Monday, 18 May 2015

Further Clay Experimentations

Doll (close up), Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body
Untitled, Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body 
Untitled, Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body
Untitled (close up), Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body
I then went on to create further clay pieces, focusing on creating new heads for the Barbie dolls.  I experimented with comical, oversized heads and felt that this idea had a great deal of potential as using clay meant I could create any shape and then paint it in any pattern.  I experimented with cartoon-like heads and then went on to create sharper, more abstract, coloured forms which strongly juxtaposed the doll's smooth body.