Ideas
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A group, comprising of myself and two other classmates (Patricia Orem and Camilla Gaulter-Carter) was asked to collaborate with each other as the themes of our work shared a set of characteristics: Modulation, Time, Free-form and Transformation. In our discussions we formed an idea around using a mirror to project an image onto another surface. I added
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The tutorial began by talking about my tape and the great weight that it seems to betray and that it was reminiscent of Antoni Gaudi’s cathedral in Barcelona and the way in which to find the stress points on the arches, Gaudi hung string and attached weights to them, creating the shape for the supporting
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I asked my tutor for a short tutorial about my work and my painting, asking his opinions on the pieces I had made and of my plans. Of the painting he explained that the background as it is is too distracting in the image (echoing my own thoughts), that its casual nature detracts from it
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Overnight, it all fell apart. Literally but not figuratively, I expected the tape to fall down as the tension was very high and parts had failed to remain attached to the canvas whilst I was putting the tape on. This break up of the painting is awesome and I love the way the tape
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After creating my clocks piece, I began to see the lines on the faces of the clocks point to each other, forming patterns and shapes. Wanting to explore this, I took some tracing paper and followed the lines to a satisfactory shape that I was happy with aesthetically. Rather than just repeating the same
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Another inkling of an idea that I’ve been carrying along is the idea of being dissociated from ones surroundings. That is to say: The feeling of disconnectedness. I find this is expressed in life when I am aware of the conscious effort that I may have to expend during social interaction. I often find that
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After a video where I made 100 cups of tea, resetting the kitchen before each one, done to illustrate my own resistance to change, addictions and dependancies on routine by performing the same action again and again, as I did in life, I noticed some interesting points that I had not intended in the video:
Robin Leverton 