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Project One – ‘Connecting Through Making and Thinking’
Hi everyone, this is the first official project of the year. I’m going to try and make Tuesdays my weekly catch up on the past week of my course. These posts will contain information like workshops, ideas, progress, evaluations, resolved work, etc. I will try to post up workshops on the day they’re done, but I can’t make any guarantee’s as the wifi in my accommodation likes to turn off sometimes.
So without talking too much, here’s last weeks project.
This project is named ‘Connecting Through Making and Thinking’. During this project, I will be using and learning a wide range of methods, from ones I know like drawing and painting, to ones I don’t know, like metal work, wood work, metal casting etc. The aim of this project is to gather ideas and find a path of art which I enjoy the most, and then develop that path/media into a professional practice. I for one already know I’m more focused towards Sculptural Installation, but this project will give me access to even more areas than the foundation could.
The duration of this project is fourteen weeks, not including winter vacation. The first week of the project mainly included drawing; the task was to make six A2 sized drawings, out of these six, two had to be figures, two had to be objects, and two had to be interior/exterior (landscapes). By the end of the week, I had drew eight drawings in total, where two where figures, one was a landscape, one was an object, and the other four were able to be classed within all three categories. The outcome for these drawings was to get information; to get true information from real life objects and people, for example, light and shadows, size and shape, perspective, etc. The aim of the current week of the project, is to take one drawing from each of the categories, and paint the chosen three into one image.
Also, during the past week I hand made, and stretched my own canvas during a couple of workshops. I had to make the frame/the stretcher for the canvas during the first workshop, and during the second I stretched to canvas over the frame.
So that’s what I’ve been doing over the past week. Sorry if I don’t make my target of posting these every Tuesday, the student life is very busy, especially since my timetable for every week is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every day. I know I forgot to post last Fridays Instagram post, I will combine this weeks images with last so you get to see all my work and progress.
Enjoy.
First Week Project – Self Portrait, The Inner Body
So for my first work week at Sunderland University, I had to draw a life size self portrait of myself. On the Friday previous, I went with the uni to see the Gunther Von Hagen’s Body Worlds Vital exhibit in the Life Center in Newcastle. The exhibit is composed of real human bodies which have been preserved through the process plastination. For my self portrait, I had to draw my anatomy; my own personal view of my anatomy. I used Hagens work as a starting point for the project, then I researched Leonardo Da Vinci, Antony Gormley, and some concept/in-game art from some games which I play. I used Hagen and Da Vinci’s work so I could understand the nature of the human body and where certain organs can be located. The main influence of Gormleys work was his metal sculptures which are formed from the human body. The brief of the project said to use our imagination to create the anatomy within the body, and to show our interests; so I decided to use games as an influence for my portrait; I mainly used an idea/concept from a game I enjoy and created my own design based from it.
As the week went on I drew A5 sized drawings depicting parts of the human anatomy in my own design, and by the end of the week created a life size self portrait of myself showing my interests and thoughts. Below are some images of the portrait which I drew.
Enjoy.
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