I made two huge works for the show. Death Mask Map is a map of my family tree made of "death masks" taken from a mold of my own face and cast in the dirt of each ancestor's grave. Self Portrait in Grave Dirt is the full body cast of myself in layers of the grave dirt (I showed some in-progress process pics a couple of posts ago). I must say that I'm overjoyed at the end result of all my undergraduate work. These two pieces ended up being a sort-of installation, complementing each other better than I'd expected. Now, I'll post some pictures that the lovely Paul Sholly took really quickly during the opening, but more elaborate ones are soon to follow.
This is me, in the middle of the Death Mask Map.
Self Portrait in Grave Dirt
This is me, with the other me.
The adorable man and lady in the background are my grandparents.