Visual Symbols
Visual Symbols Rose Wedding : Air Dry Clay, Ink, Gold Acrylic Paint Tulip A Day : Air Dry Clay, Pink Acrylic Paint, Ink Details In Progress Picture Artist Statement The two sculptures made of clay, Rose Wedding and A Tulip A Day, symbolize love, yet they symbolize love in different aspects. Rose Wedding incorporates gold wedding bands, hearts, and chocolate into the piece by sitting on a wedding dress train that is attached to a feminine physique with rose thorns erupting from her body. This work symbolizes romantic love: wedding bands to represent "till death do us part," chocolates to represent Valentine's Day as they are a common gift to give partners, and hearts to represent the love as a whole. In A Tulip A Day, the use of the specific pink tulip flower as a head symbolizes love towards friends and family rather than towards a romantic partner. One of the hearts for the eyes represent friends while the other represents family. With these sculptures, I wanted them t...