Fotios Balas – Greece

PRINCESS

Description

My creation is about balance. We use both our body and our mind to balance physically and medically in life. I used doll body parts like legs and hands in order to express that we are responsible for our life. I also used some toy soldiers between the body parts, they symbolise the problems that we face in our lives everyday. I combined so many different materials and although they look chaotic, my aim was to create something balanced and harmonic. As an artist, I am using materials like toys and everyday objects in my work, objects with memories from my childhood, so I wanted to create something that represents me.

Materials

• plastic doll parts
• plastic toys (from my collection)
• metallic parts
• wood parts
• faux fur
• fabrics
• silicone glue
• epoxy glue
• crystal clear wood glue
• acrylic color
• varnish

Techniques

• cutting the parts (with my tools)
• drawing
• assemble the pieces
• gluing
• painting