Decision To Remove The Ribcage Sculptural Elements Of Final Major

I have decided to remove the ribcage sculptural element of my final major as I feel I may have been overly ambitious with creating both a spine and ribcage sculpture alongside an illustration piece for my final major piece. I do not feel that the quality of this piece is successful enough and I feel this may have been caused by insufficient experimentation on the structure of the ribcage and the overall armature within. As I have incorporated a lot of ribs within this sculpture, it was quite difficult to keep the form and scale of each rib symmetrical to balance the piece and once I had tested the ribcage alongside the spine sculpture as a temporary hold, I discovered that the piece as a whole was too busy and would distract the viewer's eye from the focal point of the illustration element of the final major.

After applying a layer of mod roc to the ribcage, I felt that the structure had become too bulky and the original shape of the ribs were somewhat lost. Alongside this I felt that the scale of the ribcage structure was disproportionate compared to the large scale of the spine sculpture. As I am unable to mount the piece to a wall as I had planned to present the final major due to the lockdown, I do not feel I can safely and sturdily attatch the elements in a way that follows the original plans that I had designed.

However, as the title of my final major is "Orthopaedic Cage", the ribcage was quite a crucial element within the project so I was quite hesitant to decide to remove it. I have now decided to incorporate the ribcage as the feature of the illustration element of the final major piece.so that the links to the title and to my personal surgery are still prevalent.