Embodied Space: Analogous Scanning of The Body
Drawing according to photos
Frontal and side views taken by Jose
Proportions
Measurement made with a handmade tool
The tool is made of wooden skewers and cardboard
Making the cardboard skeleton
Assemble the cardboards
Making process
For this project, our final piece is a sculpture of our heads. The making process made me realized both the beauty of the muscles and bones arrangement in our body and the art of sculpture. Our bodies are actually amazing proportional and logical, but we are different from one another because of the various details that we have, such as the size of Cheekbones and the distance between our eyes.
We start with drawing practice of the Vitruvian Man. We also learnt about the golden ratio and other natural forms. Amazingly I found that our bodies are actually so logical and proportional that they can fit into these ratios.
Jose helped us to take the frontal and side photos of our heads. I then created a 1” x1” grid, and drew the photos on tracing paper on the grid. I also created a handmade tool with the wooden skewers and corrugated cardboard. With the help of Lea and Xia, I measured sizes of my head from different levels and angles, and transfer the ovals to cardboard. After cutting out these ovals, I adjusted them to make sure that they are symmetrical and their edges are smooth. I then cut out some slits from these ovals and assembled them together with a metal pipe for support.
The cardboard formed a skeleton of my head. I then inserted some Styrofoam into those empty spaces, glue them with Elmer’s glue and cut them to make sure that they fit the outline. Afterthat, I used a tool called the surefoam file to shave my head, which is basically a scraper. The surface of foam became smooth, and finaly all the hollow spaces are filled.
Finally, I put soft clay upon the foam head, and made my eyes, lips, nose and ears with the help from Professor Jose.