I was creeping through everyone's blogs there and noticed that a lot had put up their self-portraits...which I actually had forgotten about! We were given a self-portrait project a few weeks back in which we had to take a photo that represented us and how we felt we were seen by others. So here's mine:
I showed this to a few people and got the same reaction "Amm, but you're not in this?"
If you look closely, I actually am. What I wanted to show with this photo was how I felt invisible at times, that even though I'm known for being loud and a tad mental, I actually do have a serious side where I feel that I'm not good enough and therefore am not noticed by others. You see the reflection of my boots and legs, in other words only part of me. This was just my way of representing how people pretty much only get to see one side of me, my loud bubbly happy side...I rarely let people see my serious side.
The use of reflection in this photo got me thinking about how I could bring that into my main project. An artist called Claire Curneen gave me some inspiration as to where to go for this. Even though she is a ceramicist, she uses reflective pieces in her sculpture figurative pieces.
So armed with this, I began working with reflective paper and materials such as tin foil and mirrors to produce a piece of work. I wanted to give the illusion of there being many people in the crowd scenes and how you can almost put yourself right into the work.
Now I think this will be the last post for tonight, I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open....But thanks my bambino Marion for keeping me motivated all evening! You're as good god bless you :')
And also this song is working surprisingly well to keep me motivated during these all-nighters, I've had it on repeat....sur they'll surely pass me on Monday on my taste in music alone right?
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