Ceramics Elective-Week One

I started my ceramic pieces by choosing two objects to translate. I picked a piece of coral and a bundle of wool, two contrasting objects in both form and texture. I then began to translate the essential properties of the two objects through ink drawings. I also made 3d models made out of wire and paper to describe the properties of the objects.

 

I then used these explorations and applied them to my ceramic pieces. I used the winding, tangled nature of the wool as well as the texture of the coral to create hybrid forms. I made two solid structures that reflect different elements from my objects.   



Print Elective- Week Two

 

This week I looked at moving away from reproducing the road markings and to start to explore the idea of the urban environment in a more subtle way. I wanted to break up the square shape of the prints so I cut up my prints and rearranged them to create a new image. This new image still suggests the idea of the urban environment and still has urban elements within it but it is a more subtle approach to describing the urban environment. I also made prints where I added in extra markings and designs to move away from reproducing my photo reference and to start creating an original image. I also explored dry-point briefly where I looked creating the road markings through line.  

Print Elective- Week One

This week I began investigating my print brief-“Urban (us)” by exploring fundamental elements we associate with the urban environment. Road markings are a common feature of everyday life and are easily associated with our urban existence. I used photographic references to start my prints.

 



 



Bellow you can see a selection of mono-prints based off of my photographs. The first two I used  over lapping layers of ink to create a gritty, urban effect. The lower two I tried to create texture by using thick layers of ink to make the prints.