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| Mutant, Chaz Howkins, 2015, reconstructed Barbie dolls |
After playing around with deconstructing and reconstructing Barbies using photography, I decided to turn this idea into a 3D sculpture. I used the limbs of four dolls to create a mutant Barbie creature, which I feel appears quite haunting as its arms are outstretched as if it is trying to beckon the viewer towards it, making the viewer feel somewhat uncomfortable. The creature reminds me of something a demented child might make out of its toys by ripping their limbs off and melting them back together. The limbs were joined together using a hot glue gun, but unfortunately the glue was not strong enough so the piece fell apart before I could photograph it properly.