Body Double: Spinal Cord

My proposed idea for the body double is to do the spine. Broadly, the skeleton is the structural foundation for the human body. Specifically, the spine is one of the most important structures that allow us to function and perform our everyday tasks. It can easily be overlooked when people compromise this structural element through things such as bad posture.

So within my piece, I want to highlight its importance by externalizing it by sculpture. I plan to emulate its full form and its properties as a protectant of nerves and foundation of human function.

To do this, I plan to model it at the approximate length of my spine.

The materials I plan to use are as follows:

• claw hair clips of various sizes (target, CV, or forever21)
  
• athlete's tape (found)
  
• masking tape (found)
  
• paint (some art store)
• adhesive (some art store)
  
• laptop lock cord (found)

My inspiration comes from Sophia's claw hair clip she had in her hair, when we were looking over certain materials that we can use. It reminded me of the spinal cord, especially how I wanted to replicate something involving the back. It seemed perfect, just cause claw hair clips move and can be clipped onto the back of my shirt for the interactive portion of the project. Also I was thinking of what would be the base. It had to be sturdy, yet flexible like the spinal cord. I looked around my room as I was writing this blog, and thought of computer cords. But better yet, I had a laptop lock in my drawer that I won't end up using. It seems like a good fit for my base on my project.

I plan to have it look very realistic in form, but aesthetically pleasing in colors that differ from bone white. I want to almost emulate the artist who did the nose birds (sadly I did not write the name down), since he reproduces the nose in its form, but takes it out of its context through color and juxtaposition of other elements.

I hope for the best! D:

-Jackie Chu