Material Translation: Final
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Linear Metal / Blue Yarn / Metal Plate / Wooden Cabinet Door
I wanted to take a little break from utilizing wood as my main material for my sculptures. While there are some seeable outward of the creation, they’re allotments from wooden furniture and a small percentage in comparison to the whole body. How I came upon the final product is simple, but it comes full circle from my beginning of my return to Sculpture. When I returned to FIU to take Intermediate Sculpture for Spring 2022, my first ever project was 1000 Elements, where I was to craft a sculpture out of numerous copies of the same material. The final project from that time was a star made out of leaves. I wanted to replicate the shape but more three-dimensional. It might be hard to see, but there is another metal sculpture concealed within the star. It’s a creation my father helped me create in his workshop. I remember that it’s an enigmatic representation of the human body. The top is the head of a human being, but the tenement is zigzagged and exaggerated in appearance. I thought how the small sculpture is sheltered within the star is a representation to birth. More specifically, astral birth and human birth. Both humans and stars can die. We expire from age or illness and stars lose their lifeline via loss of hydrogen gas fuel. Just as stars can shine so bright in the night sky, we can shine too. We have the potential to make our desires and wishes come true with effort and determination. Commitment is a big necessity to breeze through life while doing something you love. I intended to have my piece hanged from above, but unfortunately, I found that all the metal combined made the body too heavy. I wanted it to literally float high in the air as a symbolism for my desire to take my art to higher levels.