initial experiments

As a starting point, I decided to make a modroc cast of my own face. I feel my first attempt - pictured above - was unsuccessful because I was inexperienced - modroc as a medium was new to me.
The surface was not as smooth as I would have liked it to be.

 I then experimented with clay, creating an African style mask inspired by African statues I own - pictured above (which I photographed and added to a contact sheet in my evidence folder) however being my first experiment with clay, the mask cracked and eventually broke into pieces. I think the mask would have been successful if it didn’t crack during the drying process. I had planned to add paint to the masks to give them a tribal appearance.

Overall I found working with clay and sculpting to be easier initially over working with Modroc, as I found getting the Modroc to be smooth difficult. However at first I also found preventing cracks in the clay to be tricky. With further experiments I overcame both difficulties.