Pain of Pressure

Kae M.

Old Homework, Hot Glue, Acrylic Paint, Special Effects Makeup

• Artist Statement

  I created this dress to represent how overwhelming homework can get, to the point where it could feel like I was drowning. I made it by gluing my old homework together with hot glue into the shape of a dress, painting a heart onto it, then spilling down watered-down acrylic paint to mimic blood. I lightly edited the eye socket to be darker in Photoshop, but excluding that all of the visual effects are real, made with SFX Makeup and fake blood.

• Creative Statement

  Creativity is a way of expressing oneself to an external audience, and giving other people an opportunity to look at your state of mind. When I’m drawing I will try and put every emotion I feel into it in hopes to convey those feelings to the viewers.