I’ve been working since 7am this morning on my 3D design project, and I think I’m making some headway with it. At first I was making a headpiece, which was very pretty and I was really looking forward to making it. However, I was told to change that 3 weeks into the project, so I had to start from scratch. Why did I have to change it? Simply because of my university application. If I want to get into uni then it is better that my design is geared towards a fine art solution which can then go into my portfolio, since I am applying for the Fine Art course. This has meant me going back to the drawing board, and trying to come up with a 3D piece that fits into what I’m doing on the rest of the course. This also applies to my Creative Textile course.
I got a book on Frank Stella from the library on Friday, which has really helped me. I was totally stumped as to how to make a 3D piece into something like a painting. I have been playing about with different things for the past 2 weeks, but without actually seeing some examples, it was really hard to visualise anything. The book was a godsend, and very inspirational. Frank Stella’s work is more like construction on canvas. Here are a few samples of his work:
As you can see his work is very colourful and leaps right out of the canvas. His work has given me lots of ideas. So today the ideas finally started flowing. I have to create a drawing, and based on those drawing I must create 4 prototypes from the following:
- Paper
- Card
- Wire
- Mixed Media
I already have some wire and paper pieces in class, but I managed to create some more at home. I also created some card pieces today, but first here is a drawing I’ve been playing with:
There are lots of overlapping materials here. First of all I created a sample ‘canvas’. For this task I took a piece of copper wire woven material. It’s quite a thick ‘fabric’, but very jaggy and I’ve slashed myself several times on it! I then wove in 12 wire like sticks, then covered with wire mesh.
After that, I placed on several pieces I created to see how they fit together.
These are only basic ideas, but I really like where they are going. I have lots of accompanying drawings which I hope to get further mileage out of. I think it will be interesting to see where it ends up, when I finally get them onto canvas!
First of all, I love your drawing! Next, I really like what you have built thus far.Heather, I wonder if you were meant to do this. I remember some of your previous paintings that had shapes that would be well suited to this. Great work. Can hardly wait to see the end result.
Thank you Leslie. I’m pretty pleased with the drawing. I worked on the wire design today and managed to complete it. Now I just have to complete the other three! Should be fun. Not sure if it’s ‘my thing’, but I can definitely take elements from it. Never say never though!