ART PRACTICE 1B 6 IMAGES

Studio 1B Personal Project: Stains, Textures

 

This series looks at texture. I worked on cardboard 

and then added materials such as string, tissue paper, burlap

and tea. I layered them on top of eachother, experimenting 

with aesthetics to see what worked best.

I used very thin string which I lightly stained with tea.

I am pleased with the outcome, the materials create a 

very tactile surface while remaining subtle and not 

to over powering.

Studio 1B Personal Project: Stains, Tea

    

as part of my project based on everyday stains, using everyday materials I have been working with tea bags, exploring their potential. In this series I have worked on canvas using tea bags, pva and white paint. My aim with this project is to make us see everyday stains in a new light, I have learnt the qualities of  the tea bags through working with them and using them in an unconventional way.

                                                             

The colours when mixed with pva and paint were really intriguing, they blended together and formed an interesting connection. they flow well. the texture from the bags works well, making the piece tactile which I like. 

AP1B Reproductions of a reproduction

I watched John Berger / Ways of Seeing, he talked about the invention of the camera and how it has changed our perspective when it comes to viewing traditional art which had been made for a gallery, and through technology advances, reproductions of famous art have been made accessible to more people through taking pictures of them for us to see on our screens in a new setting, not in front of us, not physical.

This inspired me to find an image of the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo Da Vinci, 1504, take a picture of it on my computer screen using my camera, transfer the copy on my laptop, then take a picture of the copy, and so on,
there is no real original as the first image I copied from was a reproduction, which would of had its flaws and could not compare to the original painting. I reproduced the image until it's original qualities had been lost. 
the image becomes very abstract, and turns into block colors of black, yellow and white.
I am pleased with outcome of this and would be interesting to keep reproducing the image to see what happens and if the image would completely fade away 

Taking a line for a walk. Derive Elective

Part of Derive Elective. we worked as a group working from a map of Lincoln and recreated it through drawings, mapping out and objects.

AP1B Reproduction Theme Video piece

As part of this theme our task was to reproduction something of our choice a number of times. I chose to capture a short recording of the water front, focusing on the waves from the river.

My method for reproducing it was to record from my phone, then do a recording of the original footage on phone but record from my camera, I repeated this process around 15 times until the footage had lost its original qualities and become something new.

The video turns very dark as it loses quality, the glare from the screen enhances and layers reflections. the waves become more simplified
and indistinguishable.

I enjoyed this process and found it interesting to see the footage change, the piece became almost demonic and intense. I think it could be improved by cropping the edges, and focusing in more on the water, overall I feel I learnt to consider images more and how they can be recreated through multiple reproductions.