Overview:
This series of sculptures presents a cumulative index of passing time and an ongoing self-portrait of the artist's ageing and changing self.
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_1.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_2.jpg)
Each Self is made with ten pints of of the artist's own blood, taken over five separate sessions.
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_4.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_5.jpg)
Quinn's head is cast in plaster of Paris:
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_6.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_7.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_9.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The_Making_of_Self_10_resized.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_11.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The_Making_of_Self_12_resized.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The_Making_of_Self_13_resized.jpg)
The cast is removed and the inside is filled with blood. It is then frozen and placed in subzero silicone oil inside a Perspex box.
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The-Making-of-Self_18.jpg)
![The making of ‘Self’](http://marcquinn.com/assets/thumbnails/The_Making_of_Self_17_resized-%281%29.jpg)
Self, 2006
Blood (artist's), stainless steel, Perspex and refrigeration equipment
208 x 63 x 63 cm