I came to the conclusion within my last experiment that to further develop on this idea, I should try suspending the work from a frame. This idea was inspired by Roger Hirons Untitled 2014 piece. I began this piece by cutting and crushing both Coke Cola, Red Bull and Pepsi cans for there use of the colours red and blue.
I then pierced the cans using a hammer and nail. The thickness of the metal couldn't be pierced using a sowing needle, however this method worked well. After the hole was created metal wire was pushed through. So that it could then be rapped around the top part of the frame to hold the cans in the air. After completing this piece, suspending it first before creating the combine, made producing the piece twice as hard. The cans were only held up from the top, so continuously moved when applying new materials and media to it. In addition, I had to find a method of holding the frame upwards. I've learnt from this experiment to create the piece before suspending it.
Within this piece, I wanted to focus on creating texture and experimenting with the majority of materials and mediums I had already worked with.
This piece was meant to represent everyday objects, such as plastic bottle and cans from a different perspective through them being combined and altered.
After the previous piece, I wanted to find out the outcome of solely working onto objects. I started by fixing together Red Bull cans using metal wire and PVA. I decided to use the metal wire to my advantage by not only using it for the purpose of fixing together materials, but also creating line within the piece.
Over the top of the can I applied a stretchy plastic material that was applied with PVA. Whilst the PVA was still wet, I begun to apply blue ink to emphasis the colour, more than it already was with just the Red Bull cans.
During the process of making this piece, I was inspired by Roger Hirons piece known as Untitled 2014 for its combination of objects that were suspended from the ceiling. I remember from the trip to the IKON having a fascination towards the texture the foam left after drying up. I wanted to create a unique texture on this piece, through the use of the plastic, PVA and ink.
How I might improve this piece, I could have applied red ink to make a clearer link towards the 3D effect. Red could have also been applied with transparent film which I experimented with in my previous piece. Furthermore, I should have worked on this piece, whilst it was suspended from fishing wire or metal wire from a frame or the ceiling.
A lack of photography is present within this piece. So I might improve this piece by forming the 3D illusion I have been experimenting with in my sketchbook. I could bend photographs and acetate around the cans.
After looking back at my last experiment, I found the transparent coloured film and the combination of the plastic created a unique composition around the bottle. So, I decided to develop on it, by creating a experiment that focused more the on that combination. The bottle, within the previous piece didn't fit in with this composition was that why I decided not to use it.
I found this piece, had similarities to Robert Rauschenberg's combine pieces because of the bizarre and chaotic nature of the composition.
I decided within this piece to not only burn the transparent coloured film, but also the photographs. It reminded myself of the scenes I typically seen within films where the film for the projector would set alight. The combination of the photographs and the transparent film created the feeling of when I went the cinema to watch a 3D film, and found myself being unable to watch it. This was due to my vision. The burning reminded me of my frustration and never being able to enjoy this experience.
I decided that to bring more of the red and blue into the composition, I could use red and blue transparent film, a medium similar to acetate.
I continued to focus my work in the centre of the canvas, with the intention of maybe expanding it. I began with producing the combination of unusual materials separate from the canvas, inside part of a coke cola plastic bottle. I filled the interior with photography, in hope that it would be visible from the exterior through the plastic. From the outcome this wasn't achieved. However, might have if I hadn't worked around the exterior of the bottle. I then applied more parts of plastic bottle cut outs as well as a can parts.
I fixed this composition to the canvas using metal wire again, because its so far been reliable and easy to work with. Afterwards, I applied the transparent coloured film around the outside because it was transparent leaving visible everything inside of it. However, after applying heat with the heat gun, the material started to burn quickly. Consequently, this led to the once transparent material to become dark and no longer transparent.
Furthermore, the colours were lost.
I tried improving the piece, by applying red and blue ink around the collection in a expressive abstract way. The disappoint from the transparent film, led to aggressive application of ink.
The transparent coloured film is the same material that is used within 3D glasses at cinemas, so that's the reason why I made the choice of using it within an experiment.
Within this experiment I decided to change the base from a canvas to a square of Polystyrene. I first decided to apply ink to the surface of the Polystyrene to alter the typical white colour and to find out the outcome. The ink seemed to emphasise the bumpy texture of the individual balls that had been compressed together to form this square shape.
The Polystyrene is a flexible and easy to cut material, so I tried to fix the can into the material by pushing them into it. However, the looseness of the material meant that after awhile it began to fall apart. I tried fixing it using PVA, but it didn't seem to help. I decided in the end to continue fixing the cans and other mediums to the base using the metal wire, which seemed to work effectively in the previous experiments.
