Hans Rudolf (with the big red nose) Giger...



Uzi Emperado's work!!

H. R. Giger's work!!

Vintage Myth - Doesn't have to look old to be vintage.

It always seems impossible till it's done. - Nelson Mandela.

Heyydeee Hi ladies, gentleman, boys and girls! It has been 2 weeks since my last blog post so lets make this one a gooden!! So much has gone on, (or not gone on) in the past couple of weeks, the days grow shorter and people become complacent in there ways into what there doing. I have finished all the immediate work that needed doing and over the past week have been looking at the dreaded dance off (sorry that's Strictly!) Whilst on the subject of Strictly Come Dancing, Susanna and Kevin are through to the Final this coming week which I am ecstatic about! Anywho back to the dreaded contextual study which we have to do is complete a 2000 word essay on which I will discuss in the next paragraph, (oooo I do like to keep you guys reading on). In other news a friend in Foundation says that many people die around her birthday and this year has been no different, we have lost so many fantastic people over the past weeks and months and I send my respects and condolences out to the families, most predominately the late Nelson Mandela who is one of the most inspirational and influential people to have ever walk on this Earth! What a man he was and changed the world.

These past weeks I have been thinking about who I should base my contextual study on, as there is many illustrators and artists out there in the world, narrowing it down became difficult and felt a bit like Simon Cowell deciding who is the next big thing! Was a good but hard choice. I initially went for Uzi Emperado as I love looking at stuff that comes from the dark side and his twisted nature that he endears throughout with the graphic nature which would make your mum cry. Some of his pieces are extremely graphic and derogatory but fascinating and capture my imagination and mind. I quickly realized that his history and influences don't exist as he isn't big enough in the art world.
H. R. Giger came to mind from a dear friend and began looking at his work and how he is known for Alien so there and then I began planning an essay around him and his alien Sci-fi work that is controversial but tamer than Uzi yet keeping the idea of changing the human figure into something more beautiful. His extraordinary attention to detail that comes across is mind blowing and influences me as he keeps his work dark and surreal but doesn't over do it with blood and bones as his work is more about challenging the impossible. I will keep you guys updated with the goings on and how I will progress my work and the influences into what Giger wanted to achieve.

Personal Life...
CHIRSTMAS is coming quick and fast. I love Christmas but I am becoming a Grinch of late and I am yet to feel Christmasy as I am always working at College or working at the races and Xmas parties. I decided to try Christmas Shopping in Liverpool yesterday... what a mistake, Town was packed and couldn't move! Oh the jobs of life!! Even drinking Christmas drinks isn't helping. On the good side! Sister has come home from Uni and brother is back tomorrow which I am looking forward to. Glen is doing jolly good, Looking forward to seeing him over the next couple of weeks as well! So all is ok in the world of me. Let the merriments continue!!!

Francis Bacon without the Cheese...

Final piece on Fabric

Portrait of Pope Innocent X

Vintage Myth - The clothes will never fit perfectly.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

Guys it has felt like a lifetime since my last blog post but has only been 5 days! Wow how time has stood still, what felt like 5 years was only 5 days! The merriment's or what will be misery begin... My personal Statement for University is finally complete and ready to be sent off once I have finalised my choices and paid the money they want for being the middle man. What a past few days it has been! Finalising the previous project off and have now began the painting project which I am enjoying as it involves analysing a piece of work by an artist. Another event is happening this week which is that all the work up to now has to be handed in which am nervous about but will let you know the occurrences that come from that next week.

This post I will keep it brief! Finalising off a project is a relief as a lot of you will know, so when I finished annotating the 50 experimental posters I dropped my pen and awoke from the trance that I had become trapped in and began looking at my work and how far I had come. The final piece on fabric is representative of a lot of hard work and would have photographs of a babies and fathers head in the hands of the skeleton. I really enjoyed that topic as it allowed me to explore current politics rather than having to look back in time at previous movements and concentrates on current affairs. I finally moved onto the painting project this afternoon and began analysing a 'Portrait of Pope Innocent X' which was based on a photograph before being glorified and taken to a new level of rotten disgust. This piece intrigues me and gets my blood pumping as I fall for anything that is of this nature with the use of bright garish colours that are lifted from the page with the blackened background! Huge fan of his work and what his work represents!!
I hope to continue looking at his work and exploring the dynamics into what his work tells us as the audience and how I can be influenced by his work.

