Anne Bachelier

I found this French artist and Illustrator whilst doing some research for another project. I had never heard of her before but her work is well known especially in France. The piece above is just one of the many beautiful examples I found. Her subject matter is often transformation and metamorphosis which is illustrated in a slightly surrealist style. The use of colour and light, particularly in the background, shows the mood of the piece to great effect. I also love the way the hair is painted- it looks almost soft to touch.

I will definitely be looking into her work more! Some really beautiful images 🙂

3D Design

 

This was a really interesting project that we were given last week. The brief was to “Design and prototype an object that utilises the space within a suitcase and performs a function inside or outside the case”. I thought this was really up my street as I had done 3D Design at A Level! Unfortunately I was ill for half the week so there wasn’t as much opportunity for design development, though I definitely worked as hard as I could on Thursday and Friday to get my idea completed!

Essentially it is a suitcase that folds out into a table, but there is still storage space in the centre.

In this photo you can see the legs folded down into the suitcase. The strap holds them in place when the case is being carried.

Here you can see the legs unfolded with the table top taken out of the case. The top actually folds out again to twice that size and it fits over the top of the case. The storage inside can be accessed quite easily just by folding the table top in half 🙂

The most difficult thing about this project was the amount of calculation that went into making each piece. Every bit had to be accurate or it wouldn’t have fitted together and it definitely would not have held together when being carried!

Another slight problem is now I don’t have a clue where to keep it!

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Fashion and Textiles

Collage for my fashion project, with figures on acetate in the foreground.

This is an image of a collage I made for my fashion and textiles project last week. We were told to imagine what the  world could be like thousands of years in the future, this was my interpretation! Its a mixture of photographs and cut out tracing paper. The figures were drawn onto acetate and then painted with different textures and patterns that were inspired by natural textures. The main theme was camouflage as you can see!

This is an image of my piece in progress! The brief was to create a body adornment that would be useful in the future world we had created. After researching into camouflaging techniques used by animals as well as the military, I came across the idea of distorting the silhouette of a person so they aren’t so easily detected by predators.

Essentially it is a series of straps that different shapes can be attached to. It may not be the most practical body adornment but it definitely changes the changes the shape of your silhouette! The final piece is modeled below.

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Sara Fanelli

A book spread from “Pinocchio” 2003

Whilst researching some illustrators and graphic designers for my visual communications project I came across Sara Fanelli. She is quite a well known illustrator and I have fallen in love with her work!

The piece above is a book spread from “Pinocchio” which she was commissioned to do in 2003. The longer you look at this piece the more detail you see. The background shows a 19th century pastoral scene that looks as if it is from some sort of engraving. Its a good example of how Fanelli uses a lot of collage in her work. I think it is very effective as it adds more tone and depth, whereas her characters are quite flat in contrast to the background. I love the way the characters are portrayed- the fox seems almost sly in the way he is positioned and the shape of his face, he seems to be leading the cat along.

Compared to other work by Fanelli, the colours are quite muted. Often she uses a lot of bright colours to show the mood and atmosphere of what she is illustrating. I hope you like her work as much as I do, definitely worth a look in!

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A Few Experiments!

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Frieze Art Fair 2012

Just got back from the art fair this afternoon! First time I’ve been and I would definitely recommend that everyone goes at least once in their lives. (I say “once” as its not exactly cheap at £27 a ticket so unless your a very well off art student then I doubt it will become a regular experience….).

Anyway, I have never seen such a variety of artwork and on a huge scale as well! There were some absolutely lovely pieces and hopefully I will be able to put some images up tomorrow 🙂 Right now I’m absolutely shattered but I still say that it was totally worth it.

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This photograph is of the roof of the cafe at Frieze. Not an actual artwork but beautiful all the same!

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This was done as a very quick ink sketch using a long twig to get the messier lines and then an ink wash over the top. The subject matter was a little china doll which I thought was quite creepy, turns out its even creepier in the drawing!

Fine Art Project

This piece was the culmination of our week learning about Fine Art. Made with pasta, glue and a LOT of patience. I was quite pleased with the outcome!

The original brief was “construct” which in the dictionary means “to build or make something systematically”.

I found inspiration from the installation artist Tara Donovan who makes beautiful pieces out of day to day objects such as paper plates or straws. What’s great about her work is how she doesn’t plan or design but just lets the materials take shape as the installation is made. Often the final pieces look like they could have formed naturally, almost like they grew there. This is the sort of effect that I hoped to achieve here, I looked at how the pasta would fit together and somehow it grew on the wall!

Hello world!

Hello Readers!

This blog will be a place where I will share my work and the work of others that inspire me. Hopefully you will enjoy reading it as much I do writing it  🙂

It would be great to hear other peoples views on my work and findings or even any recommendations on how I could improve!

This is just the start but I will have pictures posted up soon

Ciao for now!

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a piece of work I did for GCSE in 2009, I’m hoping my work has progressed since then!