Working with Foam

 

The prompt of this project was to create an abstract 3D object made of insulation foam covered in plaster. I drew inspiration from the artist Ben Pedersen’s piece Soft Time Travel. He created a mushroom-like shape of clay and wood. This inspired my organic mushroom looking shape in my sculpture. After seeing his piece, I took the inspiration and ran with it. In my sketches, you can see how the idea evolved into its own thing. It became a mushroom cap with a strong base that resembles the trunk of a tree that sits in a bowl. Hanging off of the mushroom cap are more pieces of plaster foam meant to resemble crystals. I used gouache paint to add color to it. I chose gouache because of the watery and light color tendencies that it has. The light colors go along with the ethereal, nature, fairy-esque theme I was going for when I thought up the piece. I am in love with the way this piece turned out, especially the crystals that hang from underneath the tree.I feel like the vision was executed perfectly from my sketch.