Alma Haser is a German artist who specialises in portraiture due to her background in fine art. Using her knowledge on photography and collages, she combines both techniques to create abnormal shapes using a printed image of a person’s face. During 2010, Haser finalised her Photography degree and has won several awards throughout the years; including The Magenta Foundation’s Bright Spark award in 2013.
She did a series using these 3D pieces to place them over the face creating a set of unique and abstract pieces.
The series, Cosmic Surgery was originally meant to be called “Cosmetic Surgery” as she said it appeared as though the subjects had undergone plastic surgery, however Alma had a habit of talking very quickly and her dyslexia caused her to mix words up. Although it was a mistake, she liked the name for it and even said it fitted the theme as they all look like they’re from another world.
Some of the shapes seem a lot more complex than others, some have only a couple of sides creating a softer look to it whilst others have a larger amount of shapes causing the image to gain a very jagged and almost threatening look.
Another one of her series of artwork is called “Pseudo” which is possibly one of my favourite pieces she has done. It isn’t something I have ever seen and yet I am so fascinated by it. None of her pictures are identical, they may have a similar theme but they have different colours, shapes and a completely unique aesthetic overall.
Alma said that she is in a constant search for new ways to shape her work and new ways to explore to expand her knowledge, she also said that the majority of her finished pieces are usually done accidentally but only after many hours of experimentations.
Alma’s most recent series was named “Within 15 Minutes” where she created several 1000 piece puzzles with impressive attention to detail. What makes it even more impressive is the fact she did this all by hand, presumably taking up an incredible amount of time. The end result definitely being worth it.
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