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Remnants - Part 2

April 20, 2017

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Casting with Plaster

CASTING WITH PLASTER Fine Art and Sculpture - Week 1 My first option choice within the Foundation course was Fine Art and Sculpture, this involves exploring a range of two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums. Plastic Cups During the first week we took part in a casting workshop we were able to explore the nature of plaster, how it could be used and the fragility of the material. We experimented with casting vegetables such as peppers, where the smooth, organic surface was replicated, but also with man-made objects such as plastic cups by dripping plaster and creating negative casts of familiar objects. Body Casting We also experimented with alginate casts, which allow more complex shapes to be cast. Alginate sets to a flexible mould, which plaster can then be poured into. By using alginate a negative of the body can be produced with incredible detail – we cast fingers and hands, where every mark was visible such as creases, marks and finger prints. I...

Penzance - Part 1

PENZANCE Newlyn Harbour As a group the art foundation students went on a trip to Penzance, Cornwall. The trip took place in mid-November, which resulted in a range of different weathers. We visited Newlyn Harbour, a working harbour near Penzance, where the weather was overcast and there was a light sea mist. I like the photos that I have taken here, particularly the way that the blue overcast hue almost acts to heighten the colour within the photos, for example the bright oranges which seem to have been picked up within these images.

Remnants - Part 1

REMNANTS - PART 1 To begin the project titled 'Remnants' I took a trip to Weston sea front to take photographs of remnants that could be found. I found a wall that was covered in graffiti, but had been left for some time so the paint was beginning to fade and peel in areas. I loved the idea of remnants of paint that had been worn away and were weathered. From these photos I then began to create drawings, experimenting with how the peeling paint could be replicated and marks could be made. I traced the line of the bottom photo, using a continuous line. I then developed this line into a screen and began to explore how surfaces could be created using this abstracted line.

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Remnants - Part 2

REMNANTS - PART 2

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