I wanted to use some of the objects from my nan’s house and create replicas of some of her antique statues. I found inspiration from the artist Daniel Arsham who creates replicas using moulds and adds concrete to create casts. He specially uses household items using both clothing and objects. I wanted to use this idea to then use on my nan’s objects to show time. Using a variety of antiques that she has had since my mum was a child. I wanted to keep them to the original white colour because I’m really focusing on the shape rather then the colours. With these I can then develop shapes from them when designing or add it as part of textiles by sewing them onto fabric to create a 3D pattern. The most successful was the mother and child statue, I thought the faces of both came out really clear so that you can identify that its the same statue. It also captured the detail of the veil, which I was worried that it wouldn’t capture but successfully did. However, when I first tried casting, I originally used Vaseline so that it didn’t stick to the original statue but found that it was harder to take off when dried, so I had to problem solve by using clingfilm instead so that it was easier when taking off when dried. On the other hand, using the clingfilm on one of my nan’s glass jewellery lids I found really hard to get off because of the shaping of the lid. I found it really hard to take off when I reached the top part of the lid because it dips in and then come back out. When trying to take it off it got stuck and I had to break it so that it would come off. To resolve this, I will just have to use objects that have a similar surface area with no dips so that it doesn’t get stuck when trying to take it off.
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