Natalie Ferry made her cultural self portrait in wire based off of a photo of her and her family at the beach. The self portrait consisted of figures made out of a thin 24 gauge wire supported by 16 gauge wire. The figures were placed on a wooden base connected to a wooden panel with an off white backdrop. The overall piece itself was very well composed and organized. She was very smart as to where to place each portion of her art work. Without any background knowledge of the artist intent or message, the piece is very self spoken. The thin line work with the wire and linear movement is very tender and intimate leading to the assumption that the piece is representative of something personal in the artist’s life which is the case in her piece. Another well thought out feature of the piece is an interactive adjustment on the side that it has. Natalie added a way to adjust the piece to the viewers specific eye level in order to best portray her visual intention of the artwork to everyone.
In my artistic opinion, the only fragment of the piece that I would have spent more time on is the feature used to adjust height of it. The tool utilized for that still had its logo and was looked very harsh like a construction tool. Perhaps painting it so that it can blend in with the rest of the piece would have added to the intimacy of her self portrait. However, as a whole, Natalie’s self portrait is unique and personal with a very well organized artistic composition.