Personal life...
CHRISTMAS!!! Oh how I love Christmas!! It is the 2nd December and Advent has started!! The calendar has been opened and I am looking forward to buying presents and enjoying the festivities!!
Glenn is doing fine and looking forward to seeing him over the Xmas period, take him to the Christmas market and let the good times role on!! Family is coming home for Christmas and the tree is up and ready to be decorated with presents. Oooooo I am excited!! Brother and Sister are coming home so will have to get some presents in before they return.  More festive posts will follow in time! 

The naked truth behind Propaganda...

Life Drawing...

Propaganda poster...

Vintage Myth - It is only available in Charity shops.

We have art in order not to die of the truth. - Friedrich Nietzsche

It has felt like weeks since my last post but it was only 2 days ago! Wow, how time has flown! Right guys, gals and children, I feel another post is in order! Shall we get on with the jolly merriment's? We shall!! This week begun with working in a retail store which is always great as I gain experience within the clothing and retail sector which will set me up for University in the future which is the aim after this year doing the Foundation! Continuing on from the previous post I finished cutting and carving into the Lino to create my Political piece that represents the ideas of paternity. More info will follow. Another event that happened this week was life drawing which I will tell all in the next paragraph! Oooo I do love to keep my readers guessing.

Where do I start? At the beginning would be great!! I arrived in Foundation with a sigh of relief to see everyone still standing watching a TV series. Sat and caught up with a few people into what was occurring. As seen previously I began carving it out of the lino and eventually finished it after many hairdryer uses to soften the material and a lot of cleaning as the shaving go everywhere.
Today we started life drawing for the second time this year and you don't know how much I was looking forward to it! Felt like a child at Christmas. Today's session went well, I draw with angular shapes as that's how I work but was told to explore curvature and details which was difficult for me as I love cubism and the ways of displaying emotion through that way. The piece I draw creates a sense of innocence and being alone whilst sitting on a stool awaiting a loved one. I found life drawing hard as it involved measuring with my pencil and creating perspective along with proportions and allowing my pencil to do the thinking rather than my brain. Your brain is telling you that the hand is not as big as the head but in reality and in perspective it really is. A thoroughly enjoyable morning.
This afternoon involved University searching and deciding where I want to spend my future. So many places to choose from!! Intense and stressful experience.
As the day wore on I looked at the idea of printing and began experimenting with different materials and colours into which my work would look its best and deliver the message into which I want to portray being one of shock and thought. The picture above displays the true colours into which a skeleton is and the intensity of the colour choice which is lacking as using white acrylic meant it wasn't thick enough to create a coverage.

Personal life...
A quick whizz into my personal life you nosey lot!! Sister is missing home and I miss her so much!! Soul Sister is coming home soon!! Christmas Presents are being bought which is making me all joyful and happy!! Partner is doing well, I guess he feels lonely at the moment but he knows I'm there by his side. University is coming along to do with applying for it! Need to sort out my personal statement and my definitive choices!!

Paternity is today, Fighting for tomorrow...

Lino Printing...

Fighting to the bone...





















Vintage Myth - The only garment worth buying is the one you can't live without. 

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life - Oscar Wilde

The days go by, tutors come and go and peeps waltz in, out and around the room as I become bedazzled and unspoken within work. Sitting at my table by the sink I continually think about where I am at within my studies and the progressive instincts I take as I pass through the stages of Politics and the arts that sway around. As the topic is now in full flow and ideas are flowing around the airs within the foundation room I continued my work within the ideas and walls of paternity. Looking at simple ways of displaying this message. I continued talking to people about what the major issue to do with Paternity was and the main issue that came to light was the need to spend more time with there children through there initial stages of life.

