Half of a Green Face Mounted on Plexi-Glass?

For my free choice, I decided to dabble in the 3D world of artistic expression. I have always wanted to try my hand at sculpting, but the opportunity never really presented itself to me. This was my chance. I wanted to create a face with a expressionless or stoic expression, and for the color of the clay itself to model the feeling of the subject. I chose an eery green, and I believe it fits well with the black and clear composition of the rest of the piece. On another level, I decided that water running down over the face would add another aspect to the overall complexity. This was an a,most overwhelming challenge for me, as I set out to hand-make the frame, pump-housing, and water-tight base. Everything that could possibly have gone wrong, went wrong, and I almost abandoned the whole thing. But thankfully, a spare pump was found and utilized, and the whole thing started coming together. The piece uses asymmetrical composition, and movement to capture my emotion.  

Social Justification

Overfishing is becoming a huge problem for the global population. With numbers of fish stock rapidly and exponentially decreasing, the worlds oceans are being netted into an oblivion. How would we feel if our populations become caught in the nets of some other species, causing our culture to teeter on the precipice of extinction. My piece illustrates this idea, and opens your eyes to the problem before us. I used movement, and similar colors to tie the images together, and create what I think to be a strong and meaningful piece of propaganda. To add a personal flare to this image, I added silhouettes of people I actually know in real life, and put them in the path of destruction before the net. I even created a logo for an imaginary foundation against the overfishing of the world's oceans.