creativeenquiryrobertl

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My Summer making will be a progression from 3rd yr where i looked at how manipulation of narative is used to drive division in society. Exploring the elements of being human that conect us no matter what culture we are in or belife systems we have.

For yr 4 i intend to look at the meaning of self. My summer making was more to do with exploring media than the narative of my work. i like to spend time during the summer break just making for myself, i chose a scene from a photograph i took of Galsgow Cenetral Train Station. Using modrock as a textural substrate as a combonation of working with both plaster and strigned material . i wanted to see how well i could paint an accurste image on a textured surface. What i noticed during the process of the painting was that i had to manipulate or change a lines direction. Which could have more easily drawn as a line on a flat surface to create a readable image. This was the catalyst for my theoretical thinking and investigation in how drawn line and written line as context are and maluable in interpritation just like the material i was using in my physical making . i was also very interseted in how light was working on the surface. This led me into an exploration into another area of interest i have in the maening of space through the lense of asto phisisists thinking. Who often theorise on the meaning of our place as individuals in the universe,what it means to be human and our responsibliity as individuals to care about how we direct humanity to be its best self.

Artists and theoretical sources of my research are listed below and can be found in further datail on in my DIVERGANT PRACTICE AND CREATIVE   ENQUIRY PROPOSAL.

Artists Related to my area of reserch

Micheal Reeder: Uses abstarct elements in his paintings combined with the huhman form. The eyes in his portraits are cut out holes this makes the viewer look into them. The eyes are non expresive. My experiene of this was to feel the disconect of self from the external into a place of self .

Anhony Gormely : As part of his thinking he considers the body in terms of a space and the space we ocupy both in mind and body. His sculptures in the human form are often made with a view to allow light to pass through them . Location of his sculptures is always one of the most important parts of his work. The work holds meaning to the space it occupies .

Marc Quinn : Mark quins work is refective with a mirroring qualities. This allows his work to reflect it suroundings. Alowing the light to become maluable with his work .hi swork blensinto its environment .It reflects the sky the trees .As nature moves his work reflect that movement giving them an ever changing movement in space .

The images below are some experement i have attempted to make and work in portrait form that i found intersesting .due to its smoothness of line and its serelist nature inpost modern styling. its more the disconect and conection from reality that intriuges my quriosity.

The hand i made from a clay mould of my hand, Then casted it with plaster. Really just expermenting with the material i had laying around from a previous work. The hand comming out of clay actually make quite a powerful image as it apears to come out of an imersive space to a free space with nothing restricting it . I experemented with the cast .I used a black plastic bag as a background to try to create some movement round to give a feel of the entropy in space im trying to reflect in my work . This had a little sucess the bag has good textural propertis as a maluable material. Like the modock in my painting experement in the first image above. in the images above top left in red . i looked at light in inside a tube interesting experiment but i realised that the lihght was trapped in the tube which dose not express free movement of space an d will not work in this part of my planned maknig .The orange hand made with a plastic milk bottle paper and glue which I made as an experiment last year .Was hanging in the sun light. By chance I noticed the light passing through it. This connects with the idea of the of space light we live in and the freedom of self in that context .

For my next experemnety i worked with some photographs i had yaken of shaddow .While digitaly editing the photographs i created a colour which i think is perfect to express the calm state of mind i hope to express in my work as seen below .

Exploring Anthony Gormley in his work he encased himself fully in plaster cast .The experiment helped him to experience being full immersed in the external from self in a physical form I bought some face masks I tap explore the inside e part the mask as the internal self .i wanted to try and express a feel of entropy and fluidity to the self .i wore the masks,positioned them around my house looking at a how they made me feel as a representation of self looking at me .It was quite profound again the hollow eyes like in the Micheal reader work have that feel of depth beyond the external human form. I decided to make plaster casts of my face which may represent the physical self .i combined this with the colour in paint .The texture in plaster is somewhat rough but I think that only adds to the work and narrative of the external form self . I have chose to regress the depth of the face castings .this may work in a representation of fading into self and could work well merging into an entropic textured back ground where the external becomes processed into calm and order in mind .

Using mod rock i made a casts of my face .This was done with help from some of my fellow students . I measured the strips of material to cover my face . i used 3 layers based on experements i did. The feeling of my face being enclosed gave me a hightened awareness of my own physicality as the unfarmiliar feeling of havin g my face covered fully . i painted the casts in a watered down teal coloured acrylic paint this ha smade a very subtle tone and feel to the work i do not want to loose in the process later on .

i cut holes in this card to create a background to represent the permiable qualities of space by alowing light to pass through my work . i painted this the same teal colour, the darker image is a digital edited version ,i was experementing with colour using digital imaging.

These images are examples of how i may present my final piece .This is an unrefined stage. i will am now considering what to use as a suporting structure . i will probably use hardbore as to mount the work on . i have 4 head face casts . i need to consider my compositioon .

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