Roundabouts - Fine Art - Photos

Today I caught up with the Fine Art pathway where we tasked with appropriating, manipulate and alter 'found' images. We could do this by obscuring the photographs with paint or collaging them together to create new combined images.

Before we started editing the photos we look at the works of Gerhard Richter, Robert Rauschenberg (who both edited found images using paint and mixed media techniques) and John Stezaker (conceptual artist who combined images to create new).

These are just a few of the photographs I edited inspired by the artists using the medias of paint and varnish and collage. 

 I admire the the way the varnish and the paint have reacted with each other on the photographs to create textures and patterns. 

I think I will experiment with the first image shown to create a pattern for a fabric because the printed textures and pattern would transpire well onto the fabric. 

The colour pallet I have used have a Autumn ambiance that would suit a winter/fall fashion collection.

Roundabouts - Media - Scratch Film

This morning we started the roundabouts where we try each examples of work that can be made in each different pathway.

This morning we began with the Media pathway, where we created a scratch film.

The group were shown examples of scratch films from the early to mid 20th century such as:

Stan Brakhage's Mothlight 

Len Lye's Kaleidoscope 

After viewing the films we were tasked with making our own version. Each person in the group were given four seconds worth of 16mm film.

For my four seconds I worked straight onto the film using permanent markers in a imprecise manner to give a contrast to the more structured seconds that my piers created. 

Task 2 - Research - Launa D. Romoff

Launa D. Romoff is a mixed media artist that creates collages from found materials.

She started working with mix medias in 1997 and in the artist statement on her website Romoff says " I have been inspired by the work of Kurt Schwitters, regarded by most as the 20th century master of collage. He once said, "How I use the material is often more important than the material itself." This attitude is also reflected in my creative process. "


Romoff has created three pieces of work in Her Asian Gallery ( http://www.launa-d-romoff.com/galleries.html?gallery=6 ) that, to me, have a clear Japanese influence flowing through her work.

In these pieces of Romoff's work I admire the use of a limited colour pallet and how her chosen materials seem old, giving her work a fresh take on 'vintage' medias.
Before finding her work I wouldn't of thought about creating mixed media collages because of my background in Fashion. However after seeing her work I will experiment in creating collages for prints for length of fabric inspired by her work.