Self-Portrait I Sculpture
Free-Standing Life Size Sculptural Artwork
Designed & fabricated In-House
Materials: Ceramic, Fabric, Wood,
Steel, 3D-Printed Resin, Rope
Dimensions: Approx 6 Feet Tall, 2ft Wide
In this work various different materials,
shapes, colors, and textures come
together to create a roughly
human-sized complex and detailed
physical structure mirroring our own
expansive self- perceptions of
ourselves. This sculpture is meant
to be explored fully by walking
around it and viewing it from all
sides and angles.
Different semi-translucent materials
are used as what I call
“Objects of Obfuscation”,
whose purpose is to obfuscate,
or obscure the view to a true inner
object or being. In the case
of this sculpture the inner ceramic
object is representational
of the true “inner-being”,
while the Objects of Obfuscation
are representative of both the
walls and layers we metaphorically
create around ourselves, knowingly
or unknowingly, to shy away from
the pure gaze of our outside world;
and also the layers of subjective
altered-perceptions those in
our external world place upon
us, again, knowingly or unknowingly.