To Do Next...

The next steps in my work should be:
- Photograph suitable ideas for things that could be recreated
- Collect samples of materials and fabrics that could be used

Susan Collis

'Made Good' (detail), 2007, reclaimed coral, white gold, diamond, silver

Untitled (Tony Amore), 2009

Appears to be a normal plastic bag, however the pattern has been drawn on in biro pen. 

White Lies 2006

A wooden step ladder which appears to be splattered over time with paint and other DIY materials you might find on an old ladder however the marks are actually opal, pearl, diamond and moonstone paint.

Baptiste Debombourg

This French artist creates visual spectacles which are based around the idea of deconstruction of man made structures almost as if some kind of natural disaster has hit and caused the damage. Walls pushed inward or outward by some unseen force and broken into pieces are actually carefully put together by the artist without any destruction occurring at all. The same goes with his large glass pieces, in which windows or bus stops are shattered and shards are spread everywhere.

http://trendland.com/baptiste-debombourgs-aerial/

Tutorial

Through the discussion we had at group tutorials this week I decided to steer away from creating a beautiful thing from nature by simulation and instead create something unpleasant, for example moss or mould growing on old buildings, leaks or broken parts. I will attempt to create simulations of these using appropriate materials.

For example, a different piece of Noemie Goudal's show a leak in the roof of an old building being simulated by fabric cascading down through the hole.

Rainbow Making - Plastic Box + Bigger Mirror

Next I got a bigger container (this acts as a prism to refract the torch light) and a bigger mirror. I started off trying the torch as it was before with a pen tip sized hole and got a rainbow which had a lot of red and yellow and not so much blue, green violet and orange. So then I took off the black card but this gave me  a rainbow even further from what i wanted. Finally I cut the black card in two and left a slit about half a centimetre wide and this gave a much more even rainbow (last photo).

Rainbow Making - Cup and Small Mirror

Inspired by the Unnatural Nature project I found, I decided to try to make my own rainbow. I visualise a final display with a big rainbow over one wall with a backdrop photo. I started off with a glass of water and a small mirror and a small but very bright LED torch. This didn't work as the torch light wasn't a slim enough beam and the glass and mirror should have been bigger. I used black card to reduce the torch light to a tiny beam and then managed to get a tiny rainbow.

Rainbow

It is possible to create rainbows using water, a mirror and a torch. What if this rainbow was in front of a night sky, something we know is impossible in nature? Although very rare, it is possible to see rainbows at night. or what if it was in front of an unpleasant landscape like a rubbish tip or war?