I applied a plastic sheet over the top again in the hope that it would shrink holding the piece together, like the vacuum forming process. However, the heat from the heat gun made the situation worse, by Polystyrene having a low melting point than the plastic sheet and cans, it quickly melted into nothing within seconds. Through this unsuccessful experiment I will not be using Polystyrene again as a base material.
I decided that after my last piece, the composition could be further developed, through the addition of a new medium.
I began this piece, with the same method, I fixed photography, cardboard to the canvas. I felt the previous piece was too spaced out, so I decided to focus it in the centre. From the outcome, this development was successful.
I used a Red Bull can again. However, this time I applied more photography to the piece, as the photos have been a focus throughout this investigation. I used edited photographs that had been emphasised in a certain colour using photoshop, such as the yellow photography of branches of a tree. Roger Hirons work, had a concept of opposites, such as dead and living. I was inspired to use a similar method within my own work, the man-made and the natural. The man-made being the Red Bull can and plastic bottle and the natural being photos of vegetation.
This piece was a development from the previous experiment because I decided to use plastic to make the piece seem like a whole, instead of separate pieces. The plastic was applied over the top of the whole piece and then using a heat gun melted down. I found from this experiment that a lot of plastic should be used because the heat makes the material shrink down to nothing very quickly.
To improve this piece, I could further apply a new medium of ink, to emphasise the red and blue that doesn't seem used a lot on the mediums, such as the can printed packaging.
I decided that this type of work should be produced on a canvas, instead of in the sketchbook because of its 3D nature that could intentionally be lost through the weight of other pages pushing down on it. In addition, I didn't know that materials I was going to choose, so it could possibly make closing the sketchbook impossible.
I decided to first, begin applying strips of cardboard, photographs and magazine cut-outs to cover the blank white surface. I was inspired to produce a similar composition Robert Rauschenberg creates in his "combines", such as in the Monogram.
After producing the base layer, I began to cut a red bull can up. This was because, since my research into 3D, I have tried to use blue and red, the typical colours used in 3D glasses and images. Within this piece, I found myself being unable to apply red, due to the Red bull having a successful composition on its own. With the addition of a Coke Cola can (red) I was worried that the piece would become overdone.
I found crushing the can before cutting it aided a lot when trying to pierce the metal with a sewing needle. This was so that metal wire could be pushed through to hold the can in place on the canvas. I decided that PVA wouldn't suit the already metal nature of the composition. I felt I was inspired to use unusual metal mediums the artist, Roger Hirons uses within his installations.
I intended on the Red bull can, challenging its typical appearance we would find on the shelves, to support my concept. Through crushing the can and altering its layout, I am showing a different perspective of looking at the can, hence the everyday world. This composition of the can supports my way of being able to see the 3D world, by the creases and the increased amount of shadows now present.
I later decided that a large area in the corner of the canvas was very blank, I tried adding more photography,. However, this made ruined the focus in the area of the Red Bull can. So, from being inspired by Lucio Fontana, I decided to work on the canvas. I ripped into it using a sharp end of a can, creating the jagged effect.
I decided to experiment with applying acetate that had printed photography on to it. I decided to use acetate for its transparent properties that could intentionally open up new possibilities. I believed that this transparent photography would allow me to apply more layers without completely erasing the existence of the photograph underneath.
Within this experiment I choose to print textured images of stones onto the acetate. I found that the close up image was successful, because it elaborated on the piece, by giving more details about the building. If the image has been of another structure then it might have took too much focus away from the building hiding underneath the acetate.
I might improve this piece by applying the triangular cuts outs over the acetate, to break the large sheet up as well as give more depth to the piece.
I later applied the cut outs over the top. After coming back to this piece, I've found the acetate is too dominant for the structure to be visible. I could have improved this by bending the acetate so that from a different view the image underneath would be fully visible to the viewer. In addition this would provide a 3D element.
Bending Photography.
I began with taking a photograph that had been cut out using a craft knife and bending it into place. At one end I used a sowing needle to
pierced through both the photograph and paper, so that metal wire could be pushed through. The metal was strong and flexible, so ideal for this type of work. However, after completing it I could have begun experimenting with using thread instead of metal wire. The small photograph shows that the metal wire once through was rapped around each other to become fixed to the layers.
Deciding to use monochrome photography has made evident that creates dramatic emphasis on the image and its movement. Hence, successful for this style of work. I will further develop on this by experimenting with coloured images to find out if the same effect is produced.
After one layer was achieved, I continued to work on it, applying more photography. I also decided from my previous experiment to use acetate.
This piece reminds me of my vision because I see every detail as a flat image, however, though movement such as this bend and shadows underneath the bend, I'm able to pick up the 3D nature.
