After making a prototype using ideas and techniques I had experimented with I felt I had a better plan going forward for this piece.
I set about making a final piece more meticulously this time, conscious of the potential pitfalls.
After making a prototype using ideas and techniques I had experimented with I felt I had a better plan going forward for this piece.
I set about making a final piece more meticulously this time, conscious of the potential pitfalls.
I decided to try and made a prototype funnel using some of the ideas I have been experimenting with…
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I have put together a storyboard for this first piece of work for my main project…
I have spent some time considering quotes that could be used in conjunction with this piece of work and that might add another dimension to the piece.
I wanted some text that sums up for me the disappearance of personal memory at death. I have researched epitaphs, quotes and poems over several weeks.
Rather like using oxides when I worked on my ceramic site specific pieces for Bodmin Jail, I looked at accentuating the texture of the cloth through the gesso.
The best and simplest of these experiments was just to use a dry brush with a small amount of black acrylic on it brushed over the textures and folds
Thinking of the funnel as a metaphor for death, or the last moments of death, it also reminds me of other moments in life.
As I work on this piece as a representation of death I am aware that it will draw different potential meanings for other people.
Previously I have always felt a need to have my work understood in my own terms and not to be interpreted differently by others. I think that this is because of the personal nature of my work, but my fear of death is my own and the resonance for others may be a different interpretation.
Using the previous samples I experimented with stitching into the gesso covered fabric as well as using grey spray paint to accentuate depth.