Pouring wax experiment

Pouring wax experiment

Cast my legs in plaster; the thing that I like with plaster is that it will never look nice and neat, it will always look messy. I delieratly made the edges drape and hang down and i intentionally used too much plaster so it would run.
I then pourned melted wax into the lap of the legs and watched the wax drip down. I experimented as I was doing it with how far the wax travelled down the legs with how much wax I put on. I also wanted to use earthy looking colours as the bumps in the plaster reminded me of a landscape.
The thing I find most interesting about the wax dripping and building up are the shapes of the drips that form; these remind me of mineral deposits in caves and cabins.

Wax painting

Over the past few weeks I have been experimenting with blurring the line between what defines a painting and a sculture. First I was leaving acrylic paint and glue to dry and then bending it until it holds its own structure and is free standing.

I was then looking at making plaster casts and pouring wax or paint over the top of the sculpture. I found that I was only using plaster so I could justify that it was a sculpture so I have decided to strip it back to what i really love about the materials, the way the wax or paint builds up the more that is added and the way it creates its own journey. Here are a few detailed photographs of a wax painting experiment that I did through melting wax crayons.

 

 

Bonsoir Paris | Melting Wood Sculptures

Bonsoir Paris | Melting Wood Sculptures

Diana Al Hadid

Diana Al Hadid

The work of Diana Al-Hadid is, in many ways, about architecture. Her sculptures often recall built structures—cathedrals, pipe organs, towers, labyrinths, cities—yet are made of simple, often delicate or fragile materials, such as polymer gypsum, plaster, fiberglass, wood, polystyrene, cardboard, wax, and paint.
 “Diana Al-Hadid creates breathtaking sculptures that surprise us by their unusual forms, unconventional use of materials, and distinctive range of reference and allusion. Her innovative work opens up new ground for the form and meaning of sculpture.”
The sculptures have the appearance of unfinished buildings or archeological remains.

Diana Al-Hadid’s melting sculpture

Customarily, when an artist constructs a life-sized statue of someone, the intention is to keep the form as solid as possible, to mimic the human physique. However, internationally revered contemporary artist Diana Al-Hadid’s piece called “In Mortal Repose” challenges those conventions. The figure is melting on the pedestal she would otherwise be standing atop.

Urs Fisher

Urs Fisher Wax Sculptures

Recently I have cast my legs in plaster and dripped wax over the cast to show how gravity pulls the wax down. I did the wax in earthy vomit colours because I am thinking of how I could display my work in a gallery situation. With the colours been like vomit I thought about putting beer bottles at the side of my cast and displaying it on a old battered sofa. This is where Urs Fishers sculptures come into my work because I love the way that they are displayed, the candle burns and the wax melts throughtout the exhibition so the work will eventually end up being ruined.

Dripping wax legs

Couldn't find any information about this piece but thought I really like them. Its interesting where the drops of wax form when it has stopped traveling.
 

      

A pair of legs covered in dripping wax sits atop a pile of charcoal.