I haven't had much time this week to work on the second piece in the Visitor series (the bugs with drawn on heads that ended the last post). In the meantime, I decided to put up some pics of a piece more typical of my style. I finished this recently as well ... just about the time the idea for series hit me.
Pieces like this one require a shadowbox frame because I build out -- sometimes with found objects or sometimes just with the paper itself. This one is called "Clock." It has some bits and pieces that my cousin found in an old tool box and she thought I might have a use for them. I have no idea what the cork circle with wires would have been used for. The other object I imagine to have been part of a latch or lock of some kind. Overall, this piece is small -- only about 8 x 10 inches. Truth be told, I am not really satisfied with the composition of this one. I find, however, that disappointing pieces can usually teach me something if I keep them around long enough. I'm not quite sure what I don't like about the design of this one yet ...
I think the imagery/symbolism in this piece might be a little heavy handed, too. Here's what I was going for ... I like to play with the idea of the constructs of human design that we put on things that are beyond our control/understanding ... like the passing of time or the not passing of it, as the case may be. I am trying, perhaps, to remind myself that time as linear is an entirely human idea and has no real basis aside from the fact that it is the only way we can understand it.
Pieces like this one require a shadowbox frame because I build out -- sometimes with found objects or sometimes just with the paper itself. This one is called "Clock." It has some bits and pieces that my cousin found in an old tool box and she thought I might have a use for them. I have no idea what the cork circle with wires would have been used for. The other object I imagine to have been part of a latch or lock of some kind. Overall, this piece is small -- only about 8 x 10 inches. Truth be told, I am not really satisfied with the composition of this one. I find, however, that disappointing pieces can usually teach me something if I keep them around long enough. I'm not quite sure what I don't like about the design of this one yet ...
I think the imagery/symbolism in this piece might be a little heavy handed, too. Here's what I was going for ... I like to play with the idea of the constructs of human design that we put on things that are beyond our control/understanding ... like the passing of time or the not passing of it, as the case may be. I am trying, perhaps, to remind myself that time as linear is an entirely human idea and has no real basis aside from the fact that it is the only way we can understand it.
posted by outlier1975 at 4:27 PM
2 Comments:
Noelle, I like that you put up photos of a piece that you aren't happy with and talk about why you aren't happy with the composition. I think, too often, people don't use their "mistakes" (for lack of a better term) to perfect their craft. Your self-analysis is enlightening to me as a fellow artist (words, visuals--it's all part of making something that wasn't there before).
And my two cents: there's a lot in the second piece that I like. I like the composition, but again, I'm not a visual artist.
N,
I like the clock piece. I can see that you are experimenting. The best art is always experimental...I am also intrigued by your comments on time.
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