fine Art Project 1: movement in time and space

crossroads II

After completing both G.C.S.E and A level Fine Art I was truly eager to experiment in other areas of Art and Design and establish what area I would be most suited for. Starting the course with an open mind meant that I was able to take full advantage and make the most of the course and each rotation.

Visual communication was my first rotation and felt this was one of the most successful and enjoyable of the rotations. I was slightly apprehensive because I had never done anything like this before and was really shocked at the pace of work. I soon became used to this way of working and began to thoroughly enjoy it as it allowed me to be more instinctive and experimental with my work.  Project 3 (audience) I enjoyed the most as I had the chance to make a short animation - something I had never tried before. I felt that this was quite successful and enjoyed the process of making it.  On reflection, Visual communications has helped to change my way of working as I feel I have become more intuitive and expressive.

Both 3-d spatial and fashion textiles were less successful rotations for me. In 3-D spatial I felt that my ideas were being restricted and that the area was too controlled for me. I really did not enjoy the process and way of working in both of these areas, which made me feel slightly lost and out of my depth. Although I liked the drawing aspects in both and felt that I could use these skills in other areas.

Fine art was by far the best rotation for me.  I felt there were less limitations in what I could do and that I could be more adventurous and experimental with my work. I feel I am most suited to this area and way of working. I also felt that my work was more successful from this area and was pleased with my final outcome. I have no concrete plans for my creative future but I feel that fine art would push me in the right direction and be the best path for me to take.

           

So all in all, over these past weeks I have learnt about what style and way of working is best for me, as well as new ways of working. The final outcome is that the decision is between Fine art and Visual communications. I really enjoyed both. However I love the amount of freedom that is involved in fine art and feel I would be able to thrive more in this area, than an area with a more restrictive brief. Over the rotation period my understanding between the differences of Art and Design has become clearer and this is also a reason why fine art is my chosen area to specialise in. 

V&A

Fine Art Project 1: Scale and illusion

To start with we were asked to bring a domestic everyday object in with us and add it to an already existing structure. From this we did a number of drawings just using pencil (no colour) at first, experimenting with scale. We then moved on to larger scaled drawings out of the sketchbook experimenting with colour. We then had to go and take photographs and drawings of a sequence in a busy place on the theme of culture etc. From here i began to look at movement and created an animation. 

Ai Weiwei at The Tate modern Turbine Hall

I found this installation amazing, the way that every seed appeared to be identical however each seed was unique and different, all 100 million of them. I was disappointed however to not be able to walk across the seeds - health and safety- as i feel this would have added to the overall experience.

The Royal college of surgeons, the Hunterian museum

The museum accommodates hundreds of jars containing body parts of animals and humans as well as parts of plants. The museum really interested me and i found certain aspects quite disturbing and creepy such as the pickled foetuses, and the way that the body parts ect had been displayed.

Fashion and Textiles Project 1: Compress Expand

Our first project for Fashion and Textiles was to find and photograph many objects that can be compressed and expanded. We then had to construct a small 7cmx5cm book of sketches of our objects using various types of paper.  We then had to create a structure from these objects.

From this we did many types of quick timed drawings (mainly continuous line drawings) I really enjoyed this as it allowed me to get a better understanding of the structures and i felt line drawings worked well in describing the structure. We then used our photographs and manipulated them by cutting into them and try to create a more 3-dimentional image, we then replicated the shape of the 3-D photographs using various weights and scales of materials. I then moved on to larger scale (A1) and began to experiment with different simple designs, I represented these designs against the body.