Lenses, mirrors and sewing machines

Have been brave and taken my work a bit further now...

I have started to experiment with different materials, mesh, wire, and fabric! Combining these with my printed images is starting to really add more depth to my work!

I especially like how the images look when printed on acetate,they are almost clear but with still a faint image trying to be seen! I have combined this with the methods from my last piece and by cutting these up you can barely see the original image!

Like a pretty ornament they hang on a string a bit like life!? Hung from a unused glasses lens I like the way that an instrument normally used to help you see now has no effect at all other than display!

Holes, Me and more holes.....

So today I have been experimenting with pixalating my image in order to distort it for the viewer. I like the process involved in creating this image, the control that I had in deciding how much of the original image I wanted the viewer to see. I wanted the piece and the process to be one that expresses self exploration, looking at yourself is never easy.. neither is putting this image of yourself out there for other people to see. In doing this piece I had to both look very closely at myself and also make the decisions necessary regarding what I let the viewer see. Like me the piece also has many layers, layers which are fragile but together create an overall picture. the use of paper is important as it is raw, delicate and natural. Although the piece is small it took a long time to create, which is nice as for me it makes the piece more personal as so much time, effort and thought has gone into it. I would like to do this again but maybe experiment with the size.

Photography project número deux!!!

Can you believe it, after all my initial fears I have now opted for photography in my first full 8 week module! After getting a first in my previous module, my confidence in lens based media has grown... I have also discovered that I thoroughly enjoy it!

For this project I want to do something personal in this project and strip my work back right to the beginning.... ME!!!!

Turning the camera back on myself I started to take photos of myself, this was quite hard for me as I have never liked photos of myself anyway, let alone taking them of myself with no makeup on for an audience!

I knew this was going to be difficult, but this again one of the reasons I wanted to do it, I have suffered with depression and anxiety for the last few years so wanted to try and vent and deal with some of the issues this has caused me.

Doing my degree alone was the first step, at 28 I was out of practice and my confidence to the floor.

Bringing my work back to me, I could start again from the beginning and grow as both a person and a artist......