Crossroads II

I am incredibly confused as to which subject area i should choose to go into.  Throughout these past eight weeks i feel that not only my style of work has changed but also my style of working has as well.  These changed most dramatically in my first two weeks of rotations, vis com, where i was forced to work to a strict deadline, think fast, and depict every idea that came to me, which was very different from my experiences at A Level.  I'm unsure if this change was a result of this particular rotation or of the course in general but i like it as it makes me feel more capable of producing work.  After the initial shock of the first few days i found i enjoyed being out of my element in vis com, and the work i was producing was new and different. for these reason i am considering going into the area of visual communication.

After completing the 3D spacial rotation i realised that although i enjoy creating 3D physical things i didn't enjoy these two weeks as much as i expected i would have.  At A Level most of my work had 3D elements to it,  which was why i was surprised to not find the rotation very interesting,  however this could of been due to the project we were given or that my style has changed in this short time.  I also felt that the work i produced didn't really interest me.  

In contrast i enjoyed week 5 and 6 in fashion and textiles, and i have always been interested in these areas. However i am unsure if i would be good at doing it in part two of the course as although there was a very free feeling about the briefs i often felt like i had no direction while working which was very disconcerting.  But out of the three areas that started with still life drawing, fashion and textiles was the only one that i enjoyed it in and liked what i produced.

Even thought i found the lack of direction in Fashion and Textiles a hindrance in Fine Art strangely i liked it,  i felt the freedom actually led me to create something interesting and different from my usual work and something that i actually liked.  However even though there was little direction being given the word carnival was very mentally stimulating, helping me to comprehend what the tutors were expecting of us.  

The reason for my main uncertainty is that i feel i don't have one particular strength, that is why i find it often important for a second, subjective opinion.  At the start of the course i was very apprehensive about crit days but i have come to find them very useful, as it is always helpful to have other peoples opinions and suggestion, because sometimes you just hit a brick wall with your work and you have no idea how to progress, but getting back the feedback on these days helps tremendously. As everyone has different opinions and a different insight into your work it often makes for an interesting crit.

Fine Art

I was away for the first week of the fine art rotation so the second week was kinda rushed,  given the theme carnival, we went to Carnaby Street and took photos for inspiration, most were taken in Liberties as it was major hectic and also very colourful,  but we also took some photos of construction work and such to create a strong contrast. 

by combining all four photos i created two paintings on canvas in acrylic,  we were meant to have an element of culture to the final piece, week two of this rotation was the week before halloween so while out taking my photographs a lot of shop displays were advertising it.  i think i kinda drew from that theme which is kinda a cultural one.

Fashion/Textiles

The drawing from still lives we made in fashion/textiles was a lot more interesting than the ones in 3D spatial, maybe it was the subject matter or maybe it was just the day but i really liked experimenting with the materials and the direction the tutors gave were specific and very different, but i liked what i did.

below is two of a series of 9 photos i took of a square of paper burning,  we then had to manipulate each one in a different way for example; detaching and reattaching.

of the 9 photos i manipulated and defaced i chose my favourite one and photocopied it in several different positions, trying to create the most interesting and stimulating image that i could work with.

combining this same image with a shape from a previous manipulation, shown above, i duplicated it to for a whole new structure.

Although i enjoyed this rotation, in the second week i found the brief a lot less clear and was unsure what steps i should of took to progress my work. i wasn't really impressed by my final piece and thought i could of done better, but i did like my work from week 1.

3D Spatial

A photo of the instillation we created on our first day of 3D spacial, we worked in a group which was challenging at first as everyone had there own ideas of how they wanted it to turn out, but in the end we all agreed and it communicated the theme of places we were all from well.  we used strings in various colours to identify each person and the length of string to indicate the distance traveled from home to London.




After we had to draw our instillation, which i didn't really enjoy, having to draw string isn't really my idea of fun, and i wasn't very pleased with my drawings, but later we got to go outside and draw buildings which are a lot more stimulation, which i think showed in my work.

For friday we were told to bring in a whole load of different materials for example, electrical tape, pins, disposables and card which are all featured in the image above of one of my made objects; this was in the early stages when i was playing around with the materials and trying to make interesting things, it kinda reminded me of a dinosaur which i liked. 

We had to replicate one of our made objects and i think i chose the easiest one i made to replicate.
By adding the pins to the top corner i felt it resembled suit cuffs.Although it was a fairly easy design i think multiples of it look quite effective

These are two of my made objest, the one above is a walkway and the one on the left is something to sit on,  for both of these i used the same original design which i multiplied and fitted together, this original structure was made out of card and electrical tape which was folded many times.  i liked this overall effect especially the simplistic colour scheme.  i found that working to create something with my hands gave me a sense of achievement.

Vis Com

Being thrown in the deep end it felt like on my first day of this course and contextual studies, but towards the end of this rotation i found the pace not as stressful as i had first anticipated but oddly it made me think and work allot more impulsively and productively, leading to a more interesting outcome. It was  challenging having to depict every idea i had on that first day.

Brief 1:

Was given the word 'Trash' which after several different trains of thought and exploration lead to the concept of trashing things, then once joined by my partners word 'Ball' i decided to focus on the idea of balls that destroy (trash).
My end result was not as i had anticipated, but i was able to us photoshop in order to achieve my desired affect.  

Brief 2: 

i think my favourite part of the vis com rotation; using a combination of mixed media to create a final image, I worked with photos of decrepit buildings combining them with acrylic, ink, pencil, old newspaper and acetate.  i loved combining and arranging the different parts to create a new more interesting image.
 

Brief 3:

i found it hard to pick a message for this project, it took almost 2 days of playing around with ideas before i settled on my chosen one; which in truth was a little confusing, the message was 'Stop' which was transmitted from my mind to my brain, telling my self to stop giving me migraines, how i communicated this was in the stencil of the word stop on the parts of my body which were worse affected by my migraines.