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.