Swan Vesta Project. When thinking about the different directions I could go, from my concept of consumer culture and media. I wanted to work with a piece of packaging that most would recognise upon viewing. The packaging of Swan filter […]
Over the last few years, ‘Swan’ has released several different limited edition packets. These designs with strong aspects of British ‘Pop Art’ were a major influence on my practise. So I used an A2 piece of canvas board, I sketched […]
Here you can see more of an idea of what it was I wanted. One interesting comment I had from one of my lecturer’s, was that it reminded them of the works of Sarah Lucas. Particularly her ‘Cigarette’ works, whereby […]
I researched into the history of ‘Swan Vesta’, and found that the origins of the company produced the first striking matches in Britain. I realised that the two traditional colours of ‘Swan Vesta’ where originally red and yellow…….. This was […]
All for one! Who to include in the cluster of portraits in theory seemed a difficult task. In reality it wasn’t. The strong portraits stayed strong and the weak ones in their own right were transformed when placed in a […]
The company lettering I also wanted to use within the work (top, left). I sketched onto foam board and cut out. This I painted the same colour red as the background. The main reason for the use of foam board […]
Robot Project. Even though a lot of my work is in paint and photograph, I have always enjoyed making sculptures, and so wanted to incorporate this into my studio practise. I had this image in my head of a life-size […]
I also felt strongly that it would be really effective to have the robots eyes replaced with a small television screen. This screen would help me to show advertising on a more visual level. I started playing around with different […]
The head you see at the bottom of the series of sketches (above), would be the original design for the helmet (head) of the robot. As you can see, I have based the structure of it around the television screen. […]
So I designed a basic structure for the body of the robot. Once I had this blue print, I could then think about how the outer shell would fit around the inner skeletal structure. Here is the original design, which […]
This my last post before the Degree assessment and show. Throughout this blog, as I have explored The Patriarchal Society, I have followed the views of the media and press on matters that concern the abuse and control of women. […]
The Birth of Consumer-Bot Using my initial design of the inner structure of the robot, I was able to sketch a wooden structure based on the measurements of me, for a scale I could work with. Once I had these […]
The next step of the process was to start fixing cardboard to the wooden frame. All the cardboard packaging I used, I got from the student shop. I wanted this sculpture to be made entirely from recycled materials, so it […]
One of the problems that I had with the structure was that the masking tape would not hold everything together. This was only temporary, as I had previously thought that if I used paper maché this would help to strengthen […]
Since I painted my space I have mounted all of the keys onto the wall by drilling holes of the same size as the stem of each key into the wall and wedging them in. For the keys which this […]
I mounted my projector on the top part of Ians space today using a stand made from MDF which I measured, constructed and painted black to match Ians wall. I am a little concerned that the image is very feint […]
Here are some more images of the Robot in progress:
Once I had covered the body of the robot in paper maché, I left the sculpture to dry over night. The following day I decided to work on the helmet of the robot. I was originally going to have the […]
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 […]
Here are some images of the progress:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My piece is a based on a memory of my Great Grandmothers house. However i like the idea of the veiwer imagination, i like to think of this piece also as perhaps a waiting room from a different realm where […]
The Sporting League: Game 20 Universo Collunteen and Pointeso lost a bit of ground at the top as the match finisihed as a cagey one – one draw. Sporting Radio Pundit X: ‘I couldn’t see a winner all day long […]