With the pieces I had made I just kept building the up layers, sometimes it work and at other times I would move the pieces around.
As I put these pieces up on the dryer I wanted to expand what I was doing and create another shape, so I started to transfer the pieces to the washing line, it seemed to fit into what I wanted to achieve within the set timed period.
Furthermore I have expanded the images by working on them using Photoshop furthermore I have made a short film. I do not know whether or not this will open to be watched however I just wanted to extend this Task 2.
I have added all the images that I have taken, there are mixed up and each image piece has allowed to Form, to Frame and then to Fracture.
What I have decided to to do is to transfer all the imagery onto Powerpoint which will make viewing easier due to the amount.
Conclusion
For this Task 2 I looked at the imagery of wings especially dragonfly wings because they are quite distinctive in nature and in the beginning I was interested with the monochromatic image as I was just sketching using an ordinary ink pen. However as I researched the imagery of the dragonfly I noticed the references of colour, which has a gentle essence that I was interested in using.
The imagery of the dragonfly appealed to me because the wings are a form as part of the animal itself, Furthermore when looking at the wings detached from the body of the dragonfly the wings are also a frame because the wing is a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, continuing this train of thought the fractured image of the wings have the characteristic appearance of a broken surface.
Once I had decided to use the dragonfly wings I reduced the plural of the wings down to wing. I continued to reduce the image further and to look deeper as if looking at the wing or rather parts of the wing under a microscope in sections. By using the image of the dragonfly wing I had considered the words, Frame, Form and Fracture on a literal level, and then I took into account the definitions of Form, Frame and Fracture as nouns and verbs.
The one definition of a Fracture that I was interested in as a noun is the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral. By drawing images as a section of a dragonfly wing as if viewed through a microscope, my materials where very basic tools of a pen and plain A4 paper to create some sketches. When looking at these pieces there are references to stain glass windows devoid of colour.
I decided to use paper as the basis of the task, because I have looked at the work of Hal Locke (b. 1959) especially the piece ‘Cardboard This piece is an installation which was a large architectural construction created from large flat pieces of card, which were then cut, painted, and then moulded and glued together that become the sculpture.
I extended the imagery by adding colour as a wash. Furthermore I have cut out sections of the pieces that I have made, attempting to create a window through the pieces at one point within this task I was considering the idea of expending the idea of a book taken from Task 1. By creating a window I had an idea of creating a book that was continuous each page had an image that was reflected from the page before.
Whilst I continued to look at facets of the dragonfly wing I also have been researching the work of Franko B in conjunction with my studies within the MA in regards with another part of the course and researching and extending the idea of looking at blood cells under the microscope and stained.
On his website which is at http://www.franko-b.com there is a text that Franko B has written a text called ‘Untouchable’ in which he has just written words that are obviously very personal to him.
When reading this text I recognised that this is an area that I wanted to investigate in what and why I am interested in the imagery of the dragonfly wing or rather sections of the wing. Therefore I decided to not think about these issues but rather just write.
In writing this text I found that I did include aspects of the countryside and touched on area of my life in East Sussex where I was born and grew up I lived there until I was 32 years old, and the later times were very unhappy for me and yet the text I wrote was a positive one. This for me is a very important aspect within this Task, possibly the most positive aspect within this Task because since moving to Worcester I have moved on and now lead a better, more contented life since making the decision to move to Worcester. What is interesting is that when I was writing this text that I did not dwell on the unhappiest moments of my life, therefore in creating this text I found this a cathartic experience.
Furthermore I continued the research of this task by looking at the word One of the definitions of a Fracture as a noun is the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral. This verb I believed related to the extended idea of writing text regarding the subject matter of the dragonfly wings.
I spent time with the pieces I had created by generally looking at them, I strategically laid out the pieces to fit together and then deliberately spent time displacing the pieces. Whilst considering how I could develop these images I knew that I wanted to use these pieces was to construct, therefore I made the decision to use a dryer as a starting point I looked at the definitions of Form and the one of interest is to ‘Place in order; arrange, organise.’
With the pieces I had made I just kept building the up layers by adding them to the dryer, sometimes it work and at other times I would move the pieces around. As the piece developed I decided to transfer the pieces from the dryer to the washing line, in doing this I was able to extend the imagery by creating a new piece of imagery by recycling the pieces that I had made all this was achieved within the set timed period.
This task has allowed a continual extension of ideas therefore once I had finished arranging all the pieces on the washing line it was a completed process, however I felt that I could extend the idea of completion by burning the individual pieces of imagery, therefore as each piece came off the washing line I put the paper into the fire.
Throughout this task I have attempted to expand this task and the imagery as well as extending what the next stage could be created within the limited set time period. Therefore I have spent time removing the background imagery of the pieces using Photoshop furthermore I created a short film using Microsoft film maker as well putting the original photographs and the manipulated imagery onto a Powerpoint Presentation in doing this I am documenting the visual format the motto of this task ‘Frame, Frame, Fracture’ as well as the expansion of ideas and development that is reflected through this task.
This task has enabled me to recognise the developmental stages that I exercise when I am developing my own work; the format I usually use is to form, fracture and frame.
However within this Task I deviated by developing this task by the route of Fracture, frame and form this has enabled me to recognise that when I am embarking on a new project or idea that it I can open to a rearrangement of the words of Form, Frame and Fracture, and the definitions which allow growth and experimental within my practice.
