SCULPTING A FOOT

Learning from the history of figurative
Considering children, ageing, damage and inside out, figurative art has many connotations and throws up many uneasy feelings and emits emotions that makes you consider the figure within different variants to contrast qualities obtained through the skin for example, creating these aspects in relation to the influence using clay as an inanimate object. what techniques can be used to speak about the qualities of the body. Considering representation, artists use this to portray a quality within the work that is recognisable qualities of a figure to express, exaggerate, gesture and highlight. where as expression is used within works of art to play around with this recognisable quality, these outcomes tend to be symbolic, non human, non representational and creepy in some circumstances, this addresses the sense of recognition, hinting towards the known and unknown the comfortable, and the uncomfortable.

Making a foot from a single piece of clay
we started with using a single piece of clay to form the heel and curvature of the sole (from the palm of my hand), ankle and toes being aware of the sharpness of angles from the toe to the flatter little toes,as well as the formation of the diamond on the top of the ankle, shaping and smoothing as I went on. As it started taking shape I began to refine the shape of the toes and hollow the middle of the foot, I enjoyed using this technique and will continue to adhere these skills and practice making and refining more.

 

I created this template so that I could recreate this process again, this is a very simple way of making a foot in the round, I very much enjoyed this workshop.

working back into the foot