Memento

Shatters

3x5

Clay, Black Acrylic Paint, Wood glue

 

This sculpture represents the still very vivid memory of when I shattered my kneecap when i was fourteen. I used to competitively ice-skate and while trying to land a jump I fell and shattered my patella in 6 places. This sculpture helps communicate the memory of the harsh jagged lines of pain I felt shoot through my leg, the black out spots I remember as well while being rushed away. I wanted to visually communicate this sharp, permanent memory.

Inspiration 

1. Cornelia Parker https://www.icaboston.org/art/cornelia-parker/hanging-fire-suspected-arson

2. Gerard van der Gucht 

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/two-drawings-of-the-patella-or-knee-cap-for-cheseldens-i-osteographia-i

3. Art By Aida http://www.artbyaida.com/sharp.html