What is Déjà Vu? Déjà vu is the feeling that the situation currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past. Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity.  

The aims and objectives of this final project isto bring knowledge to people in an interactive manner. Show differentperspectives of thinking through rough sketches, drawings, painting etc ... I anticipate to produce interviews, visual thoughts/rough thinking, trips to museums, research on artist whose work is based on psychology and emotions and finally I will also be physically experimenting (with individuals). 

My preparatory work has had multiple input and modifications to it. I received lot of help when doing my final piece and also obtained couple of ideas which made me alternate my work numerous times. Initially I was going for a more simple & edgy piece. My first idea only had layers of glass on it which I was going to superpose on top of a mirror where a drawing of my face (facing the piece) would rest, making it look like a fragmented collage. After I made the model and experimented with the chosen materials, I realised that it looked too messy and the scale of the piece as a whole was too small and my wish was to make something that would stand out. The artists I have looked at for my final outcome were abstraction and mirror artist. I’ve googled  couple of exhibitions and else to found inspiration. When I drew a response and had a tutorial with teachers they gave me the idea to use the work I’ve had done as a guide toward my final piece. The artist is unknown but using my naked eye I assume they have only used glass.  I started my 3D mixed media piece on the 08/05/2018 and finished it on the 09/05/2018. The theme of my piece is ‘daily basis abstraction’ My creation represents a chandelier and the materials I have used were paper, foam board, cardboard, hard card, bubble wrapper, glass, foil, scalpel, scissors, glue gun and I have also included LED lights inside my piece. The idea to used boxes came from my teacher, I was quite against it at the start as a wanted the chandelier to have a triangle structure overall. The shape ended up working out as it was more stable and wider. 

Although the step were very simple, it took time as I wanted neatness and accuracy all whilst being distorted. The first thing I had done on the boxes (4) was to paint them in black using Ink and acrylic paint. The drying was very fast so I quickly jumped into the cutting out of the triangular shape pieces. 

The process in the making of the triangles and ‘spikes’ was very long, tiring and dangerous when working with glass, hence why I had to take precautions as I went along (see final piece problem solving). The choice of colour was my preference as a cold colour theme chandelier would’ve suited my sketchbook and my theme better as déjà-vu is all about flashback, past and memory loss which to me evokes darkness. The reason why the piece as a whole looks like it is exploding is what I picture my brain doing during a episode of deja-vu where confusion is at its highest. Every single material/medium used and its shape links to something I have worked on in my sketchbook. Starting from the easiest section of the final piece which is the bottom boxes. The newspapers and magazines relates to time travelling as books and other literal documents mostly discuss what has already occurred. Theybapproximately took 20 minutes to do, the pages were ripped quickly and stuck onto the side as if they were falling with glue gun. 

The use of glass was for reflection and hypnotising as you get dragged/ sucked into it due to its shape. To shatter the glass I used a claw hammer and placed a cloth on top of it for prevention of incidents. Surprisingly the glue was strong enough to hold the pieces of glass onto the box. When picking up the left over pieces I cut my finger but fortunately it was nothing ‘life-threatening’. My peers had also given me an idea to include my face within my piece and put images of myself  in action doing the work which I captured using an iPhone 8 Plus. The photography side has brought more to the word ‘mixed-media’. The pictures could be seen as primary research and manipulation of elements. My piece will be in the dark hence why I have added LED lights that I’ve stuck inside. The cut outs will reflect shadows on the nearby wall which directly links to the artist research I have worked on throughout this unit. For a better effect I decided to lay a shattered mirror right underneath my piece which will reflect the inside of the newspaper boxes creating a light sense of throwback/flashback as the bottom boxes already related to time traveling. The reason behind my choice regarding the position of my work at the exhibition is simply for originality. The background story about the location of the making is very messy, as there is a great distance between my house and college, I was obligated to get a taxi which has cost a lot of money. Although I will not be complaining much as I have enjoyed making this piece as abstraction is something I can relate to and also something which can never be accurate. I personally still think I could’ve shaped the structure of the piece differently even thought the square shaped form  worked out. Based on a peer assessment done between me and friend on ‘FaceTime’, I could’ve apparently added paint and photoshop within the piece. Responding to her advice I think that it would’ve made it look too heavy/packed and would’ve took the whole attention away, which wasn’t the intention. The message I wanted to convey through my work was the complicated look of simplicity, meaning how effortless/straightforward could a final piece for a final major project look when additional preferential objects get put on. 

To conclude this evaluation, I am very pleased with the look of my work whether it’s visual or literal context. I have tried to include everything I’ve learned and used throughout the year in my work of art. More details will be found on the other section of this padlet.