Spine Sculpture Evaluation

I feel that the textures on this spine sculpture are very successful as they are similar to that of the bones that I have studied from life and create a sense of contrast between the areas of shadow and highlighted bone. I feel that the dry brush application technique was a successful choice as it creates an almost fossilised feel to the sculpture which I am very inspired by as I had referenced tones of fossilised and aged bones when mixing tones to incorporate within the sculpture. The choice to use mod-roc as a sculptural material was quite successful as the already textured properties of the mod-roc added layers of depth and dimension to the piece which when paired with the dry brush technique created an interesting surface for the viewer. I feel that the scale of the sculpture is successful as I am normally quite content within my comfort zone of small scale pieces, so I was able to explore new sculptural mediums within my final major project.

However when the spine sculpture is viewed from a distance, I feel that the detail and subtle variation in tone is not as noticeable but to solve this problem I may have to incorporate more contrasting tones of acrylic. Although, I am satisfied with the tones of the spine sculpture as they are so I feel that I do not want to add any more contrasting tones as this may subtract from the sense of realism which I wanted to create. I also feel that some of transverse process are not similarly sized which may draw the viewer's eye towards a single area rather than the sculpture as a whole. I feel that if I was to create this piece again, I would like to create a sort of mould that I could use to cast each spinal vertebrae so that they are all of equal size as this would create a greater sense of realism for the sculpture. In this case however, I would need to use a different material as opposed to mod-roc as it would not be suitable for casting so I may use materials such as plaster.