- I wanted to display the different properties of a material in a completely abstract way with no theme or link to anything else so that it does not bear any resemblance to something else on purpose. I like to work with a material exploring that material in an investigative way through a series of experiments. I have so far learnt how wax can be shaped and moulded in a range of ways: clay moulds, cutting and carving and melting. It interests me to see how wax can be so versatile and can be melted and reworked into something else.
- Rather than creating a sculpture, I think it would be intriguing to create an installation style piece of work by creating a space for the wax sculptures. Rather than filling out a room, at the moment I am interested in building my own space for the wax pieces and starting off by building a small wooden or metal box and working around a cubic shape to begin with and possibly blacking it out or also working the wax around the cube.
- Another element i intend to explore is light with wax. It would be fascinating to see how light affects the outcome of the wax sculptures and I intend to black out the spaces and then manipulate them with artificial light onto the wax. I almost imagine creating an experience of the material for observers whether they should walk around the material or look into the space of the material, this is undecided.
- Wax can take many forms, it can be hung from ceilings or worked around other objects. Also wax can be painted onto an object or another material such as plaster f paris which I am going to try with wax to create thin layers. This is so that the wax is transparent and an artificial light could be placed in the middle.
- There are different options of wax sculptures such as hanging wax in moulded sculptures from the ceiling in a blacked out rom with artificial light shining upwards. Also another option is to create circular hollow pieces of wax with light shining n it somehow without trying to melt the wax. The circular hollow shapes would have to be created through plaster of paris. Also another option is to create a cubic shape and to work around this with wax and having light inside or another option is to create a box like shape with wax sculptures inside and shining light onto this. Over time I want to build bigger boxes and to influence colours into this.