After looking at these issues, I began drawing up initial sketches with the concepts of skulls and skeletons mixing up the bodies, combining them together to form one body that linked the two people being Father and Child. We were told to complete 50 drawings or sketches of posters that promoted our political message, mine being Paternity. The 50 sketches consisted of a range of shapes from basic circles to complex angular shapes that were compositional hardened by the squared sides.
The piece pictured above is one of a skeleton holding both the fathers head and the child's which is in demonstration of the power that lies within the mother, (who is the skeleton). It portrays the ideas empowerment and that she has both parties in the palm of her hands. The message given either side is one of encompassing the double meaning of 'bone', firstly the bone of the skeleton and secondly enriching the concepts of fighting till the end and you can't give anymore. This piece evokes emotion and delivers on power with the relation behind skeletons and paternity. The ideas of rotting and evil natures that are created as the skeleton takes centre stage with the gripping of the heads.
Today I started the lino print which involved drawing my design onto a piece of lino and then etching the reverse design leaving the design to be printed on! I will update you on it at a later date!!

Personal life...
Another week passes and I fall in love with Family and Friends. I started work in a major clothing store last week and I am enjoying myself massively and hope to be kept on after Christmas!! Sister is enjoying University but she is feeling home sick!! I am proud of her and feel she is delivering so much to Cardiff which I can see being her home for the foreseeable future!! Love her to bits!
Partner is doing well! Makes me feel all ooey and gooey inside and loves the boy to pieces! Went bowling which was gurrrd. The big 'C' word is looming!! CHRISTMAS!!! Christmas shopping is going to begin soon! Am so excited and be out in Liverpool and Manchester with my mittens on picking my Xmas presents for friends and family!!

The views that you see in the news is propaganda...

Conjoined heads...

Conjoined heads experimentation.

Vintage Myth - If you can't wear it, you should not buy it.

'You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.' - C.S.Lewis

As Kinetic came to a close and the fun ended, I took down the swing and kinetic sculptures storing them away into what would become my bottomless pit of work that would be created, appreciated and deleted as I continue the foundation studies. The project began with a talk from the tutor who led us through a series of artists that could influence the working wheel we were about to embark on. My first thoughts when it came to Propaganda was to look at World War 2 and how the political messages about war and the countries rations were depicted and displayed. This was far from what was expected... It involved looking at political messages and movements.

After a visit to an exhibition that is currently on at the Liverpool Tate called, 'Art Turning Left' I felt inspired by the ideas of the power of Political propaganda and how it effects government and people. The exhibition is on for a while and is worth seeing even with the £8 entry fee. When it come to the political message that I wanted to portray I began looking close to home, the Foundation room in fact and began asking a few fellow students what issues surround them and would want changed.
Instantly came into question was why Maternity leave is considerably longer than Paternity, surely the father is entitled to be with his child during the first few months of there child's life? I found out that fathers are only entitled to 2 weeks Paternity whilst the mother gets 26 weeks. I began with initial sketches without the warrant of background research and began swapping the roles converting the father into the womb and the baby being the pregnant person which to some seems twisted and disturbing, this then at least creates drama and a way of getting noticed and getting the point across to a wider audience. The latest works which are imaged above are to represent the ideas of being conjoined by the hip and leads to the facts that the father plays a part in the child's life from creation to teaching them how to walk and growing up. These pieces are disturbing but am looking to make them more graphical and a way into which they link more cohesively with the political propaganda work. To progress the work I will need to refine the work and determine the true message into what I am wanting and needing to portray.

Personal life...
What a week with my personal life! Guys I never knew family, friends and relationships could mix up your emotions so much. When it comes to family, Sister is enjoying University so much and doing extremely well, proud of my sister and everything she is achieving, she is on Cardiff Student radio every week so watch out Fearne Cotton, your job is in jeopardy!!
Been back in touch with a friends in University and they are loving there time just as much, people move on in life but the foundations are still in place creating a stable base. Loving Art Foundation so much at the moment, learning so much about different ways of working and the involvement that I can take within the college. When it comes to relationships, My partner and I are going swimmingly (or should I say, rolling into the right direction). We recently went bowling which was great fun, seeing my partner letting go and having fun. 

Hanging onto till the end...

Emptiness of the swing...

Rocking sculpture...

 

Vintage Myth - That dress is so old, it must be falling apart.

'Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.' - Mark Twain.

The project came to an end on Friday after just under two weeks of hard graft, Working hard I pulled it off creating four pieces that represent 'Kinetic'. The week began with the drills once more, (which most of the group on looked with horror as I shouldn't be allowed near them as I nearly knocked myself out last week!!) I began constructing the Rocking sculpture and used clamps, power drills and screws to create the uneven balanced sculpture (two words that don't naturally go together but let me explain!!)

Tuesday came and went and the swing was completed to demonstrate my childhood, looking at the memories and the different ways into which it has a kinetic function. The rocking sculpture was finished, this piece was uneven as it only has one side with a raised structure whilst the other doesn't, it is balanced as when it is hanged from the ceiling the weight is distributed evenly and mimics the rocking motion of a rocking chair which further enhances my work as I have changed the use of the original object but kept the key principles behind the object. I feel that both of these pieces represent the ideas and concepts behind kinetic as they would move freely with the wind blowing behind them.
Finally put down the power tools and began photographing and reflecting on the work whilst including artists such as Angela Sidwell and Andy Goldsworthy who both influenced my work by there use of natural materials that fitted into the environment. If I would of changed anything with the project I would of liked to of looked at negative space and the influences and how it effects people. I began drawing my pieces on A1 and A2 paper which enabled me to look at detailing and the positioning of the wood. This project is sadly coming to an end after such a short period of time but every good thing comes to an end and I want to consider doing 3D for my pathway. It fascinates me with how simple objects can demonstrate new uses and construction techniques. I have learnt a lot about the construction of wood and how it reacts to different techniques! I also learnt how to use power tools correctly and that there is such a thing as pilot holes!

Personal life...
Last Thursday Sister heading back to University after a week of reading and hard studying at home! She is glad to be back home in Cardiff and enjoying her time at University!! She has many radio shows and articles to write for local papers and am proud of her!
Celine Dion's new album was released yesterday which I am loving and endearing to Celine's new sound.
Yesterday the two minutes silence was held in respect of the service men and women who have and are fighting for us today. I send respect and honour to those people as they are doing a fantastic job!
My partner and I are getting by, it's a bit like jumping rope, your keep jumping and you hit a blip but then you start again. He's a lovely chap and enjoy spending time with him which is always decent.



It's hard enough sitting there, Rockin' in your rockin' chair...

Kinetic Structure... Hangs from ceiling.

Swinging table...

Vintage Myth - Only a one-of-a-kind garment has any value.  Never duplicate.

All our dreams can come true–if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walter Disney

'You only have one week left on the project', this came from one of the Foundation tutors as we settled into another day of work still wandering if and when the Eco project was going to begin. It had already begun completely oblivious to the face that we were already a week into the new project. For the past week Monday - Thursday I have been sat finishing off the paper project with some annotation and experimentation.

On Friday the tutor put up on the board what the Eco project had to be based around, (bit like waiting to see if you have passed an audition or been sent home on Glee Project.) I was given 'Kinetic' which wasn't something that I would of ever thought of doing or looking at... Pintrest and Behance are my best friends when it comes to research and began searching for inspiration. Me and Chelsea (Chelly, my best friend) took a wander up a hill and came across an old rocking chair and took it back to the room with us (along with a railing and a few more goodies).
I began by cleaning the wood and drilling holes to create places for string and attachments.
My first piece symbolises the idea of a wind chime and represents the concepts of movements and organic matter, I feel it looks abstract with the use of half hung string and the backrest of the chair as the main structural element. The arms of the chair represent feet and the sense of walking and free form, the spinals that protrude out give the impression of watching out with every walk. This piece demonstrates the ideas of kinetic by wind movement and tension.
The swinging table took me a while to construct as it required me to make sure that the frame was of the correct length and width allowing it stand freely. The legs in the middle demonstrate the idea of walking in the air and  have been purposely made to be longer than the other to show we live which is one of uneven times and treading on egg shells. I haven't decided how this piece will move yet but want to add a handle. I do love the simplistic nature and feels like an art installation. I still have to produce one more piece to complete this part of the course which will be constructed from the remains of the rocking chair. Who knew so much could be done with a chair from a yard...

