I'm sorry to bother you with this but I'm really stuck for ideas.

I'm an A-level art student (this is sounding incredibly cliché already isn't it?) and I've just been given a project brief about still life - nothing more specific, just still life. I'm hoping to be able to do a final piece which is a bit more 3-D or sculptural than the paintings and drawings that the others in my class seem to be headed towards.

The only problem I have with this, is that I need to research another artists work which would appear to naturally inspire my final piece.

So does anybody know of any artists I could research who have at some point focused on still life but in a format which is more akin to where I'm hoping to go with my project?

Anything you could suggest would be greatly appreciated.

Clare

You could practise with hydrostone or drystone plaster (the hardest plasters) but you have to 'retard' the cure. Ask you local plaster/gypsum dealers for these items. The plaster is too fast otherwise.

The plaster and lime can take color but what looks nice is a light coat of red shellac and then use a paste wax tinted white - wait for it to dry then hand buff it to a light shine.

INDYMAD