BA2 Week Three Summary

I have been confused this last week on how to fit my practise into one of the four essay themes. Having a tutorial with Carl helped me find a title which combined both my practise and the theme of Realism. Now having a title, I can make a start on the 1000 word essay, however I am also struggling to find artists relevant to my practise before the 1980's as the term relational aesthetics (which is almost identical to m practise) and the majority of the artists related to that term are from the 1990's onwards. This will be my main task for next week along with creating proposals for installations a mini-installation spaces to accompany them (made out of cardboard boxes to show proposals for larger artworks), these installations will also be filmed and photographed for documentation.

BA2 Week Two Summary

Unfortunately in this week I was ill so could not attend the Hybrid workshops so instead focused on researching the Sociological and Psychological aspects of my practise along with researching senses (a key part to my most recent ideas) I am struggling to find a way to actually "visually create" my proposals for art pieces. As I do not have enough studio space nor space at home. Although as I am not currently creating any actually art pieces I worry this will affect my assessment as I will not be able to effectively produce a piece.

BA2 Week One Summary

For the first week of BA2 we had our first Hybrid workshop, unfortunately I had wanted to choose Sculpture but there was no places left on the workshop so I was sorted into Hybrid which focuses mainly on video, sound etc. Apart from having to leave early I enjoyed some of the propositions like "taking un unexpected walk" however I felt this wasn't really relevant to what I want to produce in my practise.

Face Casting

This week we have been experimenting with plaster casting through various workshops. We started by using algrith powder and mit with water to create a latex mold into which we placed a variety of interestingly shaped objects. Once dry we removed said objects and poured in our liquid plaster, however many technical problems occured here. The main problem was mixing the correct amount of powder with the correct amount of water, but other problems included difficulty in removing the object and applying too much pressure to the mold resulting in a break.After waiting 30 minutes here is the finished project.

one student furthered his research and attempted a full face plaster cast. His face and hair was lathered in vaseline as to make sure the mold didnt cause hair loss or discomfort him when removing. For extra safety the person applying the mold was a teacher and another teacher was observing.

Fine Art

Throughout high school and college I was convinced I would study fine art. My main medium was painting and I was content with my decision for several years. However it was not until i joined my Art Foundation class that I truly realised what Fine Art was. Fine Art is fuelled by meaning  and a sociological perspective rather than just filling quotas and briefs. As artists we examine society  and how it is socially constructed, how induviduals conform to common normalities including the law, and how we as people can push and deform these boundaries.
We create our own world and have no limits to what we can build, make or inspire. Art is all around us and its is infinite.

First Post!

The sole purpose of this blog is to document my ideas, perspectives, designs and artwork during my foundation year at Colchester Institute. Hopefully writing this blog will develop my writing skills for a degree course in Fine Art or Sculpture in 2014. I hope you enjoy reading my content