My most productive week! I knew if I wanted to build on the idea of light I needed a fixed area which I can create strong light and strong shadows, that means creating a closed off space from the classroom lights.
This gave me a space to work with, generaly a goal to fill it out. With this I shifted to the idea of nostalgia or childhood (which works with Light), its a very memorable thing to build a fort, when you walk in it feels cozy, and nostalgic.
Learnt alot of Book binding techniques, really liked the reflective surface of the ribbon/plastic, and the process behind it. tying into the theme of light I was inspired by it. In the end I came up with the Idea which would further my layering process.
Started with layering colours and reflective surfaces I wanted to use something that is easily thrown away as one of my main peices. Tying in the idea of nostalgia I used the lollies ” Space Man” a purely nostalgic Candy due to it being basicly discontinued or hard to find. Every kid in New Zealand remembers ‘smoking’ a ‘cigarette’ and I wanted that memory to show again.
Further experimenting with negative space I took the Cat in the Hat book for the Nostalgia and took out the lettering and figure to only reveal the empty background. Using the reflective book binding material, I scratched off the layer of colour to reveal a clear plastic.
Two of the main and most obvious artists I could reference to is Spaceman Candy (couldnt find the original artist) and Dr. Seuss. these nostalgic peices are definitely going to be in the final work, most likeluy being my main peice.
