With my Twins, I felt like I wanted more out of them, like could I prop them up on cardboard, and make them stand, as continuously pinning them to the wall began damaging the paper. So, in these double pages, I exampled ways in which I could avoid this in future, and additionally make exhibiting the Twins easier. To test the easier methods, I printed small versions (A4) of both Twins - three of each - and tested carboard stands, and an idea by my Tutor, to make a weird, dress-up doll, using the altered features.
I found that making stands for the A4 Twins was a lot more difficult than anticipated, as after layering paper to simulate cardboard, I had to figure out how to actually make them stand. I found that card on the backside of an old sketchbook was sturdy enough, due to its thickness, and so it was used as the stands for the cardboard cut outs; I cut the stands at diagonals, and applied them using masking tape and glue - which wasn't very stable, however, at the right angle they stood still, and that was enough for me to take photos. I had an idea of using a picture frame as to simulate a mirror, to portray a scene where the Twins act as the reflections for one another; here, I trialled varying frame sizes and shapes, as to find the best option.
For my next presentation idea, I had studied artist Obvious Plant, to create a fake product of my cut outs - a really creepy dress up dolly thing, that is 'made pretty' by using the exaggerated images of one of the mini cut outs. I cut out each section of Ugly Izzy (her torso, head, arms, etc), and stuck them onto cardboard, which had rectangular tabs protruding from the sides. I then stuck the Normal Izzy onto carboard, cut that out, and cut slits, as to where the rectangular tabs on the Ugly Izzy parts could be inserted into. I had to test the width of each tab to the slits, for the 'product' to actually be useable - some of them were, and some were not, yet because it was just a presentation idea, it really didn't matter if the tabs fit or not. I whipped up a snazzy '90s themed background for the product, and some jingly jangly name, and then put all my pieces in an old plastic packaging, that was previously used for A4 paper.
I felt that I preferred just presenting my cut outs as they were - pinned to a wall, side by side - as I like the mystery of why they exist, what they're doing there, and what they could be thinking. However, if I were to keep them this way, I needed to fix how they were pinned to the walls, as there were evident tears in the foreheads of my cut outs, and it wasn't very presentable. So, using an old image of my face, I took chunks of skin patches, and worked over the areas that were worse affected. To finalise, I glued white stripes of paper to the back of their heads, so I could then pin them back into the wall AND NOT hurt their little noggins.
To conclude this Body Project journey, I posed with all my hellish creations, like a proud mother.
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