During the trip to YSP and Hepworth Galley, I was taking quite a few images and especially the one I’m interest. However I found this trip quite useful because I can see the sculpture in any angle that I wanted and compare the photo from the internet, I found there a lots different between the one that’s we can take and one we found on the internet. I can see what does it really make out of and some of the sculpture doesn’t really looks like they were made by those materials as well, reason is because of the colours. I wasn’t really looks into all the sculptures in details but only with the one I’m really interest, such as “Morning Shadows.” Reason is because the colour looks so similar to wood, I thought the sculptures made by wood but it was steel so that was really surprising me.
In my folding sketchbook that I bring with me in the trip, I use many different techniques to explore the sculptures in different style and I was using pen, pencil, colour pencil, broad and fine liner and using different techniques on each medic as well.
After the trip, we were looking into the I was looking into 3D wood work induction, this is to help me understand what’s needed to be done in the workshop and learning health and safety, showing what’s important and what’s must be doing. I was learning what PPE mean is and how to avoid from getting myself hurt while using the workshop. I found this lesson to be really useful because even though I already did some studying from last year but there still lots that I didn’t even know about.
In the studio practice and in half term, I was looking at my sketchbook, learning of how to make it more interesting, reason why it is more useful and how would I improve them. At first I didn’t quite get what I would need to do even I have an example in front of me but I decided I should just do them, start drawing and annotate my work. It work out not in amazing standard but I does develop my creative and show I can explores different materials, techniques and understanding the basic of how to use my sketchbook as my journal through my years in art and design. I’m also create an mind map to make it more clearly of what I need to do, what needed to be done, which artist I would be looking for. I also did a little title on all my page to make sure what need to be done on each page.
After coming back from the half term, I was looking into Caro influence. How did he get his ideas for all his sculptures works and how would I be able to use the similar styles as him. I decided to looks into an old artist book with old building like what Caro does on his sculptures. I couldn’t finds anything that that I interest so I just put everything that I like to draw into my design. Two of them turns out to be what I would like to do for my final sculpture. I was looking into Marquette and Caro influence. How would I design my sculpture into 3D and how would I make my Marquette looks more interesting. I created two Marquette out of the three designs and the reason why I only create two, is because I wanting to explores these designs and it was the one I really wanting to do so I decided to do them and turns into 3D. In my design, I would have to including Clay, wood and print-making.
After knowing what I wanting to do for my sculpture and completed my final design. I went in my first workshop; 3D wood work. The first part it was simple, easy and I already knew what I would need to be doing in this workshop but the problem I has was, I don’t know what of wood I would like to use for my sculptures so I ask my tutor what kind of wood I should be using. He giving me a great suggestion and telling me I can also put more affect into the wood as well. I quickly work on my work without a problem, there may be little problem with getting my wood cuts in the right side but in the end, I completed my first workshop and quite happy of the result I gets. There still more time left before the end of this session, so I also did two Alexander Calder’s work as well.
The second workshop is Ceramics. In the Ceramics was little hard for me because the clay would trick by 10% after it been fire and I would have to work the what I need for at least an hour and I finally done it. Then I need to choice what kind of clay I would like to use. I wanted my clay to come out with nature colour so I use Earthiuare.
The final workshop was printmaking and photography. I got the printmaking in the morning, the first thing I was doing was, looking into Caro’s sculpture or any photo that would help me create my etching. I was looking through Caro and realising I should use the same techniques as him. I decided to put two sculptures into one piece because that’s what Caro was doing on his sculptures, looking into many different images and mix them together. It turns out amazing but it wasn’t from my original ideas because I was thinking about having an city views in the middles but I still like my result, In this workshop, I would have to went gloves so I won’t get the paints on my hands. At first I was doing la poupee then intaglio printing, using abstract and my first ideas was architectural style. In the afternoon, I needed to do photography, during the session I was learning how to create a paper sculptures and since I couldn’t do my city views, I decided I wanting to do it on photography. It turns out great, creating an interesting shadow, affect and even some tower doesn't stand up properly, it still giving me an great result.
I do have a problem through this project even most of the things was completely easily, such as my computer isn’t working at home so everything must be done during college time or whenever I can come in. My blog have less details than my last project because I couldn’t do them at home and having to do them in the short period of time at college but it was also my mistake of wanting to do my blog entries in the last week of the project because I wanting to work my sketchbook more than my blog entries but I also learn many things through this project.
