'Fauna': Photography (continued)

I further experimented with photographs but through a more 'hands-on' approach. The means of productione of negative images made me feel significantly disconnected from my own work and because of that, I was dissatisfied.
This alternative style I decided on was vaguely inspired Andy Warhol's use of single colours to often remove the original shape and/or outline of an object in the image. I worked on two different approaches towards the style: physical and digital alteration.

Both methods involved outlining a number of areas from a selected image and then replacing those areas with a flat space of colour. For the 'physical' alteration, I printed out the photograph and then cut away the selected areas with a craft knife, before sticking the photo onto another card with a particular colour painted onto it. The digital alterations had the areas 'cut out' as well but instead the colour as added in digitally, with any physical samples printed out onto canvas-like paper.

'Physical Alterations':

'Warhol's Gull' (2010)



'Warhol's Pigeon' (2010)

Out of the interest of observing contrast in 'physical' and digital alterations, one of the original photos was used for both methods ('Warhols' Pigeon').

Digital Alterations:

'Warhol's Baboon' (2010)

'Warhol's Pigeon' (2010)

While attempting to print sample images of the digital alterations, a rather unexpected result was produced. The two images were printed over each other creating a bizarre but somewhat amusing 'hybrid image'.

'Warhol's PigeonBaboon' (2010)

Despite this experimentation, I never came to a decisive enough piece for produce from this media.

'Fauna': Photography

Photography was proberbly the most experimental media I worked with during the 'Fauna' project. I have already taken many photos in the past (in hindsight, many would have worked at least as a point of reference) but I had taken a different step with my first attempt in this workshop. I was given the opportunity to develop negatives.

Rather than work on actual photographs, I produced drawings on a specialised sheet of paper, which was then scanned onto an acetate-like sheet, working in place of a filmstrip.



Draft images for Fauna Negatives

From the sheet, a few were selected to attempt making negative images, as produced using Jessops resin-coated paper. At least four of the drawn images were actually used and many more attempts were made, from which only two were ever finished.
Looking back on them, they appear more interesting than I initially presumed them to be.


Fauna Negative: Iguana

Fauna Negative: Kookabura

Second Project Brief: 'Fauna'

As my second project brief, I was to produce artwork focusing on animal life. Much like the 'Collections' project, I was also introduced to some additional workshops available to participate in during my time at college. This time the workshops were photography, textile printing and digital imaging (in particular, photomanipulation).

In all honesty, this unexpectedly became a rather luckluster artistic experience for me. Despite the enthusiasm I often have for the subject matter, the same could not be necessarily said for the media I felt forced to work with (at least, for the time being).