Week 5

This week I have started to work 3 dimensionally. Taking inspiration from Charles Clary, I have translated shapes from my drawings into Cardboard pieces. Ive then stacked pieces to create a contrast in relief and covered in paper. Ive used corrugated card as its cheap and versatile. It was however quite a lengthy process to make and perfect, and so took longer than imagined. Therefor I didn't make as much as I had planned. I think the pieces look best when they stay in the formations from the drawings. When i started to configure and abstract the placement, it looked aimless, and took away from the overall structure.

I’ve also been combining some of my drawings together to create contrast in colour, size, shape and height. In the above image, I started to combine shapes from a painting, however the scale of the squares don’t particularly look right and it is not painted yet. During my tutorial it was suggested that I should etch into the pieces to create textures. I could also make them kinetic by adding fixings or bolts- adding a sense of interaction.

Week 4

In today’s tutorial we had a group pin up session, with both Mark and Julie. This was a good way to view all of my work so far and see how everyone’s projects were going. So far this week I have continued with ‘drawing’, in terms of pushing the scale of my work. Now that I have a solid body of drawing, I need to develop them into 3d pieces. I should think carefully about what materials and scale I want to translate these formations into. I was suggested to look at Charles Clary, who builds relief pieces. I could easily cut out cardboard/ paper pieces to recreate my compositions. In terms of context, I think i’d like to work towards interior. I’d like to develop my work into wall pieces/ panels intended for a cafe or restaurant. I’ve started to look at artists that do so below.

Painting of a section of kale

Artist Research | Charles Clary

Charles Clary creates paper sculpture and installation pieces inspired by fiction. He builds up layers of hand cut paper, which mimic land formations and sound waves. These pieces invite the viewer to peer in, creating an interaction between the viewer and the magical world. I am inspired by the simple use of layering and relief. This process could be applied to my drawings as they are quite bold shapes. I think they would translate well into 3 dimensional pieces that could be mounted onto a wall within an interior space.

Artist Research | Chris Wood

Chris Wood creates installations and wall panels out of glass segments, allowing him to explore complex patterns of light. The patterns tend to change depending on the position of the viewer and the angle of the light.  I really like the kaleidoscopic patterns and how the light transcends through the glass.The simple arrangements relates to my work, as there are a lot of sections and shapes in my drawings. This could lead to laser cutting into different transparencies of acrylic/ perspex.

'Spry'

Week 3 | More detailed, abstract, macro micro drawings

Pin up of drawings

Section of a prickly pear

This week I have done my drawings in more of a mixed media approach- collage, paint, contrasting textures, building up backgrounds and layers. I've got more into my work and have enjoyed the experimentation. I like that fruit has a lot of segments in and have translated it into sections and shapes. I find the above drawing successful as its quite bold in terms of shape. The scribbled pen lines could work nicely on the laser cutter. I’ve also noticed that a lot of the fruits are vibrant tones of red, orange and yellow, which I would like to use towards my colour palette. The feedback from my tutorial was a lot more positive than last week. I should just create more drawings and scale up to even larger pieces of paper.

Tuesday Talk | Anya Gallacio

Every Tuesday the Whitworth Gallery hosts an artist talk. This week was Anya Gallacio, who is specifically known for creating installations and sculptures from organic matter. She uses material as a starting point to explore time, space and landscape. One of her pieces ‘Where is Where it’s at’ was inspired by San Diego- where she was living at the time. Gallicio collected buckets of pigments and dirt from iconic places that held a significance to her, and shipped them back to a gallery space in London. She then mapped out sunlight that hit the space with tape and filled the positive shapes with dirt. This created interesting landscape shots of a space which you wouldn't usually examine.

Week 2

Through exploring my theme of organic/Synthetic. I have bought, photographed and dissected fruit and vegetables. Then have drawn interesting details from them. My drawings have been quite small as I’ve stayed within the confinement of a sketchbook. I think I should push my drawing onto larger sheets of A2 to experiment with scale. I also prefer the freedom of working on pieces of paper.

Photograph of a fig

Drawing of embroidery sample

The feedback from my tutorial said that I should really investigate what I’m drawing, so that it is more abstract. Some of my drawings were too obvious and realistic, and so I need to keep that in mind. Although the image above was not exactly related to my project, it had a positive effect, in terms of how I should approach my drawing. It was suggested that I should explore the range of materials and medias i use, not just sticking with paint and pen drawings.