Transcription 

"The Daughter of Herodias" 

Sebastiano del Piombo

Initially what struck me about this painting was the juxtaposition between Herodias'

At first I had thought to make a garment showing the transcription from Sebastiano del Piombo's work, so, using rope, I began to experiment with the idea of braids coiling around the figure as if slowly constricting the life from the body. 

However, I found that this material was rather thick after being braided and so it was difficult to mould it around the natural curves of the human form. 

  As a result, I became interested in painting directly on to the human form, which really allowed me to get a better understanding of how the braids would wrap themselves around the body in reality so as an experiment I believe it was very informative.

However I still wanted to maintain the 3-D aspect of the braids. This lead me to experiment further with clay figures and wrapping braided extensions.

What I found successful about this final outcome was the way in which the braids seem to be slowly releasing their tight constricting curls from around the slumping, lifeless clay figures, resulting in quite a dark yet beautiful picture, much like the background story of  Piombo's "The Daughter of Herodias"