I like dolls. I’ve always liked them. When I was a little girl I mothered them. Now that I am an adult I mother my children, but I’m still fascinated with dolls. I like to draw them, sew them, cast them, sculpt them, etc.
I like the idea of creating a vessel that holds a spirit, or if you’re not magically inclined – a persona.
I taught myself how to cast in plaster (ahem, thank you YouTube) and started doing the “Mandrake Babies” in November of 2022. When you cast you have to think in terms of mountains and crevices. You can’t have any steep angles or your mold won’t turn out. This learning curve helped me when I started experimenting with 3D printing, because there are similar limitations.
I find it novel that something as old school as plaster casts could help me with designing in CAD – a very modern technology.
The most basic way I can explain what I think the definition of art is (imo) is that it’s about making connections, whether it be ideas or techniques. It’s having a flexible enough brain to bend them around each other and come up with something new or push a type of art further than before.
Amazing to me. Big fan of print to mold. Im currently involved in mold making too! So exciting to use silicon and plaster