Homage to books Photographs.

I have been recently been scouting around my house and the charity shops for some old books I could use or incorporate in my work. I have been successful in finding beautiful hardback vintage books but I didn't want to rip them apart and recreate them. They were so beautiful I  just wanted to photograph them, copy them and explore through them.

When looking through my attic I found old books which has been passed through generations, there were some Welsh Bibles signed by my ancestors which I found interesting because me and my mum had never noticed these before.

 

Homage To Books

Our recent project is homage to books. In this project I will be limited to 3 colours, 3 A1 sheets, 3 drawing materials, 3 photographs, 3 materials and 3 outcomes. I have started to research artists that use books in their work. I used ThisIsColossal.com I typed in books and so many professional outcomes came up. Below are a few I found really interesting and eye catching.

                                                                 Meg Hitchcock
I really fell in love with Meg Hitchcock's work. I liked the use of taking already written words, cutting them up, adjusting the shapes to create a beautiful pattern with text. I have taken a page from an old book and I have rewritten the passage by cutting up the text and creating a poem from that certain page.

The Satanic Verses: “Repentance” from the Koran (detail); letters cut from “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie, 21 x 19 in, 2012

                                       Throne: The Book of Revelation; letters cut from the Koran, 44.5 x 30 in, 2012

Throne: The Book of Revelation (detail); letters cut from the Koran, 44.5 x 30 in, 2012

This next artist is Alexander Korzer-Robinson. He uses a book as a starting point and removes all the text leaving the images. The images combined create an image as a whole. I want to try this! The results look lovely!

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My Abstract Digital Photography

In photography we have been working on our abstract project. I found abstract in photography very interesting, it was quite hard to produce a photo based around abstraction because most photographs are shot with a purpose. I found out different techniques to help create a more natural abstract image through the use of a camera.

I found out that the best outcomes were taking photos of spider webs which created a layer of geometric lines of light.

I really love this image above. It is of the water surface in a garden water container. I felt the flash helped create a 3D effect.

I then started to photograph different water scenarios, the images above are of my bubble bath. I really like the combined circles to form a random floating shape.

And finally I found this creepy spider web with created a mist in the corner of my garden shed. I felt this created an eerie atmosphere.

University thoughts

Lately we have be speaking a lot about what we want to do next. There are a range of university courses which I find interesting. Although in these courses you can only specialize in one area eg.fine art,ceramics, illustration and so on. Me being me I find it very difficult to decide so I'm looking to find a course which has the range all in one. I would love to stay at home because of money issues and it will generally be more easier. So I will be going to open days in Cardiff University and asking some tutors about the courses available on the next level up. Stay tuned! :D