Bending Experiment 2
Within this experiment, I cut a building up into triangular parts, instead of having it as one whole piece, like in the previous piece. I found the triangular shape was actually ideal for bending. However, after producing this piece I have come to the conclusion that I preferred the buildings when it was a whole, as it supported the illusion of a flat picture seeming to be 3D through movement of bends.
I found the surreal nature of this piece, was successful at challenging the way of viewing the world, yet, it doesn't support the way I view the world as strongly as it could be.
Bending Experiment 3
I developed the idea, by experimenting with coloured photography within this piece. I found the combination of monochrome and coloured worked well, however, I have currently been working with developing unusual materials use inspired by Roger Hiorns and Robert. R, so I could apply colour using the materials, such as crisp packets.
From looking through my experiments, I decided to combine the inspired styles of Nicholas Kennedy Sitton and Lucas Simoes. I took the idea of fragmented images that possessed the 3D effect and the circular rotating photography and combined them into one piece to find out the outcome. I continued to use triangular shapes, because I found that the shape suited most situations, this being experiment being a good example. The flat side of the telephone box and triangular cut out when creating this piece seemed like an ideal fit.
The cut outs work with this piece, because they seem apart of the image, like they are floating into the air. This surreal appearance challenges the way of looking at an object, such as a telephone box that we majority of the time do not acknowledge.
This piece might be improved through the use of abandoned objects such as a cut up cans. I could cut out the cans into triangular shapes so that it fits into the others, and then flatten them out using weight. I would have to decide which side of the can would be most suitable for this piece, the shiny metal or the printed side.
To further develop on this idea, I could have used cardboard to raise certain areas, so that a 3D element is used. A slight increase in height within areas, would make the piece more interesting, judging on previous experiments this has been successful.
Within this piece, I decided to use the cardboard to create 3 different layers. I found this layering method successful because the abrupt contrasts in height made the images more interesting. In previous experiments the height difference had took focus away from the photography, however, within this example the height seemed to compliment the medium.
When the piece was viewed from above, like this image, the layers weren't visible. However, from looking at the piece from a different perspective new layers emerged creating a new piece.
My vision only allows me to view the world in a flattened, compressed way, like from above. However, over the years I've been able to uncover hints of these layers through basically natural learnt methods.
I decided to produce another experiment, with the development of allowing the photos to flow off one layer onto another. Throughout this investigation process, I hadn't considered using paper's natural flexible properties.
I decided to further this idea, by applying ink to the piece, however, I found this unsuccessful. The ink didn't seem to suit the situation, yet this could have been the colour selected.
Within this piece, I further applied a white strip to bring in negative space. However, this didn't work, so I'm going to continue with applying negative space through cut away in the style of Lucio Fontana.
From my interest in the separate layers, I took the single perspective 3D experiment in the previous post and further developed it by a 3D piece that allowed the viewer more than one perspective. The sphere shape allowed 360 degrees view.
This piece was intentionally only a temporary experiment as I intended on flattening it and using the pieces for further experiments. The experiment could have been held together using metal wire, as PVA wouldn't be ideal for this 3D quality of the work.
The piece could have been improved with the photograph being present on both sides, instead of just one, this would benefit the different perspectives I intended on.
The sphere shape reminds me of the globe. However, this globe is formed through many circular flat layers of structures, hence representing my way of viewing the world. A flat way.
I might further develop this piece by having it suspended, from fishing wire to create a wind charm similarity.
I later used the pieces to create another experiment, that involved less of a 3D nature.
I felt like I was being too structured with my work, so I decided to experiment in a more free manner that involved playing around with the building's structure. This piece might be improved by additional photos being applied because the plain white seems too dull. However, I find the shapes formed have been emphasised by this abrupt contrast.
I further developed on the idea by creating a 2D piece. I felt that this allowed the images to merge together more effectively. Furthermore, the focus moved away from the layering to the actual photography. I took the idea of being more free with the composition into this piece, I decided to challenge the ordinary by presenting the images upside down. This simple change, made a huge different because its un-typical for an individual to view the world from this perspective.
I then pierced the cans using a hammer and nail. The thickness of the metal couldn't be pierced using a sowing needle, however this method worked well. After the hole was created metal wire was pushed through. So that it could then be rapped around the top part of the frame to hold the cans in the air. After completing this piece, suspending it first before creating the combine, made producing the piece twice as hard. The cans were only held up from the top, so continuously moved when applying new materials and media to it. In addition, I had to find a method of holding the frame upwards. I've learnt from this experiment to create the piece before suspending it. 
Within this piece, I wanted to focus on creating texture and experimenting with the majority of materials and mediums I had already worked with. 
