One foundation project was entitled "Skin and Bone." I decided to focus on the "bone" aspect of the theme, looking at the texture and colour of bones and making it into something aesthetically pleasing. I chose to make jewellery in order to approach the idea of "bone" outside the human flesh.
I used Plaster of paris for the base of my jewellery as it resembled bone particularly well. I molded a thick paste of the paster around curved shapes such as bottles. Once the plaster had dried i pulled it off the mold and carefully broke it into pieces. I then used amounts of thin copper wire (salvaged from old cables!) to "sew" the plaster together. In order to do this i had to initially use a needle to scratch away the plaster to make small holes for the copper.
The overall outcomes were effective, the stark white plaster was a good contrast to the bright, delicate copper, the abstract shapes of the plaster worked well with regimented work of the copper wire.
