Sketchbook Tour: Form and Structure
- Jun 24, 2016
- 2 min read
This sketchbook focused on an exploration of form and structure, specifically looking into the relationships between organic and highly controlled and stylised forms. This sketchbook is a way to nurture my interests in repetitive and/or geometric pattern, relating back to ideas of order vs. chaos examined during the completion of my Degree. In the methods and processes used to create each piece, the watercolour represents chaos as the final outcome, ultimately out of my control, whereas the superimposed pattern allows for full control. However visually it is the pattern which appears uncontrollable and erratic in contrast to the watercolour which is contained within the same 7x7cm square
The untitled series above was created quickly to materialise my initial thoughts. The square of colour in each piece draws upon an old method used during my degree in which masking tape is used to provide a clean-edged square to provide the same basic format for each piece, creating a more curated series.
In contrast the work shown below is a a simpler exploration of patterns and composition. This work allowed me to become more familiar with the pattern, which will ensure its appropriate use. Here I examined different compositions, size and interactions with the page.
The reintroduction of watercolour raised questions about my colour pallet and the way in which I could use these two elements in a way which would best present contrasting and complementary components simultaneously.
HENRY MOORE INSTITUTE
The Body Extended: Sculpture and Prosthetics
21 July - 23 October 2016
This exhibition helped me apply a context to this visual dialog; the watercolour being an abstract representation of the human body and the geometric patterns an abstract representation of prosthetic attachments. The two are beautiful both as individual, highly complex structures and also when seamlessly merged, working in harmony.
The exhibition explored a brief history of prosthetics as well as the various ways they have been visually examined within art.
This visual language as allowed me to develop my ideas further, outgrowing this simplistic investigation of structure and form. This sketchbook has been invaluable in my overall project, developments of which can be seen
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