I feel these objects in themselves obtain a sense of chaos and having lived a previous experience and history of their own.
Most of the objects are of low value and importance to some, but to me they are an exciting myriad of items. They all have a previous purpose to them which i have deconstructed and reconstructed.
My research is within the objects and materials themselves where I am experimenting, discovering and exploring.
At this early stage the objects are informing me of how to progress to further exploration. The process of producing these is led by direction of experimentation and discovery in a resourceful way. The pieces are mainly bric-a-brac using a means of bricolage and assemblage selectively brought together by cold connections-however where cold connections have limited reconstructing epoxy glue has been used.
I have paid particular attention and interest in addressing the relationship between function and decoration by taking the materials use for another function and reusing them to devise interesting objects of curiosity.
I am also interested in exploring the suggestion of a container and the space within, without necessarily having a function of one.
My work employs a wide range of materials and resources from everyday living, making the 'normal' abnormal and more interesting.
This module 'A Sense of place' has been an inquiry into what we count as worthless and what we count as 'precious'. It has been a development of unique, original and individual objects directly into 3D constructions intuitively. I feel this way the pieces themselves are purer as I believe they can be clouded by 2D material at this stage, therefore in 3D they are retaining their originality.
The ranges consist of low technical skill as a means of communicating my ideas and concept into reality fast and economically.
Reflecting on the constructed range helped me to group together similar pieces into temporary 'ranges'.
'ALICE IN WONDERLAND': with repetitive stitching, unfinished and refernces to time and a wonderland enchantment.
'BIRDCAGES': Repetitive stitching of wire forms, puck welding and spinning. These are part of earlier research on entrapment and emotions, how I felt when I moved to Birmingham to do the MA. Certain 'found' pieces work well with this range.
'GYPSY BOHO': Doming of found tin patterns, press forming and a myriad of colours
'CONTAINERS': Suggestive of such but not necessarily function as them. A wide range of hinges; cold connected with found objects are used in this range.
Identifiable of all the pieces are binding wire and brass which work well both independently and together with black stitching cotton. Colours that work can be focused down to 4 in felt texture which gives the pieces complimentary colours and texture; deep red almost burgandy; royal blue almost navy; tan brown almost chocolate and lime green almost cow-pat coloured.
I have have discovered that working with silver wire didn’t work so well due to its colour and also working with the simple solid forms from spinning didn’t work. However these could be modified and adapted so that they would could be used as a template for the wire constructions-gold plated?
