09/12/2008

Forgot it was Tuesday due to church holiday Monday, as a result, I was late for photography.
Cut my missing people into jigsaw shapes, and put them into a photo frame. Another missing person I superimposed on to a figure in a sort of Arcadian setting, then framed the part jigsaw itself. Went to the exhibition in bedford place tonight, there were some great pieces there.
There was some fishing line hanging from the ceiling near Maurice's desk, it was an ideal place for BB to make an appearance!

05/12/2008

Painted green acrylic on top of jigsaw, the jigsaw shape can still be seen underneath. Painted white gesso around the edge of the board. Brought in a pipe but did not stick it to the jigsaw yet.As mentioned earlier on blog, I am intriguied by the use of "simulacrum" especially in the work of Magritte, I hope to add to the confusion with my 'ceci n'est pas une simulacrum'
Went to shops to buy a jigsaw for my video, it is not too big and seems straight forward.
Got some research on missing people.
Bought a picture in second hand shop, painted over image of a lady. Just going to have a featureless face,it is like all recognition has been lost. Wrote on a couple of pieces of blank jigsaw: missing person, have you seen this person, the date last seen, etc.
Wrote up the feedback of the students union class reps meeting, and presented it to the class, just to keep everyone informed as to whats going on.

04/12/2008

04/12/2008

In my studio space.

04/12/2008 cont. Sean Scully

I am interested in the work of Sean Scully; the blocks of colours he uses in square and rectangular shapes on canvas etc. I will experiment with this on jigsaw, and see what develops. I painted individual jigsaw pieces with acrylic paint, in various colours to get the ball rolling. When dry, I stuck them to a sheet of cardboard.

04/12/2008

I used another board to "sandwich " my jigsaw, I previously had measured and glued the precise area where my jigsaw had to be positioned, it was then just a matter of flipping the boards over.It worked out exactly as I had planned. (which is nice!) I then watered down some white gesso to size the jigsaw. ( some of the jigsaw pieces have to be visible in order for it to be recognisable as a jigsaw. This presents a challenge, as obviously, subsequent layers of paint will have to be used, this will fill in the jigsaw joinings. I believe I can overcome this obstacle by scraping back the paint in some areas. It is crucial to the painting that it is recognisable as a jigsaw, in fact its the most important part, so it has to work one way or the other! failing this, I will leave the missing pieces blank,(I was going to fill them in), maybe it will be better with the missing pieces, we'll see.

02/12/2008

03/12/2008

Attended the fine art department meeting today. The cost cutting by the present government means there is a deficit in the budget allocated to schools. This has led to the professional practice module withdrawn from the curriculum, and also a loss of the visiting lectures . The chairman, and most, if not all of the tutors, saw this as a great loss to both the fine art department, and especially to the students. I know it has been reconstituted in a watered down version, as a video presentation for marking purposes, nevertheless, it is not quite the same as the real thing. I believe this will have a detrimental effect for the college and students alike (I would wager NCAD would have a professional practice module !).Finished the jigsaw today at long last ! Took some photos of same. I have placed some blank jigsaw pieces on top of the jigsaw and photographed it. It looks visually very effective, and adds a sense of enigma to the puzzle.

02/12/2008

Photography this a.m. quite intriguing, especially to hear about the temperature of light. Apparently, the "flash " temperature is set to 12 o'clock noon. We were introduced to various aspects of the digital camera. I took some photos of one of my sculptural jigsaw piece, unfortunately, there was some problem with the computer there and we could not get the photographs. Had tutorial with Alan today, it went well. Alan has suggested that I have enough concepts, ideas, and methods, and that these should be acted upon, less thinking more do , make, say. Fair comment, I should let the work dictate the ideas, rather than the ideas dictate the work.
Did some more to the jigsaw, the end is in sight !