The Orion Series

"The Orion Series"

Consists of a series of photographs and a video compilation demonstrating my progress all centered around the theme of constellations as it relates to my identity. As a Florida girl, I have my fair share of freckles and blemishes from the sun, many of which are arranged in a constellation-like pattern. One particular collection, the three large freckles on my right shoulder to me, have always reminded me of Orion's Belt. That is the constellation that I always look for and find first when I look up at the stars at night. Three also happens to be my favorite number. I appreciate it for it's harmony and balance- qualities that I find appealing. Because of the "connection" I felt with the constellation, "Orion the Hunter" and my eagerness to work with lights and body paint, it didn't take me long to come up with my idea. I drew everything out in my sketches and made several trips to many different stores trying to find suitable material (I borrowed a lot from the art room). After weeks of planning, sketching, creating, scheduling a photo shoot, "hiring" (not really) a model, researching, executing a body paint session, and a more than 6-hour long photo and video editing session, I am happy to say that I am absolutely in love with the finished product. I hope you will be too.


Model: Cody Puckett

Materials: Foam core wrapped with masking tape (lots and lots of masking tape)
Black spray paint
Small, magnetic LED lights (for the stars)
Fairylights
Copper wire
Batteries
Blue spray hair dye
Various makeup products and body paint
Photoshop & iMovie
Sony Camera

I was only able to purchase 4 of these LED lights, so I still need to go in and Photoshop more lights on the constellation piece.