Hands Sculpture

The inspiration for this project came from my enjoyment of nature and the outdoors. For this art peice, I planned to exemplify my hands as a mountain with one side being a green hill with a waterfall and the other side as a stone cliff with more waterfalls. One of these waterfalls would then loop through the mountain into the cave in between the hands, which creates a small pond. 

The materials I used for my hand sculpture included the alginate mold which I used my hands to create a mold, watercolors I used to color my hands, and hot glue for the water in the waterfalls. As well as clay tools I used to carve into my hands and added plants I found outside.

The process for this sculpture didn't take as long as I had anticipated. My first step began with making the mold out of my hands. I then used watercolors to paint the greens of the mountain, the blues of the water, and the darker black/browns of the cave. In between coloring my hands, I carved out a few waterfalls and added hot glue to create a shiny water look on the waterfalls. My final step was where I added a natural element to the top of the mountain to give the hands more of a texture and contrast with the other materials.