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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 2

PENZANCE Newlyn Harbour These images are a continuation of photographs that I took in Penzance, Cornwall. I particularly like the colours that were created as a result of the overcast weather, there is a strong contrast between light and dark, and the wet ground gives a sense of the atmosphere through the way the light hits it. I also focused on textures and the sense of industrial decay within the harbour.

Daphne Wright

THE ARNOLFINI - DAPHNE WRIGHT Fine Art and Sculpture - Week 2 As a group, the foundation course took a trip to Bristol, where we visited The Arnolfini, The M Shed and Spike Island. The Arnolfini held an exhibition of the artist Daphne Wright titled ‘Emotional Archaeology’, where we were offered a new perspective on difficult issues relating to class, aspiration, faith, parenthood, aging and care. Wright has a keen interest in the nature of materials often involving labour-intensive processes, using fragile or unstable materials such as unfired clay or marble dust, resin casts. Clay Heads, 2009 - Unfired clay T he photo above is an installation titled ‘Clay Heads’. Within this piece Wright has explored the subject of children and childhood, from both the adult and child’s point of view. Working with unfired clay Wright has combined it with the naive style and surrealism of children’s art. The faces appear vulnerable as they are not fully moulded, with simply a gouge o

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Remnants - Part 2

REMNANTS - PART 2

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