I think I may have created a new form of portraiture??? I took a 3D scan of my face, sliced it into layers, then wrapped those layers with material from my life, creating a self portrait titled “Big Strong Boy”.
The materials list is -big inhale- Towels used by artist for over a decade, an old lease, dark mirrored acrylic, old boxes from screws used in art projects, Colorado road atlas maps following HW 285 in Colorado, Ranch Corn Nuts wrappers, gay porn, bronze spray paint, USGS map of Durango CO, Michelada cans, blank graph paper, old greeting cards from family, old Prana Mojo shorts, leftover latex paint from past projects, Dye Sublimation paper from old clothing line, Raw 1/8th inch utility panel wood, Maps from national parks, USGS map of Boulder CO, Old Jeans, Silver mirrored acrylic, Old smartwool hiking socks, Excerpts from a book the artist is currently writing, Photo collage of Italian roofs, unfinished colored in USGS map, news articles from "The Week" magazine, drop paper covered with paint from past projects, plane tickets, bus boat and museum tickets, crystal mandala photo collage, notes from college, Upslope beer cans, photo collage of friends, Gold mirrored acrylic, old space socks, topographic map art of southern Utah, standup material written by artist, LEGO instructions, pages from the artist's passport, Mat board scraps from past projects, a birthday hat given to the artist by drunk girls on the London Tube on his birthday, drivers license with the artist's name misspelled.
