Making the 3 Forms

When making the 3 forms in paper clay I developed my ideas form the maquettes I had made as I felt certain shapes worked better…this meant that a few of my pieces look slightly different to the maquettes as I changed and combined certain aspects that had worked and fused them together for the larger…

Colourful Greys Painting

In this session we had to place one of white maquettes inside a white box which had one red coloured side. We then had to paint this on board which we had primed with white acrylic primer. We weren’t allowed to draw the object first and we also had to use only colourful greys in order…

Oil Paint Introduction

This week we have explored the viscosity of paint (thin and fat) by adding oil, turps, white spirit and wax, as well as techniques including applying wet paint onto dry and impasto. We used these techniques to recreate sections from a variety of paintings. We also explored the use of colour through mixing harmonic ranges…

Maquette Making

In this session we made our little maquettes inspired by the forms we had sketched based on our trip to Oxford. I made 7 in total so I have a few forms to choose from – I explored organic forms as well as geometric shapes and then combining the two. I felt the organic shapes…

Introduction to Ceramics

In this session we covered the basics of ceramic techniques including slab rolling, coiling, using grog to make the clay have more stretch potential and the health and safety aspects of using the ceramics room. We also began to sketch ideas and think about objects we could make inspired by our previous trip to London….

Ambiguity in Painting and Ceramics

Ambiguity = the quality of being open to more than one interpretation. The new theme that we are exploring for this module is ambiguity. In ceramics this could mean that the piece is ambiguous in its form, material, function and meaning. In painting, most abstract art would be classed as ambiguous as it can be…

Development and Evaluation 2

I think as a piece overall i’m quite happy with this one as I made sure the composition was strong by using squares to create contrast between the different sections of textures. I’ve learnt from previous pieces and work in my sketchbook that it is important to create a contrast when using a lot of…

Development and Evaluation 1

The smaller piece that I had designed to go into the gallery window spaces didn’t go exactly as I had planned. When I pieced together the shapes it didn’t look as interesting as I’d hoped so decided to change two of them – I think it was because there wasn’t enough levels/contrast in height. I…

Textures and Boundaries

For my second sculpture I have been drawing and collecting rubbings of textures I could use to represent pavements, fences etc…things that go unnoticed. My influence for this piece is Alice Fox who creates prints and books using things that she has found on the beach, pavement etc. The main piece of hers that I…

My Journey in Shapes

For the small piece to fit in the gallery I have been looking at creating a sculpture from abstract shapes that represent key parts of my journey. I was inspired to do this by the artist Armelle Caron who creates drawings and sculptures by ordering the shapes from maps in terms of size and type….