Week 03/12/12

I have created some smaller pieces so far using my photography and reflective surfaces. I used small mirrors, some reflective card and photographs printed onto tracing paper. I used these materials to create a sense of layering - so that you can look through the photography into the reflective surfaces.
My next stage of development is printing onto large scale, e.g. A1 or A0, to create large photography pieces that I will layer over reflective surfaces or over the paintings I have already done. I want to do this to create levels of the unconscious, layers of the mind - looking at the depths of imagery, emotions, thoughts and dreams etc.

I will print off some more images onto tracing paper to work with - decide which pieces I want to use. I will select images that have things to do with my memories, certain things that I hold emotional value too but also images that have a great depth of detail as I want some interesting images that the audience can look through into the reflective mirrors or cards.

I plan to go to gosta green in the week to sort out different size images I can print off - I am hoping that it won't be too difficult to get images printed onto tracing paper/plotting paper or any type of paper that can be seen through. If gosta green doesn't offer the options I want then I will head over to Bourneville to see if they can help me out. :)
Hopefully it will work.

I am want to create different kinds of layering - maybe using objects...Funnily enough this was one of my original ideas when my project was on the very broad subject of dreams. I keep having this idea of using a type of wire or even brambles (possibly fake if it's easier) to create a layer over the top of a piece of photography. The idea of sealed-in thoughts, things hidden in the unconscious, things that sometimes I don't want to be seen by others...secrets and half-revealed dark thoughts. I like the idea of doing a personal project because, although on some level in can make my feelings vulnerable to critisim, I have come to realise that anything bad felt can be dispersed by using the technique of sublimation - taking bad feelings and making them into something creative. Positive transformation of unpleasant memories or thoughts :) Although not all my thoughts are of bad things, often the worst feelings come out if I just relax and let my unconscious release things I want to get rid of.

I do get worried that my tutor or other artists will not take my work seriously...think that it is something placid or just an "emo" idea...but I am determined to communicate with the audience using the imagery and the visual effects as well as put across my thoughts and images I have or have connection with. I do feel more positive about it than before - I was concerned about being too caught up in my mind, but having put things in perspective I believe I can create a connection and a level of mystery with my work that will intrigued an audience and open up the context a little better. It is just a case of experimentation and working out with surface I want to work on. The boards were too solid to represent layers really...mirrors and see-through surfaces show a level of depth, depth of the mind.

I mean, what the hell? I'll create something interesting in the end because I am putting so much effort into my work. :)