Project #4 - Negative and Positive Space - Mothers Sans Child and process from concept to finish.

 

Mother Sans Child

This concept came to me after thinking about the idea of Something Missing in Negative Space. My idea is to explore, just a little, the sense of longing for a child to come, of watching your children grow out of your embrace into adulthood or possibly of the frightening idea of losing a child. As the shape took form in my mind I also began to think of the Madonna and of the lack of the Christ child in the religion of Christianity. I hope that I give the viewer the opportunity to put their own life experiences into this piece and make of it what they will. 

Process Pictures

The negative space child shape comes from my memories of my own newborn children.

Working out the structure of the face was a challenge. In this shot it felt too serene so I added more texture to imply strong emotion or determination.

My own messy desk as the Mother takes shape. I noticed here that the shadow of negative space wasn't as effective as I hoped. I lined the inside of the Marquette with cut shapes of black paper to give the child shape more emphasis.