Practice - Final Pyramids

'Distorted heights' 2016

  

  

Practice - more pyramids

with my pyramids i want to make a piece that has a close gathering of pyramids in the middle and gradients outwards. i experimented with the idea and created a mock-up using 5cm high pyramids. the piece was successful and achieved the look i wanted. from face on wards it looks two dimensional but as you move around it it you begin to see its dimensions clearly. 

to further develop this piece i started experimenting with the heights of the pyramids. from head on they still look flat but the piece becomes more interesting with different heights as you begin to start having to look around each pyramid to see the next. the pyramids at different heights distort the image of the chandelier even more, making this more successful.

my intentions for my final piece is to make this piece a lot bigger so that the observer has more to look at and overload them almost with shard like images.

Practice - Pyramids

The more i look at my collages the more i see their faults. from the side they do not look professional or finished because you could see how they were made. i wanted to try out another way of making my collage 3D by making individual pyramids.

i think the pyramids look a lot more professional however i would want them in more order than the scattered state these are in. also in the crit it was pointed out the differences between them pointing towards are away from you. when they are pointing away from you it looks as though i am presenting a singular image where as when it is pointing to you you can see all the aspects of the pyramid. i want to make them also different height to see how that effects the look of them.

Practice - Colourful sides

I wanted to make my collage have different heights to it but an issue that was bough up with that idea was that you would be able to see the paper below a lot more. I thought a solution to the problem would be to make the paper below colourful so it was something else to look at while you move around the piece. i used the image of the stained glass windows instead of the chandelier because i haven't decided which to use yet.

while i like that it still looks 2D from the front until you move around the collage, i don't think the colours add anything to piece. i like that the windows look like broken shards of glass but i think this image is actually too bright and obvious for what i was wanting.

Practice - lucas simoes

I appreciate Lucas Simoes' innovative way of making work 3D by building on top of an image and cutting into it to reveal the underlying layer.

Practice - Abigail Reynolds

Reynolds was a suggested artist for me to look at and i'm glad she was. i'm intrigued by her collages that incorporate the old and the new contrast. i also relate through her work because she uses a lot of triangular shapes within them like mine.

Practice - making collages 3D

 I wanted to try and find how i could make my collages 3D so they were more interesting than just being flat on the page. i thought of how you make cubes in primary school by making nets and applied the same theory.

I cut the pieces quite large for the first attempt so it was easier to work with but this actually made it harder to work with when i was trying to put it into a collage. this resulted in it not looking as neat as id like when it was looked at face-on as i normally like the collages to be compact and busy with little spaces in-between.

When you're looking at the collage from the side you can see that its 3D and ho i've done it without looking too un-neat. 

On my second attempt at a 3D collage i made the pieces smaller so they could fit together a lot easier and i think it looks a lot more successful. i like how face-on it almost looks flat until you move around the collage. 

i used the image of the chandelier intertwined with a photo of the alter with a stained glass window so i could combine the twi images i was most interested in.

This collage took a lot of time to create so i need to look at easier ways to create it which are less time consuming so i can experiment easier and quicker.

Both collages look very similar from the sides because they were made using the same technique. however, id like to find a way that makes the work look more professional and clean from the side. 

i intend on experimenting to see if i can make the points stick out more which will mean ill have to cover the white bits. i'd like to see how it looks with the same image around it or a different contrasting angle.

Practice - more practice collages

i tried making a similar collage but with zoomed-in images of the chandelier to see if this changed the over all aesthetic. i think the original collage was the most successful as with this one the images are too big so you can recognise what it is a lot easier. if i were to do it again i would zoom in even more so it was much less recognisable. 

i looked at the stain glass windows in the church to make a collage out of because these were the first things i originally looked at in the church before i decided to focus on the chandelier. this was just a basic quick collage but i like the simplicity of it.

i wanted to experiment with the collages backgrounds and colour by placing one on coloured card. i much prefer the plain white backgrounds as i think the blue distracts from the collage. maybe with a different colour this would work better. 

Practice - John Stezaker

John Stezaker
i was suggested to look at Stezakers work because of his collage work. i find it very interesting to cut two people's face in two and attach them together so they form their own image. by taking part of the face away it makes them almost unrecognisable. the way Stezaker takes away the images significance is what i'm most interested in.

Practice - Dale Chihuly

Chihuly is an artist who primarily works with blown glass. a lot of his works are chandeliers surrounded by spectacular swirls of coloured glass. the triangular shape of numerous of his works are inspirational to me.

Practice - chandelier made from a chandelier

                             

Progressing from my original chandelier collage i wondered how i could develop the idea and thought of making it into a 3D piece, for example turning the pieces into a chandelier shape/form. it would be ironic to turn the cut up images of the important chandelier back into a chandelier-type piece where it was unrecognisable.

this was a quick initial sketch of the idea i have and how i want it to vaguely look. i would hang it from two lamp fittings in the church.

Practice - collage artists

My work for this module is highly collage based so i though is only fitting to research collage artists and find some that i was interested in and that could help progress my work.

Anne Ryan

• Ryan's work caught my eye with it's compact structure of squares,
• i liked the geometric shapes and simplicity of her art.

Raoul Hausmann

• i looked at Hausmann last year and found his work really interesting to look at,
• i like how his collages are cluttered and full of images

Man Ray

• colourful and geometric shapes,
• a collection of shapes bound together

Kurt Schwitters

• the whole picture is filled and busy,
• uses very similar colours and tones throughout each collage,
• mixture of text, image and texture.