Statement

When I step back to consider my own work, I find myself following lines trying to connect them; I contemplate the simplicity and continuity of one line, how it can twist and flow to mimic the fluidity and naturalness of a figure; a gesture; a movement. I see the journey of one line contorting into blocks and shapes, the shapes themselves and the contrasting spaces created by this line; how lightening contrast projects an image off the page, an image created by one loose line.

Silhouettes of figures (a mix of static and in motion) are my prime interest. No one has the same silhouette but layered together no one shape stands out, an overwhelming mass is then created. I observe crowds; flattening them into layers. For some reason the layering and rows excite me, the transition from 3d to 2d, the fact that the layering on a 2d surface implies a mass; the space can become busy yet transient simultaneously – the 3d of reality and 2d of observational drawing and photography begin to speak to each other. 

Second motion stimulation

track: Silver Swans; Let me know (dubstep mix)

Dizzy

Photographs of wire drawings 2

I manipulated the photographs I took on photoshop and inverted the colour. The results put more emphasis on the shadows I created with light. I found it interesting how drastic a change simply inverting the colour made to my photographs as they look like entirely different entities.

Photographs of wire drawings

I lit around my wire drawings with the flashlight from my phone and photographed the shadows which were produced. The shadows I think were just as interesting as the constructions themselves.

Woodcut

I did a second woodcut, referencing a photograph I took one day as part of my study of crowds.

 

Here's the photo which I worked

 from; posturised and original.

Silhouettes

I traced people's silhouettes as they passed by in the hall. The build up of these created a crowd.