Personal Life...
Sister has returned home from Uni and I gave her Sully from Monsters Inc which she loves, she seems to always have it in her arms! Partner is doing well and he had a fantastic birthday, we went round coffee shops and restaurants soaking up the Xmas and Halloween spirit!! Bring on Christmas!!

Patience for the Renaissance...

The birth of Venus.

Vintage myth - These places are crawling with bedbugs.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. - Milton Berle

Art is such a wonder thing and discussions within the four walls of Foundation make me question all the time... 'What is art? Who are Artists? What makes there work Art'. the 'A' word is a word that is questionable on many levels and that captures me and I do wish someone knew the answer...

October half term came and went, leaves came and went. Autumn is on it's way and I am getting prepared for everything that is coming!! October half terms have been apart of my life since Primary school all those years ago and this one is my last! Now you'd expect me to be doing something exciting but that is where the optimism ends... I was sat for days writing an essay on 'How the human figure is represented in the Renaissance', I had to look at 6 different pieces of work from this period to which I knew nothing about, analysing them with there composition and the shapes. I found this essay hard but interesting, as an artist anything and everything can influence future work and looking at an Art period that existed back in the 14-17th Century makes you look at where we were and where we are now and the gap that separates them and the work that been created and developed in that time. The line '-' that tells us so much, who knew that something so small would do so much...

The essay was completed after a lot of hard work and research, I found the idea of near naked beings compelling and made me question the nature of the works.
In other news, now that I am back at College I have been finishing off from folder work in terms of reflective practice for both ceramics and paper projects. This involves evaluating each project and looking at the good and bad points, things I could of done better and improvements!
This has to be done in the next day so that the new project can begin which I am looking forward studying and posting about!!

Personal life...
Not much is going on at the moment, Sister is coming home for her reading week which I am exited about and very much looking forward to and spending time in coffee shops and catching up! Glen's birthday on Thursday and I haven't been shopping yet which I again am looking forward to, I do hope Christmas is good this year as last year it was perfect. They do say, 'you never beat perfection' but every Christmas is different and I have to embrace them despite the circumstances. Harvey the cat is also doing well, seen a few bits on QVC that he will love so better get his kitty Christmas list sorted!! I have started reading a lot more also nowadays and feel it enables me to be transformed to a different world.

Getting closer to your butterfly...

The final Piece.

Drawing of the Final Piece.

Vintage Myth - You’ll never get that stain out.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! - Audrey Hepburn.

As quick as time itself another week has passed and work continues to progress, develop and finish.
Since the last post I have continued to develop the headpiece by adding an additional 70+ butterflies, 60 of which were small butterflies which has enabled me to create a visor for the head which enables the eyes to be hidden and create the ideas behind keeping the person mysterious and the idea of the butterflies sweeping across the body creating a swarm. Adding the smaller butterflies enabled me to fill in the smaller gaps and add to the density. For this piece of work I wanted to create the illusion of flight. With the piece on the bodice I feel like I have created an installation that would fit into an art gallery without much tweaking.

Today I had to draw the final piece onto an A1 piece of paper which made me look at prospective and the shapes that make up the headpiece, I began drawing the head and gaining the dimensions and proportions ready for the finer details to be put within the work. I furthered into drawing the butterflies on the visor before branching out into the left hand side, building around the top before tackling the precarious right side of piece. I began breaking up the shapes of the butterflies into simpler shapes being that of triangles before progressing them into more complex shapes. Initial construction began with pencil before tuning in the finer details with biro which enabled me to create texture and the 3D nature that I wanted from the piece.

Personal Life...
What a week for my personal life!! Firstly my beloved Sister returned for the weekend!! We went to Liverpool and enjoyed talking random shots of each other as we sipped coffee and Hot Chocolate in Central Perk whilst watching a Friends Episode! We had so much fun and love my sister to pieces!! We furthered into Liverpool and enjoyed having a giggle together! On Sunday I took my Partner bowling which was so much fun as it was the first time I have met up with him outside of the Youth group we both attend. Love the lad to pieces and makes me smile so much! He seems like the missing piece to my jigsaw in my life! His smile makes me blush and puts the biggest grin on my face. He is one special guy!!

