wet clay sculpture of head
flowers before they were attached together 
dry and painted (brown-ish red) sculpture of head
close-ups of more flowers and attached
(gave up at this point because i was frustrated with how to create a bouquet)
the desire to be seen as desired, November 2021
Red air dry clay, scrapbook paper (autumn colours), hot glue, floral wire (green), floral tape (green), acrylic paint
The goal of this project was to use multiple objects to create a form that has a dynamic and rhythmic textural surface. Inspired by a photo of a Black woman with afro hair painted in colourful spheres, I wanted to make a (genderless) Black person’s half of a head out of clay with a flower bouquet represented to be afro hair. The meaning of this art is meant to represent how afro hair was always and still is seen as “nappy” and “unprofessional,” and how Black people are always struggling with being seen as desirable or simply being considered a beauty standard compared to White people (or other non-Black people of colour). Afro hair is beautiful and has always been beautiful despite society’s distaste toward it, so that’s why I wanted to use flowers as the hair.