Paper & Water

I was messing around with paper and what different effects I could get by wetting it. So I soaked a piece of paper from my sketchbook in water and srcunched it up into a little ball. When I opened it out,  a whole series of interesting lines had been created. I found that I could get some really cool effects when photographing this by varying the amount of light that I held it up to.

Shadow Play

What I liked about photographing this piece in the church was the beautifully subtle shadows that appeared on the wall. I think they are almost more interesting than the piece itself, or at least they definately add something to it.

Sculpture

Influenced by the lines of tinfoil I had created on the brown paper, I decided to recreate them on a much larger scale, actually using the tinfoil cans that I made before. So I began gluing the cylindrical pieces of tinfoil together, creating a pattern that mimics the lines that appeared in my previous work.

This was kind of experimental work for me but I enjoyed it and feel this is an interesting piece that gets the viewer to ask questions about how it was made and where I got the idea from.

 On Studio floor

 Photographed in the Church

Desk Update

Week 13

Roxy Paine

My next inspiration came from American artist Roxy Paine. Paine is known for his sculpture work, mainly working with stainless steel. He uses trees as his inspiration and experiments with types of lines that are  associated with weathered and knarled branches. The scale of his work makes it something to behold. I really enjoyed his huge piece the was exhibited on the roof of the Met in New York. Not only was the sculpture itself extremely impressive, but the shadow cast on the ground, mirroring the piece, was just as visually interesting and beautiful.

Highlighting Imperfections

After experimenting with making larger can shapes with brown paper, I rolled one of them out straight to see if I could do anything interesting with it. I deciced to highlight the crinkled lines that appeared in the paper. To combine this piece with my previous work I did I decided to include a material I have used before- Tinfoil. So off I started, crumpling up thin strips of tinfoil and manipulating them into the shape lines on the paper. This piece did take up a good few days but I like the effects I achieved as a persons eye Is really drawn the the variety of line and how no line pattern is the same.

The Art of Manipulating Fabric

 

I was having a look at this book by Coletee Wolff and I was really interested in the fact that the way that she manipulates fabric was similar to the way that I have been manipulating paper.

I decided to try some fabric manipulation for myself.

Simplicity of Line

I photocopied the white crumpled sheets that I had made to see what I would end up with. I really like the simple and elegant effect I got with them.

 I then decided to see what it would be like if I contradicted this and recreated this line much stronger and darker.

Bigger Scale Destruction

Since I tried many differrent materials making realistic size cans I decided to try the same process I had been using before on something larger than an aerosol can. It was a dry day so I went outside the front of the college and started to create by bigger can around the cylindrical lamps that guide you up the steps. It was quite difficult at the start and I did get some weird glances, but eventually it started to work.

The larger pieces I created have a different finished to that of the smaller ones. The larger ones didn't turn out as tight or have as strong a line around them but they still present destruction. I arranged them in a way that this variety of line and size is obvious.