Spread your wings my little butterfly...

Front view of the Headpiece.

Back-side view of the headpiece.

Vintage Myth - Charity shops are crawling with bedbugs.

'The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.' - Rabindranath Tagore

Another week passes and I continue to move forward with the idea of paper fashion and I continue to question the motives behind the headpiece and don't have to look further than my peers and the headpiece represents head-strong and strong willed people who have been on a journey and have continued the journey with me. To me the butterflies represent moving on by focusing on what's important at the time, capturing the moments before storing them away under your wings before creating new memories. When I learned about the topic of  'Paper Fashion' I immediately thought of 'headpiece' and ideas came whizzing around my head like birds to a bedazzled Tom and Jerry.

This head piece is made up of 100+ butterflies that have all been made by my hands and have been made from a range of different papers which denote a range of textures, colours and size. The main inspiration behind the hat was from Karl Lagerfeld and also Philip Treacy who have both made a range of hats, Karl's being of Paper and Philip's being of butterflies and felt inspired to combine the two, match this with my love of Origami and you have the perfect blend. I am encouraging diversity and the idea that every butterfly is different which metaphorically represents people by accepting everyone for who they are. To finalize the piece I am going to add another 35-40 butterflies and create a veil down and around the back to create the idea of movement of the insect.
I am enjoying this project over the ceramics project and it sadly comes to a close this week.

Personal life...
Sister is coming home this week which I am exited about and we are heading into Liverpool!!
My Partner and I are moving forward and everyday I fall for him even more, he is my rock and inspires me to keep going with life through the thick and thin. He makes me proud and is doing well at college!!

From the Toybox to the Paperbox...

Vintage Myth - Only a mint-perfect garment is worth buying. 

'If you want to think in terms of colour, you have to have imagination. If you have no imagination you will never be a good colourist. It is necessary to copy nature with imagination , this is what makes a good artist. Colour ought to be through, dreamed, imagined, this is what makes an artist!'

As Foundation Art continues and elements of life change I continue to ponder on what makes the perfect artist? What makes the perfect development stages to ones work?
The answer to both these questions is that there isn't one which makes creating and delivering work can remain and become even more challenging.

Finishing ceramics has become a blessing to me and we didn't get on and felt like a drowning in treacle most of the time. I was becoming impatient with it and would never adopt it as my future trade! The clay was ruthless, one wrong move and you where gone. The toy box represents the idea of that all the fun and games are over now and the serious work must begin!
Currently we are now looking at Paper Fashion and how that influences design and the way paper can be manipulated and worked with.
This project is more my thing as it involves looking at and using my favourite thing!
ORIGAMI!!

Working with Ceramics!!

 

 

Vintage Myth - A torn seam equals a lost cause.

Another day, Another Dollar was once said and represents how the past week has felt. Working on my sketch book but the beginnings of workings with Ceramics!! As the first part of the course winds to a sudden close I begin to evaluate my progress from where I began 3 weeks ago to where I am now. I have completed my final design work and displayed the progression and have began constructing my final ceramic piece!
Working with Ceramics was harder than I thought and began wondering and dwindling in my thoughts into how I was going to get through the phase of 'Dannn, I'm not very good at this, can I sit this one out.' I had to do it and move forward with encouraging the clay to work with me and not against me. Life goes on and I persevered with the clay and ended up using the moulds to create a progressive piece of work. I realized that there is a fine line with clay, it can easily be too wet or too dry and finding the balance is hard but easy to rectify. Overall I am enjoying working with clay and finding it a useful material to work with.
Let's just hope it doesn't explode in the Kiln!!

Vintage...
Vintage is a way of expressing yourself through recycling old goodies and transforming them into something new. (Up cycling). Vintage is seemingly determined through the age of an object, being that of 20 years old, but I feel other factors make something vintage rather than labelling everything of that era and generation 'vintage'. The term is so widely used in today's society and is seem to be processed against everyone and everything.

Personal life...
My brother and sister are both settling into Uni life and enjoying themselves and am glad that this has worked for them!!

The Design Process begins!!

