Here is an image of how the work was progressing.
This was the collage effect I wanted to obtain. I will say though that, the small pieces of metal are very sharp, so this did make it time consuming, because I didn’t want to rush it encase I cut myself.
I really like the way the light reflects off the collage, because of the different bends and angles that some of the pieces where stuck down.
I continued to collage the coke cans, within the lines I used from the template, until I had finished the background of the logo.
So I drew the circular part of the logo onto a piece of foam board, and then very carefully cut out the shape to be assembled later.
Once I had this, I used it as a template, which I could draw round onto the MDF board, so I had some guidelines with which to stick the coke cans to.
Pepsi/Coke Logo.
This idea I originally had whilst I was working on my swan piece. I found a Pepsi logo that I wanted to work with on this project. Still on the grounds of consumerism, I decided about subliminally turning Coca-Cola’s franchise, into that of Pepsi-Cola.
This image I found on the Internet and decided that I would base my design on that of the Pepsi logo and somehow incorporate Coca-Cola into it.
Because I was using the product in the work of the swan logo I worked on previously, I wanted to try this again within my practice on this work.
So I decided that I would use Coca-Cola cans to collage the background of this piece onto a board of MDF, which I painted white.
The Coke cans were then cut very carefully using pinchers and gloves. These were cut into small stamp size pieces, which I could then superglue onto the background.
The white circular piece in the middle of the logo, will be raised off the canvas, this I felt would make a nice finish to the piece, and to also cover up the jagged edges of the cans
Here are some images of the progress:
Again, once I had taped the pieces together with masking tape, I then covered the helmet in paper maché.
It was fairly tricky to allow for the height and the depth of the dvd screen.
So I built a platform for the dvd player to sit on, which was built onto the top of the neck.
This not only provided a platform for the screen, but also held the helmet over the neck, in proportion to the body.
The next step in the process was to paint the body and helmet using household white paint.
This would cover all the fixtures and seems of the packaging, whilst adding extra support to the sculpture.
