If I was asked to sum up the experience of creating this piece into three words, it would have to be trial and error. Before this sculpture I had never attempted to sculpt a full human figure before, let alone one life sized. I had, however, at my previous institution made a hollow tape figure, by creating molds of each body part, and reassembling them to create a humanoid that utilized the negative space of the taped pieces. Drawing from this experience I figured I could use a similar technique to create a mold to spray foam into. My main concerns revolve around weight, proportions, and scale. By using both a real human as a model, and spray foam as a casting material I solved all these issues, and ran into a few new ones along the way.

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