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Opening and talking about my grief is hard and I have found it difficult to write and put my feelings into words as I like to hide behind perhaps cryptic pieces of work that I won't have to explain. Having the repeated word fragile in bold and bright red across my work it makes a clear statement which is a step outside my comfort zone.

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I experimented with different forms of text in my work such as type font from my type writer and cutting out letters on card to reveal the images below. However, simply receiving a parcel in the post one day which was covered in 'fragile' tape seemingly solved my problem for how to finally incorporate image with text.

The colour red had been a key component in my research of On Kawara's work and it was a tone I really want to somehow keep in my piece. The fragile font had this colour I wanted. I love love the combination of black, white, grey and red. I find that it creates a very punchy impact to the viewer as I prefer to work with black and white imagery.

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Packaging Tape FRAGILE LABELLING Adhesive Packing Tapes 75m x 48mm - 45 Transpar

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I've listened to The 1975 since their first album are regularly played in the background during my day. Working on this project often lent itself to listening to particularly melancholy music to feel inspired and push myself to opening up to feeling sad which I've found is a great way to purge yourself of any built up emotions you try and push away like my friend's passing. Often I find when you are sad you pay attention to the lyrics and when you are happy you listen to the music. This song was no exception and the title especially held a strong connection to this project, considering the text I have chosen to use.

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The 1975 - Frail State Of Mind (Official Video)

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Excerpt from my notebook. (Click to enlarge.)

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The red clearly stands out and this is a colour I want to incorporate into my piece somehow...

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My Friends Know How to Throw a Killer Birthday Party

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When I listened to this song during my research it instantly fit with my vision of a melancholy party.

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Accompany my work with something else like Kawara??

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Eyes, eyes, eyes.

I want my eyes to look right at the viewer. Unnerving.

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Untitled Tell Us Something We Dont Know by BarbaraKruger

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"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to..."

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Melanie Martinez - Pity Party (Official Music Video)

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I am interested in Krueger's use of black, white, and importantly red. It is eye catching. Bold colours. Create a poster??

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On Kawara's date paintings explained _ art _ Agenda

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tEVIL, Fontanelle 89 ( collage _ mixed _ media _ red _ hand _ eye ) _ via Tumblr

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Beautiful colours but still has that melancholic tone which I have been searching for.

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After Life is an absolutely fantastic piece of television which deals with grief head on, bones bared and explores the trauma of death in a way I had not seen before in television. Gervais tackles his depression and cynicism through his use of humour. This coping mechanism is how I have tended to deal with my own grief through my life so I created a strong bond to Gervais' character even if I found it hard to watch at times as it can't all be laughter. Using this project I wanted to create my own piece of art like After Life to express my own way of expressing my loss of a friend.

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I can print my images onto where the letters will sit. This would make the imagery more visible and not constricted to just the space inside the text.

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Happy Birthday Banner Happy First Birthday Banner Baby First - Etsy

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I could fold my imager into shapes of the letters?? A different way to print

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The human eye has been significant in artwork forever. "Eyes are the windows to the soul." You can recognise people by their eyes.

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Excerpt from my notebook. (Click to enlarge.)

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A token to always remember that one day...

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Excerpt from my notebook. (Click to enlarge.)