I wanted to use one of my brightly coloured pieces, continuing on with one of my more favourable pieces. As it was inspired on a playground I thought it would be the perfect setting for it to be photographed in.
Would I change anything?
Location- The playground I chose to photograph the work in was not have the vibrant colours I feel would have worked better with the piece. It worked better with the orange posts of the climb around but it still doesn't seem enough.
Lighting- It was a beautiful hot sunny day, the perfect day to make memories with my family as well as photograph. The use of natural lighting is the correct lighting, the piece is about being outside that is where it should be.
Background- The background isn't right, it is too flat, too dull for the piece.
Space around the work- Wanting to capture the play equipment within the image but in doing so meant there was a lot of the flooring visible. Which doesn't highlight the qualities of the piece.
Original Piece
- Inspired by Matthew Harris and Howard Skempton
- Map of the park
- Vibrant colours
- Simple Shapes
- Playful
- Patterns
- Small Scale
- Minimal Texture
Describe any improvements:
Embracing texture as well as colour in my improved sample. Being experimental with different textures to create interesting patterns. Continuing on with same colour palette as the original sample as I felt the colour combination was successful.
I kept with a similar sizing to the original, I wish I had gone larger. Perhaps that would be the next step in the development. It would open up opportunities with different surfaces to use from to print from. As the surface pattern was a key part of piece, some patterns/surface can become lost on a smaller scale.
Using conventional cotton based materials, exploring colour on a white or black background to see which emphasised the colour/pattern. Analysing placement of shapes, colours and patterns, to create the most aesthetically pleasing piece.
What do you think you have achieved:
I feel I have used critical reflection to help develop areas I felt could be explored further such as the use the printed textures instead of just the use patterned fabric. But also seeing the parts that worked well and continued to use those with in the piece, such as the colour palette.
I think I have achieved the next step in my working methodology, although I feel I could go back to critical reflection before moving back to synthesis/refinement. Until I have refined that finish piece.
Sketchbook
New Sites
Pros and cons of new sites
Learnt anything new about the work?
How does the placement of an artwork affect the viewers understanding of it?
I learnt that I liked the way it was draped, hanging over the oven was a bit too much as it meant half of the work was lost. But the front door step gave it a dimension on an otherwise flat surface. Could I explore this further on different tiered surfaces?
The background tones, lighting and busyness distract from the vibrant colours and patterns within the piece.
I have learnt not to think of the piece as a 2D piece but to explore it as a 3D piece, it can be viewed at multiple angles. The right background also makes a big difference to the how the piece is viewed and how the colours are viewed.
Has the re-siting suggested another variation of the work?
Resitting the work has made me wonder how the sizing of the work could alter its appearance and the way in which it could be displayed to grow the work further. Could I also find a way of raising some of the shapes to create another layer?
How does the placement of an artwork affect the viewers understanding of it?
Placement is the finishing touch to a piece of artwork, like a picture frame around painting. It's like the window dressings in a department store. Showcasing their wares to entice buyer into the store.
The place chosen helps to sell the idea to the viewer. For example my piece was inspired by a playground, displaying it at a playground was obvious but the grass gave the idea of the outside, giving the viewer the opportunity to use their imagination. I'm remined of Emin's My Bed, which is laid out in an empty room. Allowing the viewer to think about the story of the piece, what is it trying to tell the viewer, what does the artist want us to see.
This made me think of Tate modern and the white walls, it wasn't the background that made piece it was the way to was displayed, from the piece hanging from the vast ceiling when you walked in by Cecilia Vicuna. To walking through the work of Yayoi Kusama, immersing yourself in the piece.
I have now managed to confuse myself now is it the background that makes the piece or how its displayed, or are they the same thing?
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