Assemblage

I have started playing around with Assemblage, which I have found a new passion for. I have really enjoyed finding bits of objects and creating a piece of art. 

Above was an old frame of mine which I wanted slightly off-set the back and wind it together with string to bring it together. I think the end result is very effective. I am pleased.

Sticking matchsticks and nails into a cup changed he whole principle behind it being a cup, now its a cup that can not be drank out of.

I wanted to be a lose with this piece and not think too much about it. I nailed the plastic cut up bottles down and squirted paint randomly, then dripped hot wax in different parts. A Random piece, but I love it.

Project- Identity

I have started a new project based on Identity and I have gone wild researching and thinking up ideas. My starting point was with Ai WeiWeis` work on boxes and then I moved on to basing my idea on The Return to Oz film with the princess and the many heads she could change to finally settling on the idea of Multiple Personality Disorder. I came to this idea after researching Kim Noble, who has 20 personalities, 14 of them are artists. I want to represent how one persons identity can be split into several identities that all individual within the same person.....being fascinated by this I had to do a piece on it :o)
So here is my sketch book so far....

This is the first page of my sketch book a mind map of Identity. 

Personal drawings that represent my own personality

Fine liner observational drawing of my face within a broken hand held mirror. I love the distorted effect the mirror gave on my face.

I decided to play about with my own face by taking photos of myself in different positions and then mixing them up into a collage piece to see what effect I could produce. ( inspired by David Hockney) 

Mixed media with acrylic paints, photocopies of my face and black marker.

Playing with photography to see how water distorts the image of a face

Mirrored Box, part of my development process to decide how I wanted to display my final piece