Planes of the Head

[Elizabeth Schott]

Well I have found myself in a desperate spot, so I am going to attempt to take matters into my own hands.

"The Planes of the Head" by John Asaro which is featured in John Howard Sanden's book, was also introduced to me in AZ while attending a Whitaker workshop as a great tool for creating form with light when the details might need more explanation or not be there at all, as in a posthumous portrait.

I cannot locate one of these cast.

With the help of the place that cuts my hair and some very high tech clay, I would like to recreate a "cast" like head loosely based on the above.

I am just concerned that I don't fully understand why the two sides of the head differ, before looking closely I thought it was muscular, but now I don't know if it is to show how different areas would turn for different types of light.

Does anyone know the history of this sculpture and what the sides mean?

Thanks!