Sophie V.s WWH

First draft here:[edit]

work one

WHAT It's a dark blue folded sleeping bag covered with fiberglass resin. It has the appearance of the expected softness of a sleeping bag, but if you get closer you notice its solidity and rigidity. The fiberglass is sticking out of the resin in some parts. The sculpture is simply placed on the floor.

HOW I bought a sleeping bag in a sport store, took it out of its bag and kept it folded the way it was. I covered its shape with sheets of fiberglass and then applied polyester resin on top of it. I had to do it in part otherwise the sleeping bag would unfold. I let it dry and then applied a second layer of resin. Maybe i varnished it in the end, can't remember

WHY It's an old piece, maybe one of the first pieces i would call sculptures. I was working on outdoor living and equipments related to it. I was looking for a very basic object, transformed with a very basic process, to turn it into a shape that would be more blurred or encrypted.

works two

WHAT It's a two meters high stick plugged vertically on the floor. The stick is maybe 4centimeters diameter. It is shiny and has this color that i can't describe but that could be somewhere between grey, beige and blue. The material used on the stick has the softness of something molded by hand and has vertical marks on it, like cuts.

HOW I cut this wooden stick in the size that i wanted and then covered it with tainted epoxy clay. It took me quite some time, more than what it usually takes me to do a sculpture. Before the expoxy was cured, i used a plastic knife to make little marks all along the stick. Once the epoxy was dry and hard I brushed it polyurethane varnish. I drilled a hole at the bottom of the stick and put a threaded rod inside of it, sticking out of a few centimeters. I used the rod to screw the stick in the floor.

WHY When i did the piece, i was doing works that had a figurative aspect and i wanted to do something that would be more abstract and maybe more material-oriented. The stick is one of the most basic shapes one can find. I then basically just wanted to play with epoxy clay, its materiality and how it could relate to preexisting formal references such as wood and other things

work three

WHAT Its a sculpture made out of rather thin metal sections welded together that form a shopping-trolley looking-like shape. It also has the size of a shopping trolley. It is painted in a silver dark-pink color. Apart from the structural lines of the sculpture, the shape is see-through.

HOW I made a sketch of a very simplified trolley, cut the sections of metal and welded them together from the drawing. I grinded the welding spots. Applied some anti rust liquid on the metal, and painted it with silvery car spray paint.

WHY I had this idea of using a basic recognizable shape taken from everyday use and simplifying it at its most so that only its structural essence would remain. I didn't really care about it being a trolley or anything. I was curious about playing with a rather ugly unnoticed common object and turn it into this minimal, sort of pretentious shiny thing, and how this transformation would modify the understanding and expectation towards this shape.

Second Draft (after group feedback)

work one

There is a dark blue rolled up sleeping bag covered with fiberglass resin. It appears to be soft as a sleeping bag, but if you get closer you notice its solidity and rigidity. The fiberglass is sticking out of the resin in some parts. The sculpture is placed on the floor. I bought a sleeping bag in a general sports store, took it out of its sac and kept it rolled the way it was. I covered its shape with sheets of fiberglass and then applied polyester resin on top of it. I had to do it in part otherwise the sleeping bag would unroll. I let it dry and then applied a second layer of resin. Maybe i varnished it in the end, can't remember. It's an old piece, maybe one of the first pieces i would call sculptures. I was working on outdoor activities and equipment related to it. I was looking for a very basic object, transformed with a very basic process, to turn it into a shape that would be more amorphous and cryptic.

works two

There is a two meter high stick stuck vertically in the floor. The stick is maybe 4 centimeters in diameter. It is shiny and has an indiscernable color somewhere between grey, beige and blue. The material used on the stick has the softness of something molded by hand and has vertical marks on it, like scratches. I cut a wooden stick in the size that i wanted and then covered it with tinted epoxy clay. It took me quite some time, more than it usually takes me to do a sculpture. Before the expoxy was cured, i used a plastic knife to make little marks all along the stick. Once the epoxy was dry and hard I brushed it with polyurethane varnish. I drilled a hole at the bottom of the stick and put a threaded rod inside of it, sticking out a few centimeters. I used the rod to screw the stick into the floor. When i made the piece, i was doing works that had a figurative aspect and i wanted to do something that would be more abstract and maybe more material-oriented. The stick is one of the most basic shapes one can find. I then basically just wanted to play with epoxy clay, its materiality and how it could mimic other materials (wood) that related to formal preexisting references.

work three Thin metal bars are welded together to form a shape resembling a small domestic style shopping trolley. It is painted in a metallic dark pink color. The metal traces the outline of the structure. I made a sketch of a very simplified trolley, cut the sections of metal and welded them together from the drawing. I grinded the welding spots, applied some anti rust liquid on the metal, and painted it with silvery car spray paint. I had this idea of using a basic recognizable shape taken from everyday use and simplifying it at its most so that only its structural essence would remain. I didn't really care about it being a trolley or anything. I was curious about playing with a rather ugly unnoticed common object and turn it into this minimal, sort of pretentious shiny thing, and how this transformation would modify the understanding and expectation towards this shape.