Instruction
Create 10 or more iterations on a design for your masking form.
Purpose
Start thinking of how the form will interact with them performer, the scene partner, and the space. Explore different ideas to see what fits, what is possible, and what matches the tone for the performance the best.
My Interpretation
As me and my partner previously agreed, I will be modeling my right arm based off of the metaphorical side of the Cancer sign, the crab. I started by looking into different crab forms that fit half of the Cancer sign, a bulbous rounded end with a sweeping long tail. The first four forms (basic, Mr. Krabs, stone, and fantasy spiked) were trying to hone into that shape as a whole, the entire pincer being a mimic of the sign. In the next three iterations, I looked for other pincer shapes in nature (ants, beetles, and lobsters), and although that didn’t go anywhere in particular, the idea to devolve the form into the human shape and create a slow transition started there. Finally, I tries a different kind of crab, the fiddler crab. These crabs have once giant pincer that has a perfect curve that mimics the tail of the Cancer sign. With that in mind, I began iterating within this specific design, first making it geometric to allow for more connection to the constellation look of the stars, then changing the colors and pattern. I decided to end with the geometric and color shifted redesign, the dots (imitating stars) creating the circle that was lost in the shape of the pincer.