Skins research

Sculpture

I started my research by finding a few pictures of simple sculptures which I used as inspiration for some of my draft work to see if they looked good but they just ended up being boring and repetitive so I decided to look up more interesting and unique sculptures then found some really interesting pictures like these..

I found these to be so much more helpful as they are really individual and creative. I then began to research sculptures done by anish kapoor

I found these two to be the most interesting because I love how he used powder paint on top but they still maintained shape rather than going into a big lump in the floor.

Willow sculpture project (idea 1)

For our new project, we have to create a willow sculpture that has a meaning behind it. After researching several willow sculptures, we didn't find any unique, interesting ideas so we started researching animals that we could create and that would grow to become something bigger, better and more appealing. We first found a butterfly that we thought we could make the caterpillar then the wings could grow out and create a butterfly but we figured it would be too difficult. We then came up with the idea to make a peacock and create the head and neck first then the tail behind it then over time it would grow out the ground and create the larger tail that would turn the entire thing into a peacock at the end. 

Pop Art

Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol

 

Pop Art began in Britain in the mid 1950s. It looks at popular culture and "material culture". It used recognisable imagery like pictures of celebrities from popular media at the time and used bright, bold colours to create the art. I really like the Pop Art movement because of the bright colours and how interesting they look. I also like how they are made to look like something out of a comic book. I found it interesting how they just took a simple picture of Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol manipulated it in different ways by changing the colours to be something different and considered "odd" as they weren't supposed to be there and he made them really bold and vibrants which made the picture a lot more interesting and popular. These types of art are seen very commonly in homes in the present age because people love how fun and colourful they are and 1950s design is highly popular today.