I'd been away for a while and I was just about to quickly check if I had gotten any messages and BAM! Over 1400 waiting. I found out that this Fruit Bowl of mine had been added to daily deviations two days before. I must say that this was a most pleasant surprise. Thanks everyone!
As a gratitude I have three new art projects to display here, each with three pictures. Enjoy!
Broken but Not Hopeless
This head consists of papier mache on top of a steel grid structure. I'm quite fond of it because it displays well my fascination of not hiding hints about used material but instead exposing them as a greater advantage.
Due to the mentioned methods the head is hollow and this, of course with said object, is symbolic enough: on a quick glance you might seem doing alright but on the inside you feel empty and meaningless with heavy mental scars. What I especially want to express here is the hope in this situation. The smile on her face is not intended to hide the broken feeling. On the contrary, she still has a reason to smile though life has been hard on her. She has the will to learn from past mistakes and to carry her scars with dignity.
A Shred of Humanity
Faces have become fascinating to me in art. I particularly like when the used material is cold and lifeless but the face seems to be on the verge of moving and breathing. Well, for a metal artisan like me this approach is also most suitable.
Here I wanted to get a feeling of a frozen movement where steel stripes merge to form a head and maybe then to form a complete human being. A T1000 perhaps, heh!
The Elemental Face
Here I got a bit experimental. This is actually a triptych where in the middle is my self-made steel face in frames and on both sides photos of that said face being exposed to different elements. Yes, in the photos the face is actually frozen and burning. They were a bit tricky to execute but also absolutely fascinating. Yessss, I love to BURN and FREEZE stuff! Maybe next time I'll have an object that is both frozen and burning! Now that'd be tricky.
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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VicariouSoul / formerly PeacefulSoul
Hehe, sorry, that's just what came to mind when you said "both frozen and burning", and I found it absolutely hilarious, given your enthusiasm. xD
inspiration for maybe, other ideas, I don't know.
I have an abstract visual work you might like, and a Literary work
that I have dubbed my Magnum Opus of poems.
So might I get your opinion on my latest masterpieces?
The visual: [link]
(Still going about a background for it, as it's a project)
And the literary work, "Heaven's Evaluation"
[link]
I especially hope the style of the visual will quite possibly give
you some ideas for something, as it seems to be your style or would like.
last I've seen you read one of my works since,
"Twenty-four, I Am Dead."
Quite a while. I've progressed since then.
Indeed, keep in touch.
your new projects are great, especially the first, "broken but not hopeless". I can't wait to see an object frozen and burning