Here is part of my final oil painting. A full photo is soon to follow as I just wanted to capture the emotion and terror on the face.
Monday, 26 January 2015
dreams and fears project.
I did a quick sketch here for my dreams ad fears project. As a child I was obsessed with Doctor Who and monsters. This sketch is of the weeping angel from the tv show that haunted me in my dreams.
organic or industrial 3d unit
Here you can see in this unit I have experimented with a lot with different designs and techniques.
I started off with picking out an animal skull to work from, to create a sculpture as you can see in the first picture. I focused on the textures and patterns on the skull to create a visually interesting piece. From combining different parts of the skull together the final outcome doesn't look recognizable as an animal skull. When the sculpture was drying out I put it on top of a rolling pin as originally it was a flat plate of clay. From doing this it went into a more 3d sculpture and can stand up by itself.
When it came to putting it into the kiln I kept the colour of it fairly natural but decided to experiment in putting coloured bits of glass into the eye socket and a couple of other parts to draw attention to those areas of the sculpture. This worked fairly well when it came out.
After this I made a decorative flower bowl without using the pottery wheel. I did this by making a circular flat slab of clay then rolling it with a rigid/textured rolling pin. I then laid it into an actual bowl so it took to that shape. To make sure the clay wouldn't stick to the bowl I put cling film into the bowl to separate the two. I then created a ball to attach with slip into the middle along with thin squiggly sausage shapes. To create a wavy rim on the bowl I just pinched it in certain places. After putting it into the kiln the first time I put on glaze to finish it of the outcome is as shown on the 3rd photo.
I experimented with glass work(glass fusing) as shown above. This was just to experiment with a different technique. The finished results are photo 8.
Next we experimented with pottery and I made a relatively successful little pot.
Again experimenting with slabs of clay (in this instance terracotta) I poured white slip evenly on top of it so when in between drying I could engrave a pattern onto it. In this instance the all seeing eye surrounded by roses, I'm not quite sure why I did this design as I free styled it straight onto the slab. It turned out nicely either way and after the first round of being in the kiln I put on some glaze just to highlight the all seeing eye on it.
After this I started thinking about ideas for my final piece and decided to make a maquette. I'd decided to chose the organic theme and then progressed to make a garden sculpture of a mushroom. I thought about magic mushrooms and psychedelic imagery. My maquette was made in two parts, the cap and the base. I joined them together with slip when they had partially dried out, so it would be strong enough to stand and also so I could put the texture of the underneath of the cap on easier. After this I engraved plants and flowers onto the base to relate to the organic theme some more. Then I put black slip onto the cap and waited for that to partially dry so i could engrave onto that as well with symbols and a sunflower.
Final piece photos from this unit are to follow.
3 day printing workshop- Metamorphosis theme
I have decided from this to do the tree head one as it has more of a concept behind it and has a stronger connection to human form. The printing technique I will be using for this workshop is monoprint. I plan to use the same design as above and work into it after.
The concept of this piece is human consumption and greed with our resources more specifically trees and forestation. I shall be making this piece hypocritical/iconic because i'm using paper myself and when I work into it I will be collaging news paper in the background. I'm doing this to make a statement. Pictures of the final product are to follow.
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