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Final structure for the show. I chose to have three shelves as I felt it helped to display my work in the best possible way. I wanted to keep gaps within the tiles so that the eye was drawn to the positioning of the soaps, working as a minimalist sculpture. I am really happy with how this has turned out. 

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Sarah Lucas

Links to grotesque nature of my work

Links to using low value objects

Links to the intimacy of the body

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Samara Scott

Scott “layers this melange of everyday kitsch materials to create seductive, sumptuous forms.” Frieze, Louisa Elderton, September 2015.

The seductive element within these pieces comes from the texture, its the contrast between the completely smooth surface and what appears to be at first glance, an ariel view of some hidden world. The depth within Scotts work is what I found particularly compelling, especially when looking at the development of my own work, the idea of taking the normal, low value objects that would normally be cast off and changing their purpose or positioning in the world in some way. The scale of the work is also really interesting. There is still the remains of something intimate, with each possesion its own story to tell, something i would like to try and develop with my own works spoke more of tiles than the resin ones most because of the colour.

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After discussing the possibility of wrapping my own soaps I went to have a look at shops like lush and body shop to see how they displayed their products. I really liked this idea of using my own prints that i had developed over the project as packing for my ‘products’. I really like the idea that its challenging this idea of  selling used products back to the consumer or taking something initmate thats been used and disgarded. Therefore putting a price on it challenges this concept of the abject and changes the value.

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These are pictures of casts that didn’t go to plan, this was for various reasons. Mostly it was because I didn't let the casts dry in time which meant they were incomplete of they broke away but the image you see of the cast that contains the plaster was unsuccessful for two different reasons. One- I put too much water in to help the soap melt which meant that the cast shrunk and distorted within 24 hours and two- because of the shape of the cast and the light weight material of the object I used (the plaster) it floated to the top which meant that when it was the right side up you couldn’t see what it was supposed to be, it was too hidden. 

Therefore to develop this, I will cast in two half’s so the object can set nearer to the surface.

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I was really happy with how these turned out although of course some are more successful than others. I think the casts that contain things such as the sanitary pad are really successful as it responds well to the exploration of the abject in regards to the intimacy we have with particular objects. However the casts that contain things such as the Christmas ribbon decoration looks far too pretty for the overall effect that I wanted to achieve.

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Resin cast worked really well although because of the type of material it does give the overall effect of being quite clean which is not something that I feel relates to the abject in any way.

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Casting a whole bar of soap and breaking it down through continuous washing could be an interesting way to develop the production of these pieces.

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Too much hair, looks too obvious. One of the first attempts at casting the soaps dish. Will develop and try to make the hair look more hidden. 

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Found Pears to be the best as it melts down to a liquid. Used a microwave to achieve this.

Canary White soap did not melt at all.

Dove worked better but still did not melt completely 

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The soap tiles worked better than I orginally thought they would. 

I think this might be because they spoke more of tiles than the resin ones most likely because of the colour of the soap.

I think the materials worked with the soap   but the wax strips worked better as they looked more hidden.

A problem I faced was the amount of water I put in to help the soap melt. This over the night cause the soap to bend which wouldn’t be practical when tiling a wall.

Fits well with the idea of the abject however as the resin did not set, could cause issues with  risk assesments due to the fumes created by the resin.

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Process of trying to layer images of my tiles.

I feel they are a really succesful development from the original images.

Work well because they still look wet.

Still allows for the sense of fluidity.

Reflect the abject well because these images still appear ‘grotesque’.

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The tiles do look good because of how the resin has retained the material.

I think it works that they almost look incased with water which links well to the place where they were sourced. 

One issue with this body of work is trying to figure out how they may exist in the world.

Because not all the materials fit within the tile completely it would be very hard to tile a wall using them.

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Using vinyl to create the moulds in order to cast each of these tiles. 

Whilst id never done this before i found it quite a simple process that was really effective sa the moulld was reusable. 

One of the only problems  I found with using this material was that the resin took nearly 24 hours to dry.

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Decided to make prints from the photographs I took by layering them on photoshop.

Feedback: A little too pretty, does not speak of the abject.

Relates quite closely to the body, mostly due to the colour of the images.

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Idea of dripping shower gel through the tights for the sam amount of time as it takes me to do certain things in the bathroom e.g have a shower, shave my legs etc