Presentation of work

Overall i was happy with the presentation and final work. I felt i had really pushed myself and tried a lot of new techniques and mediums. through out the production of the piece i really struggled with the digital aspect of the work and i felt that the photo shoped digital aspect of the work didn't add any value, especially considering the amount of time i spent on developing that side of the work.
I really enjoyed the simplicity and of the sculpture and the shadows projected on the wall.





 The feedback of the group was fairly positive, the one bit of feed back that i got from Cornelius was that the music didn't fit with the work and it was to much like a TV add. I think this was a fair comment and something to consider for the future in that no element is neutral. every element needs to be considered in how it impact on the overall piece.







PROJECT ONE
This was a nice engagement with the project Joel. I think you could have done with more time but I feel you have brought together some interesting strategies. To me the music was an un-necessary elaboration and the Photoshopped imagery did not quite work. The shadow play of your sculptural pieces for me was the strongest element. Hopefully, from doing this project you will have developed ideas for others. C

YOUR BLOG
Your blog looks quite elegant Joel but as a documentation of 6 weeks work, it seems a little thin. Your comments as you document the construction of your project are not very helpful or insightful. At the end you warm up a bit as you discuss the other artists you have found. As you document your own work try to forge a conversation between your work and the work of the others. I feel you need to do a lot more reading around the theme of contemporary visual art. This will help you put what you are playing with in a more cogent context. P



 



This was my grades and comment from Cornelius, I agreed with his comments on Project One around the the music and the Photoshopped imagery, i will difenetly take this on board. I feel i have learnt a lot during the process of this work in developing more skills in photophop, sculpture and exploring the use of shadows.


The comments  about my blog where a bit surprising, My understanding of a blog was to reflect and document a creative process. But i must be wrong as it is clear that what Cornelius is wanting is something that i am not doing.

 

Butchering photos OR Art?

 

 

 

 

 Up to know i had only used photo shop to stitch panoramic photos and do minimal photo manipulation and prepering images for print. My philosophy was to master photogaphy skills and use this to capture beutiful moments in nature like the above photo. Photoshop was a program that allowed me to do the last 5% of the photo processing. It was really hartd for me to then start to use photoshop in a completely different way, as an art tool.

So i began to play and play and play and wonder when was this bloody thing was going to end?
















When is this thing Finished?????

 I spent hours and hours playing and it seemd never ending of how much i could do.











I enjoyed learning new skills in photoshop but
i had very little enjoyment in doing the work.

 

 

After way to long i started to think how rediculous you can get so i chucked in a squashed cane toad in the mix just becuase it was just a stupid thing to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Testing the idea.......

 

I went out bush to a burnt out area to photgraph the sculpure in a beutiful place for it to fit in.

 

 

 

 

When i photographed the sculpture in the landscape, i relised that my idea would not work. Becuse of the colour and fine detail of the fronds, the sculpture got lost in the background.

So i then played with different angles to get the contrast needed to see the detail of the sculpture. I then thought of photographing the sculpture against the blue sky.

This new perspecive worked well

 

I then thought of making a digital work that was from the perspective from lying down and looking up through the cycads, while layering some trees to give a sense of depth.

It was time to go and play in photoshop.

 

 

Making the sculpture....

 

 

So i took home all the materials and played for about 8 hours and came up with the piece.

Using axes, lump hammers, pot rivets and a bit of blood 

 

I came up with a peice that i really liked, i really enjoyed getting into that creative space again. I havn't sculpted metal or wood for many years. 

 Playing in the bush.......

I went to coles and got a huge pile of boxes and went out bush. I tried cutting out the boxes and putting them at the base of the cycads. after playing for a while it became clear that it wasn't working. So i ditched that idea for a walk to see what i could find.

 


I found a burnt out bed with some interesting spings and rusty pieces of metal

A burnt rusty Gutter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corrigated Iron

So i thought that i could make a sculpture of a cycad and use photoshop to make a forrest of cycad sculptures.

Other Ideas for the Project

 

 

 

 

 

 

In keeping with my love for the environment, nature and photgraphy while drawing on the inspiration of the work of Andy Goldsworthy. I have decided to take a bunch of cardboard boxes( everyday items) out bush to find an area of burnt bush with rejuvenated cycads and see what happens.

 

 

 
 
  
 I want to play with the idea of photographing a panarama with burnt cycads growing out of cardboard boxes.

Inspiration of an Artist

Andy Goldsworthy

 

For me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. Place is found by walking, direction determined by weather and season. I take the opportunity each day offers: if it is snowing, I work in snow, at leaf-fall it will be leaves; a blown over tree becomes a source of twigs and branches.

Movement, change, light growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work. I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.

-Andy Goldsworthy

 

I was really moved when i saw Andy's work for the first time, his deep connection to the natural environment is inspiring. I love the way he uses the natural colours, textures, light, forms and spaces as his canvas. I really connected with Andy as an artist and am inspired with his ability to  create beutiful organic forms that compliment their environment. The other thing i love about his creative process is that he just goes out bush and waits for inspiration depending on the day.  

 I would love to explore more of these creative processes with nature.............