Relationship Vs Drug 2006

I think this is funny, because 3 yrs later I have done my research and know that there are drugs released in relationship called dopamine also found in cocain

Fact Sheet
The Object as a Metaphor

Name: Alison Cole
Presentation Date: Nov 19

Concept:  My concept was to do a project based on the metaphor of a relationship being a drug.  In personal experience I have realised that like a drug, I become addicted
to the other person.  This is a common phenomenon.  Being around one person so much you learn to depend on them for certain things, emotonal, physical and otherwise.
This month I broke up with my boyfriend I'd dated for a while and I realised that I would be upset and miss him and any bit of contact with him would be like a fix. 
He felt the same way and I'm sure a lot of people experience this.  A hug from an ex can be the fix you need.  For this reason it is often hard for a lot of people to make a
clean brake.  This is also where the idea of rebound comes up.  Like an addiction, when you try and quit you often need something to take its place.  In my sculpture I
wanted to illustrate the similarities between relationsip and heroin.  I have to arms with heroin elastics on them holding hands.  The arms look dead but where the hands touch
they feel life.  I showed this using choice of colour. 

Process:  I first plaster casted the arms, then when it dried i made the cast into a mold and I poured in the plaster.  Later ad the plaster was drying i insirted hooks.  When
this was dry it took it out of the mold.  One of the arms was broken.  I tried to plaster it back to gether and used multiple things, including glue and a hanger on the back.  It wont
be able to be hung now though.  Then I gessod the object and finally painted it.