Next I photographed the VBF which I added supports to so that the divided sections can stand on their own. This created an interesting space with a surface that the viewer needed to piece together in their head. Further you cannot walk straight up to the piece because there are miniature heads expanding out from the spaces in between the divided panels that prevent you from moving in close.
Below are detail shots of the four miniature heads that I casted multiple times using rubber molds. There is a baby, an old woman, a man, and a young woman. It was important to me that all the elements of this piece were white. This is partial because I have a strong relationship with the plaster I have been working with through all of the pieces for this body of work and partially because I relate the piece to the white paper that I sketched the idea on so many times. I think the purity of the color white compliments the VBF's expression with the closed eyes and the movement of the miniature heads on the dark carpet. 
I am very excited that I was able to get a picture of my smiling aquatic head with its inspiration. As yo can see I have added much more color to the sculpture to vary the hues of turquoise and blue.
I included my sculpture clothes on the show because they became artworks in and of themselves from use and plaster build up. I added a casted pair of my feet next to my shoes to continue with the idea that everything in my show have been molded and cast.
Lastly I took photos of the 6 small head that I made. I also cast these with plaster from a rubber mold. i made several versions because choosing these final pieces. The shelves that the heads sit on are very important because they establish a space that each head lives in.
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