Assignment 7: A Line as a Relation to "My Body"
For this project I had an idea for creating a piece that represented how I express myself, and the physical exertion that art requires while also being able to create a work of art. Art is something I use as therapy, however it can take a lot out of me or stress me out when I create it. I love to make art, even if it costs a part of me in the process. I decided to use a black shirt that I own, a colour that I wear very often and something to contrast strongly with the red wool that represents the "blood" coming from the wound from the pencil. I stabbed the pencil through the breast area of the shirt, then used a fabric glue to make it stick so that it didn't fall out. The wool I used was red and I hung it down from the pencil to make the shirt ( which represents myself ) to bleed. I did a test at home to see what it would look like together and tried to see how I wanted to display it. I had decided on the hanger to keep it up. Sort of as a way to make it seem like the...
