can either pant to make it look glossy.

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I have experimented with plaster with a mold of a human face. In result I want to know if it showed enough detail on the realistic feature human have through this plaster process. In this process I have applied vaseline as a technique so that the plaster would be able to be remove much easier than without vaseline.