Tuesday 19 May 2015

Body Casting Workshop

Cracking Under Pressure, Chaz Howkins, 2015, plaster body cast
This piece comments on society's constructs of beauty and the concept of the ideal body - how an 'ideal' body is simply unachievable for most.  I cracked the cast intentionally to represent a woman cracking under the pressure of fitting in and discoloured it to highlight the sense of imperfection.