Resin Piece.

 

From doing the face drawings I decided to put one of my drawings to resin. I added a flower to my hair to make there be a bit of texture to my piece. I cut a piece of MDF to the size of my photo and moulded it into a plastic case. We used the vacuum former to create the plastic mould to the size of our MDF. We then made up some resin, and poured it in half of the mould and left it for an hour or two. We then added our objects and filled the rest of the mould so that it was completely covered and left it for a day and then popped out the resin casting.I like my final piece as the ink has run and it makes it look effective and it hides my identity.

Stitched Portraits.

These are my two completed pieces. These photographs were printed in the dark room using my ipod. I think these photographs are personal and don't show too much of my identity. 

The first photograph I have stitched the circle pattern using a mixture of different stitches. I feel that the colours work well togther as they are well suited. I thought the pink backstitched circle goes with the green as it fits in and complements the greens. I was looking at the shape in that photo, thats why I used a circle. 

The second photograph I looked at a different kind of stitch. I thought these stitches looked like fingerprints and they are the same size as a thumb. This shape actually came from a wood shape which is used in clay. I drew around it and place it in different ways then added thread to it. I also thought that the stitches were like a tear drop coming out of my eye.

This process is very time consuming but I am sticking with it and doing it as it is an enjoyable process which I have learnt. I think for my first attempt of this process it has worked well for me.

Stitch Ideas.

These are some test stitches I had done in sketch book. This was to see what colours would look right together also looking at the different patterns and stitches that I could do on my final photgraphs. Most of these ideas came from looking at Maurizio Anzeri's work.

Maurizio Anzeri.

Maurizio Anzeri is an Italian-born artist. He made a series of different stitched photographs. He would buy portrait photographs at flea markets and use them to stitch patterns onto. From researching Anzeri I decided to take my own photos using my ipod and developing them in the dark room with a process called iphoneography. After getting a series of photos printed I started to stitch into a self portrait. I used shapes and patterns from Anzeri's pieces. Anzeri uses and stitches on these photos as it is a landscape.
 These are some of his work which I found in one of the craft magazine in college.
My favourite is Marianna, 17.8x24.3cm (the third photo down), this is because I like how the pattern is shown. The circle has made the thread look interesting and it is hard to understand what the photo is underneath. I also like how just the eye is shown. The block looking stitch has made it interesting as it has added colour to the photo and made it more inetersting to look at. I like he has limited the colours to three. Looking at black most then adding red and yellow.

Pottery Wheel Pots.

Herer are the pots I made on the throwing wheel. My first attempt on it didnt go very well so I tried again. The reason for this was because when making it centeral I was squeezing the clay too hard so it was pulling the clay off. For my second attempt I made one with my class friend Samantha, here we both used our hands to create a pot. We both had different jobs making the same pots. I would do the pedal and Sam would do the shaping of the pot. We created a few pots and most of them worked well.

 

 

Face Drawings.

Here I have created a few different face drawings. I asked a few people in my class to draw over my face to change my identity. I was changed by adding tattoos to my skin, piercings and changing me into animals. It all started when I drew my eyes in and coloured my eyebrows and lips. Like what you do on a magazine photo. My tutor then suggested to give a photo of myself to people in my class and for them to change my identity.

David Hockney.

For my FMP I have looked at a photographer called David Hockney.These were two pieces I looked at most, it is a photo montage of his mother and one of himself. I think this fitted into my identity project well as you cant actually see who the person in the photo is as there are many different parts missing. Hockney has inspired me to do my own versions of these photo montage, of people I know and photos of myself. What I like most about this work is that it is unusual and I don't see a lot of it around. I have created my own using Photo shop and Ive also made them 3D.

 

 Here are two of my own versions to this work.

 These are the 3D ones I have done. I have used the same photo to create these, where I have printed it multiple times and cut different parts to each photo and layered it onto one photo. I mainly focused on the eyes and mouth when creating these this is so that people can't identify who this person is. I am pleased with these outcomes and I am wanted to try some more. Maybe of a larger scale.

Sarah Lucas.

 For my FMP I have looked at a photographer called Sarah Lucas. I have researched some of her work and come across one of them called 'Fighting Fire with Fire 20 Pack' This piece of work has inspired me as I am looking at 'Identity' I thought it would fit in well. To me Lucas has tried to hide her portrait using paint. The title includes 'Fire' may suggest why she has used red and orange colours to represent fire.
I have created my own versions of this piece.
      I have used a portrait or myself which a class friend had taken of me. I then tried to cover my identity by using water and ink to cover some of my features. I used the primary colours of red, yellow and blue. The first piece I had tried I used all three colours to try make it look effective. I also tried just red as it could represent fire like Sarah Lucas. The colour red also represents danger, and blood. I also tried another one with fiery colours red and yellow, which then made orange. I think this process has worked well for me as I have been experimental with a variety of different colours to see what work best to my theme.

Journey.

This was the project 'journey'. We had to go for a 30 minute walk and focus on 2 things. I was looking at textures and signs. I came across these two plants and thought they were interesting so I took a photograph. As it was a quick walk I took my phone with me so these photographs have been taken on my blackberry. The top photograph looks like a silhouette of the tree, I though these looked effective as its not focused but I like it and think it is an interesting photograph. I like how the weather has made this photo more effective as the grey sky makes the plant stand out more. Also that there is a bit of sun in the corner. The second photograph is of some plant I came to while walking back to my house. I have taken it so there is a path in the background so that people can see that I am on walk.

Ikea Table.

Here's a few photographs I had taken in the Cardiff Ikea store. This is the table Rachel and I had made and had displayed in Ikea Exhibition along with some others from the Arts Academy in Cardiff University. All the tables were different and fitted into the theme. They were all to a high standard and were sell able products.

Spinning Wheel.

Today I have had the chance to use this pottery wheel. We were shown by our tutor on how to use it and will be able to use it ourselves.

Clay Fingerprints.

 This is some clay presses I have done using the fingerprint presses from last week. I have used Porcelain clay to create these presses. I have done a variety of different moulds of different fingers. I did this to look at the details of the fingerprint.

Abstraction. Tate Modern.

This is some of my Abstraction follow on project. Here I have shown what kind of research I looked at and where I have for my ideas from. This idea came from looking at rectangular shapes. I then cut out shapes and made it to a stencil and used paint to make the colour. I also used wallpaper to make it look textured. I have also posted my ideas for my poster, invites and private invite. I have chosen to bright vibrant colours to make them stand out more. My final poster looks vintage as I have scanned it in and changed a few of the settings on Photo shop. I used typeface called 'braggadocio' I thought this went well with the work I have done as it was block and went with the designs I had done. I then had used the same poster to make my private invite. I made it into a pop out book which I had been taught to make. I thought about this as it is an unusual shape when it is open. For my other invites I used the pattern from my poster again. But I rotated it and changed the channel on Photo shop to make them different colours so they aren't the same. I have also put my poster in the newspaper to advertise the Exhibition.