Inspiration of the Week - Sally Mankus

Sally Mankus is an American artist who works in many different mediums, what I'm going to look at how she deals with mark making from found objects.

I am interested in this artist's work because I am also wanting to explore the marks we leave behind and I also wanted to look into using found objects in my work.

This artist's work is really interesting to me as I think that she has combined these two ideas, found objects and mark making, really well.

I like the idea of combining the ideas of putting my own marks on the marks those that have left before me and I think there is a good chance that this'll illustrate my point quite well.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from the artist's site:

http://www.sallymankus.com/index.html
http://www.sallymankus.com/mixed-media.html

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.


Until next time
byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Róisín -x

Inspiration of the Week - Alice Fox

Alice Fox is an artist who works in organic objects found within the landscape.

The project that I am most interested here is her project titled "Gifts from the Pavement" in which she looks at marks that are found in the streets.

In my next project I am looking at the marks we leave behind and I was looking for inspiration in recording marks and think that this is a very expressive way to do so. I also think that this is a very good research and investigation  method.

I like how the artist refers to these marks as "gifts" as these marks are more than just insignificant marks, but these marks tell a story and provide a back story to how those marks came to be.

Her sketchbook also lead to another series called "Pavement Pieces"

I might use this a small research method, but I'm planning on making my own mark so I will need to look at previous marks as a source of inspiration. This project has actually made me think of a playing card that I found when walking home so I think I might further develop on this idea.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from these sites in which her work is featured:
http://www.alicefox.co.uk/
http://www.alicefox.co.uk/?page_id=1324
https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/13483#page-slide_2

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.

Until next time
byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Róisín -x

Bead making

So the plan of action is on track and I am done with PDP for the hand in. (Except emails suck so I will need to wait until Thursday to see if my stuff is okay -_- le sigh)

For my protest brief I am continuing with the crane making

 

I am still looking at having them represent the effects of war, and I still need to some research into some of these. I was thinking of looking at the effects of things like gas, and then damaging these parts of the crane. (eg lungs)

For my integrated project I started making some paper beads using a guide I found online. Some of these tests turned out okay, and gave a similar effect that I was looking for. 

ye olde beadmaking kit

The only problem  with these is getting clear images and text into these, and they also do not appear smooth.

I did try out some tube beads, I think these might be a bit better since it gives me a chance to put images and writing on them and they will appear clearer.

 

Anywho, that's it for just now,

byeeeeee,

Róisín -x