Fear

The third ODACT challenge was a theme I came up with myself. I asked members to choose an emotion and a color, and then create a doll that somehow personified that emotion and was executed all in the chosen color. The emotion I chose was fear and the color was black. I decided to make a doll representing true fear, as opposed to worry or anxiety. True fear is an emotion that only surfaces when our lives are in danger. It's the emotion responsible for the fight-or-flight response, so I see it as an emotion that attempts to save us in life or death situations. My sculptural representation of Fear is made of paperclay with a wire armature and painted with acrylics. His body adornments are assorted beads, fabrics and fibers. The base is sculpted in epoxy clay and strung with waxed linen and beads.

Art Doll, 22" tall, 2004