Pictoplasma Magazine Response: Artist - Aman Khanna

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Following my research into the artist Aman Khanna during my investigations into the Pictoplasma magazine, #1 Face Value edition, I decided to experiment with the creation of my own clay characters.

I wanted to go with something really simple for the design similarly to the style of Khanna but also I felt this would be the most appropriate starting point for my first attempts attempting this with the medium. I used polymer clay which needed to be baked once I was happy with the final designs of my little characters. I used the technique of scoring sections of my characters heads in order to bond their accessories successfully as this ensured the clay had a textured format to cling to once wet.

I quite like the charm these characters came out with; I went for the theme of ghosts as I felt it was something simplistic yet could be developed in future to make more intricate designs if I wanted to. However I really like how it was Khanna who inspired me to explore the use of a new medium, I really enjoyed the process and would be interested in working with this medium again in future.

I decided to create different facial expressions for each of my little clay figures so that I was able to explore a broader variety of expressions in order to discover which ones worked well and which didn’t if any. I found my favourite two expressions were definitely the ones used on my 2 black ghosts as I liked how surprised they appeared and I felt it worked well given their chosen nature. However I am still glad I chose to experiment with the others so I was able to discover this.

If I were to work on these again in the future, I would definitely spend some more time attempting the flower crown I created on my blue figure as I feel it’s definition has become slightly lost and I would like to see if I can make it more clearly resemble a crown of petals. 

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