I am beginning to feel the itch of paranoia about all the tech issues I've been having throughout this project, myself being the common denominator I must conclude that my 90s child skills are no longer adequate to understand today's equipment.
Basically couldn't get my prints done onto A2/A1, gave up after the third time wasn't lucky, buried.
Therefore the development of techniques in application I had planed to do, I was unable to carry out.
Thursday 9 February 2012
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Tuesday 7 February 2012
USB FAIL :(
After gathering secondary research on graffiti sticker artists, I selected a couple of the most visually interesting textures I captured and printed them onto 2' stickers, 48 per A4 sheet.
Living close to Platt Fields park, I thought this a good location to go and leave the stickers and capture the contrast between the textured stickers and the variety of surfaces available in the park. I spent a few hours applying the stickers to both smooth and textured surfaces to observe the best application and photographed the results.
I uploaded my work on my 8GB USB, purchased from the MMU Union last October.
DO NOT PURCHASE USB'S FROM MMU STUDENT UNION
I do admit I hold some responsibility for failing to back up my work and putting my trust in MMU supplies has resulted in me losing nearly all work I have done this academic year.
After a sulk I began re-shooting the lost images, starting with Rogue Studios...
Living close to Platt Fields park, I thought this a good location to go and leave the stickers and capture the contrast between the textured stickers and the variety of surfaces available in the park. I spent a few hours applying the stickers to both smooth and textured surfaces to observe the best application and photographed the results.
I uploaded my work on my 8GB USB, purchased from the MMU Union last October.
DO NOT PURCHASE USB'S FROM MMU STUDENT UNION
I do admit I hold some responsibility for failing to back up my work and putting my trust in MMU supplies has resulted in me losing nearly all work I have done this academic year.
After a sulk I began re-shooting the lost images, starting with Rogue Studios...
Monday 6 February 2012
Further Graffiti and Street art Research
After my initial research into sticker street art I felt I needed more reference points and withdrew books from the library on the topic.
The most famous street artist of my generation, the particular works of Bansky where he creates the illusion of an image being exposed, through a two dimensional medium, I wanted to examine and understand his techniques so I could apply the methods to my own work.
My Dad supplied me with this book which, unfortunately, does not state the artist's name but I still found these images useful and relevant to my theme and what I am aiming to achieve.
The most famous street artist of my generation, the particular works of Bansky where he creates the illusion of an image being exposed, through a two dimensional medium, I wanted to examine and understand his techniques so I could apply the methods to my own work.
My Dad supplied me with this book which, unfortunately, does not state the artist's name but I still found these images useful and relevant to my theme and what I am aiming to achieve.
Monday 30 January 2012
Graffiti Sticker Research
I'm interested in publicly displaying some of the textures I have gathered. An initial idea for this project was producing such an effective 2D image that people feel the need to reach out and feel, creating intreaege and further exploration by the viewer.
I have found some sticker printer paper and want to spend a day applying my textured stickers to public surfaces, especially smooth areas, such as plastic on buses, windows and metal. I will photograph my results and, if successful, I have an idea to further develop this concept on a larger scale.
Public display I think is important aspect of the project as I want to expose people to the rough and raw textures covered up in a modern day slick city like Manchester.
Below are some examples of research I undertaken to help me understand how others apply this method, focussing on graffiti art.
I have found some sticker printer paper and want to spend a day applying my textured stickers to public surfaces, especially smooth areas, such as plastic on buses, windows and metal. I will photograph my results and, if successful, I have an idea to further develop this concept on a larger scale.
Public display I think is important aspect of the project as I want to expose people to the rough and raw textures covered up in a modern day slick city like Manchester.
Below are some examples of research I undertaken to help me understand how others apply this method, focussing on graffiti art.
This next image is from Paul Curtis, who's work is produced by removing dirt, not completely relevant but an hugely effective and interesting method of graffiti.
I stumbled across the work of Ofra Lapid, who uses high quality photographs in a 3D format to recreate models of derelict houses he has documented. This relates to my work with the deception of texture.
Melted Plastic Bags and Light
After the success of my melted plastic bag textures, and the discovery of the added quality when viewed against light, I scanned in the samples to give me and idea of the result of a planned idea. The idea involves attached fishing line to the samples and discreetly suspending them in windows, scanning the textures has helped me realise that all the work going into creating the support structure for the pieces is not necessary to produce the effect I am after.
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Melted Plastic Bags
At collage last year I was lucky enough to attend an artist's work shop at the Whitworth Gallery, and spent the day manipulating and melting plastics. Using a variety of techniques and highlighting areas with paints I was able to produce a wide range of textures, patterns and outcomes. I enjoyed using this technique and thought it a very cost effective material!
This led me to try and recreate some of the surfaces I have recorded so far and spent a day playing with layering plastics, using different types and applying heat differently to understand the material and learn the extent of what can be produced through this method.
Holding the samples up to the window added more levels and created a deeper image I feel is really successful. I will consider using light boxes or displaying the pieces in windows/doors if i continue the development of this technique further.
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