Vintage Myth -  If it smells musty now, it’ll reek forever.

As the days go on and Foundation Art continues I feel a sense of moving forward with my work and learning a lot about how I work. I was told to put everything that was in my mind down on paper and I feel that this blog is about questioning my thoughts and also the ideas of Vintage and what lies behind its glare. Her wicked sights are set and I am here to unfold by opening up the truths and lies that lie within the love people call Vintage.
As the days bimble on and the Arty Adventures continue, The mind of Andy starts to wander as he makes hard work into making a machete. I found these hard to make as you have to visualise it and then at the same time collapse it and creating a net to then reassemble making sure that tabs are placed in the correct places. I feel my machete represents my sketches and the idea of Form over function! I found this process difficult but worth while and my process is displayed. Today I worked with clay as a work of forming machetes and found this process to be hard as the clay dried quickly and continually needed wetting to keep it workable. I ended up with more on my hands than for the construction process. Also I'm not a fan of when it dries onto your hands and creates a dusty feel, this happens when it dries.
Overall I am happy with how my work and the progression! I have so many ideas running through my head that I find it hard to get them all down on paper!!

Personal life...
Big news!! My Soul Sister left for University today and I became so proud that now she has finally made the big move! I am emotionally drained but I will be fine!! My brother leaves on Saturday!!

 

How weeks come and go...

Weeks come and go and this past week was no different. Lots has gone from little old confused me to a lot of laughs along the way. Firstly the ceiling above my desk is still leaking which I don't mind because it keeps me entertained but have been promised it would be sorted! *Hint Hint*.
Sketch book continues and I am beginning to love Crating and the advantages of drawing in a more 3D nature rather than relying on shading and different biro tones. I love working with different shades of pencil from 8B to 5H they all offer a different way of working.
I began looking at the bathroom and felt inspired by deconstructing and reconstruction a bath tap and a shower head. The sketches speak for themselves and have demonstrated a range of different perspectives and ways of manipulating them. Crating has inspired me to lift my work.
Artists inspire me as much as my family and song lyrics, Emil Alzamora is an inspirational artist who looks at creating extraordinary pieces of work that he often distorts, elongates, deconstructs, or encases his forms to reveal an emotional or physical situation, or to tell a story. I am fascinated by his work and felt inspired by a number of his pieces, 2 being where he takes a simple object and layers matter over the top which was finished in porcelain. This has inspired me to do it myself as I move forward to my final pieces which I am developing at the moment.

What a week it has been, not just in College but in my personal life!
People are heading to Uni and my best friends have departed to start a new life. I felt I have left a heart-print in there hearts and hope they don't forget my key principle in life! Be who you want to be, not what others want to see. Be yourself and never regret a moment in your life! I wish them every success in the future but am looking to spending a year at home with my amazing peers that are on Foundation and loving my time! Hard times ahead!! Anyhoo, Since my last post I turned 20 years old! 2 Decades guys, now classed as Vintage... Well, Vintage in Denial.

The first blog post...

Hey Guys, The past few weeks have been a whirlwind and a lot has happened! Firstly I turned down University to continue my studies and refine my skills and have a wonderful Partner!
This is my first blog which is called Vintage in Denial which is about looking at my progress through my Art Foundation, I am a lover of anything and everything vintage, the idea behind the title was that Vintage has been made contemporary and people see everything as Vintage. Vintage is classed as any object 20 years old from the day it was made.
The picture represents the idea of combining contemporary with Vintage as the shower head represents the idea of a flower and the absorption of water. I will continue to build on the image and play around different perspectives. The idea of combining the old with the new but in a new and twisted way enables me to manipulate the individual elements within!

My blog represents who I am and what I want to be.

So far at College I have looked at pottery and perspective, Also Construction and Deconstruction which involves drawing objects in different ways and manipulating them in different methods and way, also I began looking at crating which involved the drawing of boxes and drawing objects within them! I enjoyed my day and I am looking forward to the week ahead and continuing my blog!!
Guys I hope you will continue to help my build on my blog and the content that should be placed within it, I have been inspired by my tutors and Chelsea who is a big influence, she knows what works and how design is created. My best friend!