06/01/2010

Thesis again today.

05/01/2010

Spent most of the day in library doing thesis work. Seminar p.m. basically about what we need to get ready for assessments.

04/01/2010

It was snowing when I left tonight (2100hrs).

04/01/2010

Maid Marian in a bit of a fix !

04/01/2010

First day back after the Christmas break. Started to put an undercoat on all the non-white things in the installation; it took most of the day. I have to say it is coming along very well; the second coat will finish it off nicely. Put some emulsion on the walls, where they were marked. Have started my experiments with the 'mirror faces'. Basically, just some colour to the side of a facial shape, made with charcoal , and paper mirror. It is aesthetically unusual, perhaps even a little disconcerting. Nevertheless, I believe I can make some interesting works using this method.Painted some flat colour on mirror; will also experiment with this by scraping out facial shapes, to see what effects I can achieve, and whether the mirror affects the colour, and vice versa.

18/12/2009

Added some more pieces to the ceiling piece. Went to homebase to get some drawing pins, glass etch (to see what kind of effects I can get on mirror), also had to buy some white gloss paint, to paint the floor white in my studio space. I want to give the space a feeling of surreality, or to, as it were, 'play' with peoples spatial awareness, on some different level of consciousness, I believe I can achieve this by painting the installation completely white; so ultimately, the space will be a kind of ethereal experience.

 

17/12/2009

Have started hanging another work from the ceiling; it is pieces of broken mirror; some smaller pieces placed in front of bigger pieces. It is aesthetically interesting, although, it perhaps needs a slight 'breeze' to give the piece some movement, which ultimately will bring the illusionism which I am trying to create. Not just illusionism, but I am trying to make work,that makes people sit up and ask questions, not just cast a quick glance over. I want to challenge peoples sense of perception; perhaps even make them ask the question: am I really here? A colleague came into my space today had a look around, and said: " It's like coming in to some kind of parallel universe here" Now that's the kind of thing I'm talking about !!!!!!!!!!!!!