The Book Prize

Hellooo, I have returned to my blog once more. This weekend I stopped by at banks street to check out the book prize (and took the same wrong turn I took the last time I went....)

Jekyll and Hyde, paper cut by Joanna Robson. Really stunning level of detail, caught my eye as soon as I walked in. 

Sandpaper drawing, by Andrew MacDonald. What I liked about this was you could kind of see a progression of each piece as he became more used to using sandpaper. It was quite interactive with the texture too, which was nice. Also, I probably never would have thought to paint on sandpaper, I get irritated enough with how dry normal paper is. 

I am just text, by Anna Hughes, wire lettering. This made me a little sad, though I didn't agree with what the message was saying about people not appreciating the aesthetics of type, I could understand where the idea came from.

The staircase pyramid book, by Anifa pederson. This was REALLY exciting, for some reason I didn't expect to be able to open it, and then not only did it open but there were pieces of art under each layer! Very interactive, and really lovely and interesting drawings, the only thing I would have changed it that I would have liked it if there had been drawings over every piece of paper rather than just the start. 

Jude Laura's Worry Book, I really liked the style and contrast of this one, as well as quite how personal it was. I like the idea of wrapping up your worries into one piece so they don't have to bother you any more. 

Passage by Chisato Tamabayshi, appealing in the same way Ketchup on Your Cornflakes is. Was nice to look at the subtle changes, and the deer was a fun touch. 

The Burning of the Books by Tabitha Elizabeth Wall was my favorite piece, just because the message behind it is so strong, it's a really clever link to make for a book piece. Also reminds me of Su Blackwell's work, which is always a plus. 

(All of these photos were taken (badly) by meeeee)

Button Fish

Easiest way to get photos from my phone to the computer, So enjoy the strange photos!

Articulated Tree

Okay, so it's more articulate in that I wanted to tell a story. But if you shake it around a little it does feel like it's quite jointed.

At this point I had to pick a theme to articulate (do you see what I did there?) and after a conversation with a friend I linked it in to the tale of Eve and the Serpent.

Isn't he cyuuuute?

Overall, I've quite enjoyed 3D design, mostly because it was up to your own ideas and development. I don't think that 3D design is one of my strong points, but I liked interpreting it in my own way to fit with my work. 

Life Drawing, week 7

   

It almost out last week. Sad face. These would be a little better if the charcoal hadn't picked up the dirt on my board, so I'll have to remember to cover it next week.

Creating a 3D Object

My object was to be based on the work by Rowan Mersh, and also the ideas of growth and delicate style of Junko Mori's sculptures (http://www.junkomori.com go look, they're beautiful!)

I wanted the growth idea to be shown both through the plant like paper cut design of paintwork over the form, but also from the curling shape. I found it was too small a scale to fully get this idea across, so I altered my design.

Medium section, purple "fruit".

Central section, blue "fruit" (cold, decay, death, etc) and slightly more angular paper cut.

All three together. The red-to-blue thing came from Mersh's use of black-to-white tones creating further depth in his sculptures.

Please excuse my hand.

I think that I could have secured each section slightly better, but it quite like the idea of the piece being diagonal rather than straight. As a functional thing you could probably make some pretty swanky lamp shades out of this.

(All pictures taken by me)

Rowan Mersh

We were given a list of 3D artists to look at, and I went through it and accidentally fell in love with Rowan Mersh

Fabric Sculpture Series 2 (External Tumours), 2007, deformed circular forms (defaced coins, scratched vinyls, CDs with corrupted data) covered in stretched fabric.

Based on the idea of the uncontrolled division of tumour cells, and abnormal tissue growth. The use of contrast in the photo gives a fantastic illusion to a kind of futuristic scene, making the piece seem like it is in motion with growth. One thing I really like is the use of corrupted items making the skeleton of this piece as it now connects to tumours and mutated cells through many levels.

Wood Works, 2005, wood.

Made from tooth picks and barbecue skewers to give the idea of perfection from the clean, spherical form, though they are not a perfect sphere.

Glass Rope, 2007, glass

Challenging links between material and function. Glass was used as it has the opposite properties to rope, being brittle and fragile.

"In seeking a method of construction that questions this and our perception of material's relationship to it's function, the theory of the innate spiral was formed. By filling a tube of stretch jersey with identical symmetrical objects larger than the non-stretched with of the tube, surplus volume is created with the tube. This surplus volume is expelled at a 45 degree angle from the seem of the tube, thus generating a permanent three dimensional spiral from the objects contained with in the tube. In this case over ten thousand glass marbles were shared between the two structures, uniting individual glass spirals in the construction of Glass Rope" - Mersh

Images and quotes taken from http://wwww.rowanmersh.com

Life drawing , week 6

Had a lot of trouble this week, couldn't really focus.

3D Design

Experimenting with folding and scoring. The top two turned out really well, but the bottom one was done too quickly (also, meet background Leaf. He likes backgrounds and sunlight.)

Life a Drawing, week 5

No return of the dinosaur poster, but if you zoom a lot and squint you can read part of my films-to-rewatch list. Aims for next week include somehow managing to complete the shading.

Photographers

Sally Mann

1971

1972-1973

1998

You might be picking up on the whole I-like-Sally-Mann vibe going on here. I think her work is very beautiful, I particularly enjoy how she's adopted a faded/blurred effect which makes her photos seem nostalgic, almost like snaps of someone's life. 

Ansel Adams 

Evening, McDonald lake, glacier national park, 1942

The Tetons and Snake river, 1942

The contrast in Adams' work gives incredible depth to his photographs, and makes each image very powerful. Something about them reminds me of scenic photos taken by my granddad before the invention of digital cameras. 

Sandy Skoglund

Cookies on a plate, 1978

Nine Slices if Marble Cake, 1978

Yeah, alright. I'm really hungry. And I've spent the entire day watching AHS Asylum so I kind of need some bright colours if I want to sleep tonight. That being said, the order and well matched colours does make you want to sit and stare at them for an extended period. I'll see if I feel the same way after dinner.

Dangit, now I'm hungry for shortbread and party rings.l