Video of Sculpture

This is a quick video I made to record one of my sculptures. In the video I move the camera to three different positions around the sculptures to document the piece. The video shows the connection between the viewer’s space and the sculptures space. Depending on the position the viewer is in determines how the shapes in the sculptures are seen.     

Week Twelve

 

This week I continued my exploration into colour. I glazed some of my ceramic pieces. I took a more painterly approach with these pieces blending the colours together rather than being precise. I used a colour palette of blues, purples and greens to give the sculptures a subtle visual appeal. This is in contrast with how I dealt with colour with my other sculptures. In the white boxes I used blocks of colour to define the space. The geometric shapes along with the primary and complimentary colours combine to make a more instantly striking visual impact. Above are also examples from my sketchbook where I was looking at designs and colours for the sculptures. Next week I will finish glazing my ceramics and I will also finish painting my other sculptures.  

Week Eleven

Last week I created more sculptures out of wood and painted them white. I cut out the basic geometric shapes and presented them so you can observe how the shape warps as you walk around it. This demonstrates how the space we occupy alters how we perceive an object. I also began investigating colour as seen from the extracts from my sketchbook. I have been looking at complimentary colours and the primary colours and how they interact with one another. I have also been looking at how colour interacts with the different geometric shapes. I also experimented with materials such as paper and cardboard and tried to manipulate them in unusual ways in order to create my sculptures. Next week I will develop my investigation into colour further and I will begin painting my wooden sculptures and glazing my ceramic pieces.   

Week Ten

 

This week I began looking at creating a visual narrative within my sculptures in order to have a more coherent and more developed concept. Above are extracts from my sketchpad showing some of the designs I was working on. I then built a series of sculptures based off my designs. The design is based on the silhouette of a box, the hexagon shape is slowly being removed from each sculpture. The design is focused around the central box as that has the full silhouette removed from the sculpture. I am looking at the space around an object, the contrast of positive and negative space, how we perceive space and the illusion of space.  Above is also a ceramics piece that I made that will be fired and coloured.

 



Week Nine

Last week I again took photographs of my cardboard sculptures, this time however I used a DSLR so the photographs are of a higher quality. I also began making sculptures out of wood. I have painted them white so that they are presented in a very clean and precise style. I also have to develop a visual narrative in the sculptures to give the work more depth. I have to design what will reside in the boxes and make sure that there is a level of continuity and narrative in the design. I have been looking at the basic forms and the theory behind form as context for my designs. I have also been looking at colour theory in relation to my sculptures. I will use my ceramic pieces to explore colour in the sculptures.   

Week Eight

 

 

Last week I began to layout my sculptures and record them by photographing it. The cardboard I am using is not visually strong enough so I am going to start creating the sculptures from stronger, more defined materials such as wood. Also the most effective sculptures were the series I attached to the wall so I will now begin to concentrate on developing my sculptures with this in mind. The reason they were effective was because I could more easily control how the viewer looked at the sculptures. I limited the area that the viewer could view the piece from and it is also a subconscious habit to look at a piece of art on a wall by facing directly towards it and not from either side. Next week I will take higher quality photographs of cardboard sculptures with and SLR and I will begin making more finer, precise sculptures in ceramics and wood.



Week Seven

 

Last week I further developed my ceramic work. I made a larger sculpture from clay slabs based on a design I had previously created in cardboard. Like my other ceramic pieces I plan on exploring colour with this piece when it is fired. Above are also excerpts from my sketchbook of observational drawings of my sculptures. From these drawings I might make abstract prints based off the geometric shapes made when you look at the sculpture from different angles. I may also make prints of and use them alongside my sculptures so that there is a translation between a 2D image and 3D a sculpture.