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So after the critique I was thinking some more about what was said about my idea. 

First thing's first, the medium that I am working in.

Originally it was going to be a wire modeling of my body but I was thinking that maybe making a plaster mold might be better. I did run into a few issues with doing it in plaster though. If it was in plaster than it is very much so about me and I don't want it to be too personal. I would rather it be easier to relate to. Yes I want it to be me but a wire modeling is a little more generic than it being exactly me. On the other hand if it was a plaster mold it would show all of the folds and stuff that people may deem as ugly which is what I wanted to address in my project anyway. So right now I'm on the fence choosing the medium. I'm thinking that over the winter break I'm going to experiment with both.

The next issue that I faced was what position would my sculpture/ figurine be in. It was discussed in class that maybe it should be on all fours because that emphasizes one of the facts that I pointed out which is "If Barbie was real she would have to walk on all fours". The issue with having my sculpture be on all fours is that it instantaneously becomes sexual. It becomes about gender and that has nothing to do with my theme so I don't want people to get that idea just by glancing at it. I was thinking about making the pose something like a mannequin or maybe the barbie pose

Something That is doll like. The only issue is that if I don't do it in a plaster mold the doll pose may not work as well. If i do the wire modeling I was thinking that the mannequin may look better. But the pose i think would work the best, my favorite pose is something like this. Something That looks insecure.

Either that or something along the lines of having a lot of confidence. Like Maybe holding my stomach while standing in a super confident pose that practically screams 'I am beautiful no matter what my weight is' Like doing something like this but with a smile on the figurine's face. This one would only really look good in plaster because it would be hard to detail in a wire modeling. Either way this is definitely heading in the right direction but i need to get some feedback from some more people and I will make an update blog post soon.