When researching sculptures that work with plaster and casting I found the artist Laury Dizengremel and was drawn to her series of scultures- 'Artists of the Silk Road' an installation sculptures Created between May 2006 in China and August 2006 in England. I like the clarity of the face in contrast to the vague representation of the body. This reminds of Plato's Cave Theory, with people like slaves in a cave, this idea of slavery is captured in the lake of identifying features, as well as the way the body seem to slump to the floor.
Ideas-
- Use small dressmakers dummy or small dolls (eg. barbies. Could find in charity shops) and sculpt using clay then layers of latex to create a mould to cast from. Pros- latex will be able to produce many casts. Cons- time it take to create latex mould. Also, all moulds will be almost identical, is this pro or con?
- Use more than one model to create different moulds.
