B E A U T Y
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| The beginning. |
D E S T R U C T I O N
1) Subtractive - A slice was made, first to sever the head and part of the shoulders from the penguin. Then the shoulders were removed to leave just the head.
2) Additive - Fire is added to darken and also melt parts of the sculpture.
3) Additive - A threaded needle is heated and pushed through the torso. When through, the needle is stuck into the shoulder slice and the thread is wrapped around the body of the penguin.
4) Subtractive - The penguin is placed into a microwave and left for 25 seconds. The needle heats the inside, causing part of it to "implode". Part of it melts, and so the breaking down of the soap material is a subtractive process. (Originally I had the head attached, but I removed it and forgot to retake the picture.)
5) Subtractive - The (still soft from microwaving) soap figure is taken outside and rolled across the gravel road. Parts of it fall off in the process, or rub off onto the gravel, and so this is subtractive.
6) Additive - Pieces of gravel from the road are imbedded in the soft material from rubbing it on the road.
7) Additive - The head of the penguin is placed on top of (what used to be) the shoulders, using another needle to hold it atop the body.
8) Additive - I add in the wings from a toucan toy from McDonalds, my puppy's favourite chewtoy.
8) Subtractive - I scraped off parts of the head, subtracting from that part of the figure, a sort of scarification.
F I N .
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