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Further development of filming through the paper viewfinder. I have created stillness and captured a nicely balanced sky. This was filmed later in the morning and so the bird song is not as strong as in initial experiments last week.

I need to try and film a sky I am aiming for in the early morning as I feel the prominent bird song amplified within the cone makes the most effective video.

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Exploring an idea of the sky and clouds as ink moving across the page

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Sketches representing my initial response to the brief

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10 drawings of my selected object

Plant pot

Drawn in charcoal on A4 Sheets

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Reflective insights on my 10 Drawings

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Mind Map on A1 Sheet

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Film of black ink dropped into a vase of water. The video replicates the meditative feeling of slowing down and looking at the clouds passing through.

Filming glass was challenging and this piece would need further development if continued. The camera struggled to find a focus which has a negative impact on the external stillness I was aiming to create in this film.

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Jay Kvapil

The artist works with minimal forms with exciting glazes and textures on the outside of the pieces.

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Six compositions based on zooming in on my initial 10 Drawings.

Ink and acrylic paint

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I created a paper model of the original plant pot I drew in Week 1 without a base so that I could draw from the point of view of the plant pot.

On the Left, the plant pot was looking up at the ceiling of my studio. On the right, the plant pot was outside, looking up at the sky, trees and a building.

Charcoal

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Yayoi Kusama

The concept of infinity. Repetition of the circle or sphere

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Each circle represents a different object that has been traced, each in a different medium.

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Film of the sky, using a paper model of the plant pot without a base to create a viewfinder.

To develop further by devising a method to keep the viewfinder stable.

This piece links strongly to my chosen artwork James Turrell’s ‘Skyspace’.

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Using stills from 3 films made through the paper view finder, I created snapshots of the sky passing over.

Watercolour

Pastel

Oil pastel

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Still from film. Following on from the previous week’s films of the sky I wanted to experiment with the idea of multiple circles/viewpoints.

This was not as effective as the video using a cone, where a space was created and sound was amplified.

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Sketch of sky through three viewpoints.

Watercolour

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Plan for ceramic view finder to create a sturdy space through which to film.

Throwing the shape on the wheel would provide a regular, sharp edge through which to film.

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Second film where I have devised a framework for keeping the paper cone steady by resting it between two chairs and filming underneath.

The subject is not as interesting as the first film as the balance between blue sky and cloud is not as good, therefore, the same effect is not achieved

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Replication of original flower pot. Thrown on the wheel in stoneware clay and scaled up.

H16cm x W21

The piece is unfired. If it were to go through the kiln, this size would shrink.

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Reflective insights continued

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Robert Soden

Soden’s works of industrial cities are most interesting to me. The scaffolding depicted in the construction sites make me think of an exoskeleton and the inside of the building being on the outside. I am reminded of the Pompidou Centre designed by Piano & Rogers.

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Photo taken through clay viewfinder. I like the relationship between the sky and the sunlight shining through the opening and projecting onto the wall.

This image opens up an idea to me of a time lapse film or stop frame animation of images taken at different times of day, studying the light projection. This would require a sunny day to be effective.

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Link to Final Artwork

‘Flow’

53 second Video

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Draft Installation Plan

Sketched in Pen

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Final Installation Plan

Sketched in pen

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Skyspace

James Turrell

There are 80+ Skyspaces world wide. I have chosen Tremeneere Sculpture Gardens as I visited it in person.

Turrell creates a frame to control and influence our perception of the subject: the sky.

I find the relationship between the light source and the light projected onto the interior wall particularly interesting in this image.