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Space and Materiality : Line & Structure Project Part 1

Space and Materiality : Line & Structure Project Part 1

In our first class for this project we started of by getting a plain piece of paper and crumpling up to create a unique form to draw.

My crumpled piece of paper

After I did that I drew the crumpled paper in my sketch book using only a black inc pen to make sure the Dominant lines would stand out by drawing them thicker and making the subdominant lines thiner. I drew 4 different drawings all at different angles to help express negative and positive space formed by the crumpled paper. It is clear when looking at all 4 drawings that the last one is defiantly my strongest observational drawing out of all of them, as I really manage to capture the form of the crumpled paper.

Crumpled Paper Sketch Book Drawing 1

Crumpled paper observational drawings in Sketch book 2 & 3

Crumpled paper observational drawing in sketchbook 4

Using my crumpled piece of paper and my observational drawing I then created a model of the crumpled paper using 24 gage wire and straws. At first I found it a bit of a struggle as I had never used wire in this way before. As you can see in the images below of my model, I have plenty of break points to which I should have worked in a different way so that there would be less of them. I also didn’t get the technique right when it came to making sure that all the links between the wires were not on show, but I also think that was due to using such large straws as I think it would have been easier with smaller thinner ones, maybe even paper ones.

Model of crumpled paper

 

I am an English multidisciplinary artist raised in London and refined in New York. I am constantly inspired by urban life and youth culture. The curious, enigmatic and often provocative elements of both urban life and youth culture help to fuel my work. In a sense the two are ever changing, innovating and growing, something I can relate to with my creative practise. I often pursue my projects down a political route and equality based themes, raising eyebrows and having people question themselves where I can. To Quote Banksy “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable”. Perhaps due to my English upbringing where sarcasm and self depreciation is a first language and my straight to the point nature has enabled me to dig deep into problems of our culture. Much of my work is in the form of social commentary. Including issues of racism, sexism, mental health and feminism. “Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move” - Ossie Davis Being an Integrated design major has allowed me to explore many pathways as well as hone in on my strengths as an artists. The mediums in which I steadily shift between and frequently combine are fashion design, photography, styling, graphic design, documentary film and art. I like to go back to the routes of my practices wether it be working by hand or using analogue cameras in stead of digital as it installs me with a sense of fulfilment and an appreciation for the past. Though this may be my mantra I do not allow it to limit me. For example digital experimentation, most notably my mixed media work. In my process I am much of a documentarian as I like to see things through from beginning to the end, allowing myself to be at either ends of a garment or accessory’s timeline . In my photography and styling practices and I a keen collaborator and relish in any opportunity to work with a fellow artist or designer. Having Grown up in two of the fashion capitals of the world my senses have been heightened to sustainability and ethical practise with in the fashion and arts world. The pressures of being a Gen Z artist and designer having to fix the mistakes of those before us, creates non stop challenges. But what is art, if you're not challenged by it?

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