Black Swan

Black Swan

Materials:  Clay and acrylic paint

For this assignment, I decided to create a sculpture of a swan.  This swan is not an ordinary swan, but it is a black swan.  Using sculpting clay, I first created the body of the swan and then rolled the clay to create the neck and head.  Then taking small pieces of the clay, I rolled the pieces to create the feathers of the swan.  

I was inspired to create this sculpture from the movie Black Swan.  The black swan represents the corruption of a persons mind.  Even though the film is about a woman's alter-ego, I decided to create my sculpture based on people's perception of themselves.  I believe that everyone starts their life as a "white swan", someone/something that is beautiful and pure.  As time progresses in a persons life, effects of media and society may corrupt their minds.  As this happens, they turn into a black swan.  They start to hate themselves, and begin to turn into something that will eventually destroy themselves.  People need to realize that they are powerful enough to overcome the effects of society and stay their pure and beautiful selves.  

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

-Yours Truly