Final Piece development
Today i continued to build up my final piece, i added layers of netting filled with foam. I also tried to make the work more symmetrical so that it would hang evenly. I used a lot more foam in the outer layers of the sculpture as i wanted their to be less  netting showing as i think the foam in the expanding foam was more effective at communicating the temporary. I found it quite difficult to make the foam hang down through the netting, it fell off a lot, in the end tho i managed to use the right amount of foam so that you could see it from underneath and it would set in shape. 

I finished building it up today and i was really pleased with the final outcome. I like the size of it, i wanted it to be large enough so that it would be noticed on the ceiling but not so large that it would become to heavy to suspend. I like the fact that it is not symmetrical entirely as it then looks like it have been grown and not made. their is lots of foam hanging down lower than the nets which i think adds depth to the work. Clair another student said that she like the areas where just foam was showing, she said it looked like frozen liquid. This is what i wanted people to see and i think it communicates it effectively. 

I think my sculpture communicates the notion of the uncanny, it distorts the materials so that they become something new and different. It also uses the materials in a way that makes people question what they are. I think it effectively communicates the sense of the familiar and foreign. I also think that my sculpture looks at the theory of the sublime. I looked in to this theory loosely at the beginning, i liked the fact that it combined mixed emotions. I think my sculpture is sublime as it has a natural beauty to it through the shape, pattern and form of it, but t also has a sense of uncontrollable growth, it looks alien and strange. 

I looked at different was of suspending my work today after i had finished building it. I hung it from the beam at differed heights to see which was more effective. I think it looks better when it is one the beam so it looks like it has grown around the beam and not just hung from it. I liked the height of it, it allowed people to look up at it from all angles and stand under it and see all the detail. It also looks good when people walk in the door they can easily see it. 

I liked that the sculpture has many layers to it, through building it up this way it adds depth and form to the sculpture. It makes shadows and creases that look foreign and strange. It also looks natural the way all the shapes are unique. I said in my original project proposal that i wanted my work to have a sense of the natural to it. I did not as my work developed stick to this as i started to look more at materials and less at the natural occurrences in the world. I do however think that my final piece has a sense of growth and natural development to it. 

Tomorrow i need to make sure i secure it well to the high beam using fishing wire. I am going to use fishing wire as i do not want it to be seen, i want it look like it has grown out the ceiling not been hung on rope or chain. I need to make sure i attach all the sculpture from many different points so that it will be safe for people to walk under.