Objects for Inspiration

One of the methods I have gained inspiration today was through objects and items. We were given a selection of items, that we had to find links to our and others starting points. 

Collection 1.  The first collection was some toy soldiers, a rusty spray paint can and some medication boxes. From this collection, I found myself not interested in the actual objects, but the shadows produced by the items. The hard lighting created through, the single light source was inspirational, because it changed the mood, of the environment into a dramatic experience and highlighted the texture of the items. 

My starting point is challenging the ordinary with the aim of using unusual mediums, from this experience me and the group found indirect meanings of the items and the collection as a whole. The collection indirectly made myself feel that it was capturing the world war. 



The spray can, yet rusty reminded me most of the artist Banksy, for his political opinions through stencils. This led me down the route of vandalism and crime, however, from the evidence in my work, it's clear that I soon changed this to a more personal approach which is stereoblindness. Another artist I could have looked into for graffiti is Jose Parla. 

Collection 2.
I found that this collection of LEGO linked most to the"stratification" starting point because it can be comprehended as resembling the diverse population, such as different race, size, age and fits. 

I also found that the LEGO could be used in an unusual composition to create less figurative pieces because LEGO is known for being this anyway. So wouldn't challenge the ordinary. 

An artist this collection reminds me of is Douglas Coupland, for his 345 lego built houses. 






Collection 3.


From this collection, consisting of mirrors, a lava lamp and a lightmat,  I was most interested in the different perspectives created via the reflections of the mirrors. I experimented with creating the endless reflection, by placing two mirrors in front of each other.