DIY art

Drawing project

Year 2 Semester 2

A drawing project based on instructions. This is a work that looks at authenticity with a relationship to Walter Benjamin and his work, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

I went outdoors and with a digital camera and GPS to record co-ordinates. The result was an instructional booklet and on line blog recording detail of graffiti imagery for people to reproduce.

A sonic landscape

Year 2, 1st semester drawing project.

The brief was to choose a piece of music and a text then create visual imagery from this. My music was a haunting piece called l'usine desaffectee from the movie soundtrack to Diva. The text was 'too young to be a hippy, too old to be a punk'.

As I was in the jewellery studio at the time I felt a jewellery piece would be appropriate. The text informed the material - hemp twine and safety pins. I felt the final piece worked well as a photograph, capturing the mood of music.

Object/text

Another first year drawing project, this time with an object and text of our choice. This was the garden trowel and the lyrics from the Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed. Collage and the photocopier was used to begin our research. My work evolved into looking at Chinese scrolls, Chinese production and tea.

The final work comprised large scale tea bags containing children's clothing made in China. Along with this was a looped sound piece of pouring tea.

Square metre project

This project started with a photograph of a sqm site. I chose the side mirror of my car as I was working on my sculpture project with mirrors at the time. Also the fuel crisis was still on my mind.

The final work comprised a large mirror that was distressed at the back, leaving some reflection exposed. On this, I drew in red felt pen, modern day cars and in green chalk for olden day cars. This was displayed in front of an old traffic light, cycling through red, amber and green on a microwave oven turntable motor. When the light shone green, the olden day cars disappeared and the red cars appeared black. Amber, revealed both images, while the red light exposed the olden day cars.

Group project drawing

This group project involved creating a work based on a word choice by each person.

Sounds - birdcall

Viewpoint - looking out of a basket

Smell - drains, coffee

Reflection - mirror

Rats became the focus of the project. Rat cutouts were made and attached to wire extending from a sturdy wire cage. A single light source shone from behind the cage onto a wall casting various sized shadows of rats onto the wall. In the distance a lonely bird sang.