This is my project design

This idea is inspired by the statue head of Michelangelo’s David sculpted by the artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. It’s basically a sculpture of Michelangelo’s David’s head been cut into chunks and put together with bits of wood in-between the gaps. I discovered the artist when visiting the Tate gallery in Liverpool.

The sculpture is made of plaster and I carved it using an exacto knife. Plaster is soft but is really hard and tough. I had to use a coping saw to hack off big chunks to create the structure of the head.

This is me starting my project. Once the plaster had dried I drew a square on the surfase of the plaster so I know where to cut. This was the hardest part because the plaster was hard to cut and took a lot of time. The process would take at least a whole day. My hands would become saw after cutting.

This was the result after finishing with the coping saw. After that the task became easier and more enjoyable because then I can finally start on carving the face.

The satisfying part was adding the details in the face. As I progressed I began making the face rounder, making the eyes and cheeks more visible and creating detailed lips and even a philtre. A philtrum is the curve in-between the mouth and nose. I even began to form the hair.

I believe my project went very well indeed considering this was my first time carving. The process was long and had but in the end the putting in the extra effort was well worth it. I did originally want to have bits of wood in-between the gap after the head was cut in half like the statue head of Michelangelo’s David, but the I decided that it’s not necessary because I got a lot of second apinions and people like the crack in the middle of the head. This task has given me a new shonra of skill and I hope to continue keeping out of my comfort zone when it comes to new materials.