Final Piece Prep

I had a slight idea of what I wanted my final piece to include and that was a 3D element and the block colour technique I had been using throughout my project. To establish how I would produce the block colour technique, I firstly did some screen prints to determine if this would achieve the…

‘Block Colour Painting’

I produced these three images from my own interpretations from Eduwardo Paolozzi’s prints with the combination of the machinery photo’s imagery. I’ve labelled them the ‘block colour images’ because there is no blending involved and there are stark white gaps between each colour. I did this to highlight certain areas of the machinery, giving them…

Plaster Casting Manchinery

I wanted to use the experience I had gained when previously casting in other projects to produce a more drastic 3D piece as opposed to the card reliefs. These plaster reliefs were initially inspired by Paolozzi’s detailed reliefs and after researching Tinguely, I really wanted to include some parts of actual machinery and systems in my…

Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He updated the Dada practice of creating sculptural assemblage composed of found-objects, most often scrap metal that might easily have been considered junk, by actually mechanizing them. The revolutionary step of putting a work of art into…

Ben Nicholson

Nicholson’s work can be related to the concept of ‘constructivism’ which was initially influenced by Picasso’s cubist style and eventually grew to reflect the growing industrial world. By removing decorative qualities such as bright colours, prints and textures, Nicholson was able to focus more on the mathematical precision of his work. His reliefs explore the…

Machinery Photos

The following photos were collected from old car and motorcycle parts. They include wires, pipes, cogs, cylinders, springs, hooks, plugs and other metal components that will form the base of the future imagery I use to experiment with artists.

Paolozzi Prints

After looking mainly at Paolozzi’s prints, I made the analysis that he always uses unnatural colours in his pieces and often they are in a pastel shade. Without a particular pattern in mind, I began sketching lines in a way that I felt was similar to some of the patterns that Paolozzi uses. This was…

Eduardo Paolozzi

Following on from my statement of intent, I explain Eduardo Paolozzi’s work in much more detail with notes I made from certain books. ‘Eduardo Paolozzi, Private Vision – Public Art’ By Frank Whitford moved from one medium to another, changing conventional attitudes by using popular imagery (e.g. Mickey Mouse). challeneged idea of a ‘serious artist’….

Statement of Intent

After much deliberation, i have decided on the title of ‘Systems’ for my Final Major Project. As I struggled to find a starting point due to the endless project options I could have chosen from, I began by researching an artist called Eduardo Paolozzi. I was drawn to Paolozzi’s prints initially due to their complexity…

Edmund Clark, ‘In Place of Hate’ Review

Labelling himself as a ‘photographer’, Edmund Clark is one of the Ikon Gallery’s many artist-in-residence who has created a body of work from spending three years at HMP Grendon; Europe’s only therapeutic prison. With this single-sentence worth of information, along with the names of the pieces, I visited the gallery, deliberately walking past the exhibition…

Final Piece Prep and Evaluation

I knew I wanted to use some of Serena Barton’s techniques for my final piece but I wanted to practice using them and also develop some of my own to create different tones and textures with paint. This led me on to do a series of 12 smaller experiments and 3 larger ones to prepare…

Serena Barton

Serena Barton’s inspiration is wholly from wabi-sabi, showing how versatile the concept can become in comparison to Beth Nicholas’ work. Barton uses a huge range of materials which vary from acrylics, alcohol inks and oil pastels to wax, coffee grains, cheesecloth and even dried teabags, all to create very rustic and experimental pieces. Her works…