FLOATING JELLYFISH
Martinak, William. Floating Jellyfish, 2022, Metal Rods.
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“Floating Jellyfish” is a project of a verb transformed into a metal sculpture. I chose the verb “floating” because I thought it would be a fun challenge as metal is typically hard and heavy. I made a three part Youtube series you can check down below!
(This is picture is not the artwork, unfortunately I never got a good picture of it)
THE WOODEN
NOMAD
Martinak, William. Nomad, 2022, Wood Plank, 22” x 7”x 3”.
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“The Wooden Nomad” is a sculpture replicated from a small vase I was gifted from my Chinese sister “Yuting.” However, I added a bit of my own spin to it, if you’re curious, go check out my Youtube video down below!
PHALANGE CENTIPEDE
Martinak, William. Phalange Centipede, 2022, Plaster, Acrylic Paint, 7”x 13” x 5”.
$ 150.00
“Phalange Centipede” is a plaster sculpture made from my own fingers to recreate a centipede. My fingers are used as the legs of the centipede to create this monstrous creature, go watch my Youtube video down below if you dare!
YOLÜN LUX
Martinak, William. Yolün Lux, 2022, Branches, Giraffe Toy, Fake Snow, Light, Acrylic Paint, 13”x 7”x 4”.
$ 200.00
“Yolün Lux” is a diorama I made based on my first mythological creature. This being guides those with pure hearts to their desired destination with its lantern shaped head. To see this figure come to life click the button down below to watch my YouTube video!
PAR
Martinak, William. Par, 2022, Plaster, Gold Leaf, Acrylic Paint, Teracota Ink, Beads, Moss, Epoxy Resin, Styrofoam, Metal Wire, Modeling Clay, Sponges, 37”x 28”x 28”.
$ 3500.00
Par is a multi-media sculpture dedicated to my girlfriend made from plaster, plaster bandages, epoxy-resin, styrofoam, beads, metal wires, moss, oven-bake clay, sponges, gold leaf, a manikin head, plum essential oil, and acrylic paint. Par is a sculpture that is very close to me as it represents my cultural heritage and my girlfriend's heritage. My father is Hungarian, my mother is Chadian, and my girlfriend is Laotian.
The piece's bust was made by moulding my girlfriend's chest with alginate and then filling the inside with hydrocal. Once dried, I covered the statue with gold leaf and moss and dry-brushed it with acrylic paint, making it look older than an abandoned statue.
The neck and head are a manikin head; my girlfriend and I discovered that she was 50% Burmese after doing a DNA test, and in their culture, the women put brass coils because they view a woman with a longer neck to look more beautiful, this is also similar in some African cultures. When researching Gypsies, I found that "Gypsy children would often lay next to trees with a question lingering in their head, only for the answer to be whispered to them by the wind passing by."
This passage gave me the idea of making a tiny figure of a boy lying next to a tree. The boy next to the tree will provide scale to the environment, and the boy will also symbolize a younger version of myself, as I used to do the same thing growing up (unaware of Wind Whispering.) I added a plum essential oil for the tree to add smell to the sculpture; the plum tree also represents eternal youth, linking the tree and the child together. It is said that the scent of the blossoms brings peace and beauty and grants eternal youth if often smelled, according to the Gypsys. The fruits are also eaten to keep a romance from faltering.
I wanted to make something to cover the face of the statue, and my mom gave me the idea of an African veil made out of beads as it was part of our tradition. White beads, in particular, signified purity which tied nicely with the tree and the innocence of a child (which is next to the white tree.) Gold represents good health, which ties in with "eternal youth" linked with the plum tree's smell.
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