Structure
For the next 10-12 weeks you will develop a personal response to the theme, Structure. You must document the development of your ideas in your weebly, working towards an ambitious final piece or series of pieces.
For the next 10-12 weeks you will develop a personal response to the theme, Structure. You must document the development of your ideas in your weebly, working towards an ambitious final piece or series of pieces.
Structure: Architecture
In the early 20th century it was felt that the camera was the best tool to document the industrial revolution. One way progress and industry was apparent in our environment was the rapid changes happening in cities, particularly in the western world. Photographic technologies and the camera's ability to quickly capture the construction of the modern world perfectly reflected the speed and modernism of the time.
Since this point, photography of the ever changing, built environment has challenged photographers to create a breadth of responses. Photographs range from documenting the construction and appearance of the architecture to creating images that present a greater concept such as globalisation.
Since this point, photography of the ever changing, built environment has challenged photographers to create a breadth of responses. Photographs range from documenting the construction and appearance of the architecture to creating images that present a greater concept such as globalisation.
Task - St James' Church and the Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill
These two buildings sit opposite each other in Muswell Hill and have several similarities and differences. For example, both invoke some sort of worship.
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The Everyman CinemaThe Odeon Theatre was one of the original cinemas in the Oscar Deutsch owned Odeon Theatres Ltd. chain. It opened on 9th September 1936 with the British comedy film “Educated Evans” starring Max Miller. Seating was originally provided for 1,827, with 1,217 in the stalls and 610 in the circle. Located on a corner site, the Odeon’s rather small facade is covered with white faience tiles in the central section, with two bays either side that are covered in black faience tiles. On either side are a parade of shops on the ground floor with flats above, which hide the bulk of the auditorium section of the building. Inside the building, the decorative Art Deco styling is considered a prime example of 1930’s cinema styling and even created a style to itself, thanks due in this case to architect George Coles, it became known as the ‘Odeon style’. |
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Technical Tip 1: ISOAlthough an even exposure is reliant on the correct speed and aperture setting, sometimes the scene is too dim and it means that you would need to take a photo for less than 1/60 second. This means that there is the possibility of camera shake from your hand and also the possibility of blur from the movement of your subject/scene as explained above.
You have one other possibility to improve your chances of taking a picture that is not blurred and that is by changing the ISO setting (or changing the type of film if using analogue). This must be done before changing your speed and aperture settings on a digital camera) As explained earlier, the ISO is a standardised number (i.e. 100, 400, 1600) that determines the sensitivity of the film/digital sensor (CCD). The higher the number, the more sensitive and more applicable to low light situations. The disadvantage with a high ISO is that the quality is grainy - see Fig.1. Fig.2 illustrates the 3 main variables when trying to capture the correct exposure. Like all art forms, there is a subjective element to what effects you want, but try to start by getting a sharp, well exposure image with no motion blur. |
Technical Tip 2: Shooting into lightTo photograph into light, you may need to over expose your image otherwise the camera will mis-read the amount of light coming into the lens and the subject will be under-exposed.
To do this, use the Aperture/Exposure Compensation Button. This button has 2 functions. 1) Aperture Selector: to set the aperture (on Manual mode), hold down this button and turn the dial to the preferred aperture. 2) Exposure Compensation: used to alter the standard exposure set by the camera. You can make the image under or or over exposed with this function, and it can be used in any creative shooting mode (apart from Manual). This setting does not automatically cancel when you turn your camera off, so you must manually reset it to zero when you’re done taking photos. |
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Task 1
- Set your camera on manual.
- Put your Sh/Sp on 1/60 and the aperture on f8.
- Photograph your the exterior of the church and cinema adjusting your ISO each time from lowest to highest. Make sure that you do not change the composition in each shot.
- Photograph St James' and the Everyman following the exposure exercise above. You can go inside and outside the buildings.
- This time your images should be looking for similarities and differences. Eg. in architecture, audience, decoration...
Break the Structure - Thomas Kellner
"I think I am more of an artist than a photographer. There are definitions in art about ‘construction/ deconstruction’ or ‘collage/ decollage,’ but I don’t think any of it really fits what I am doing right now. Many have said it is ‘very German,’ and that might be closer."
Kellner's’ work imitates the wandering look of the eye, showing us segments of the total which come together as one image. Therefore his photographs do not necessarily deconstruct architecture but instead reconstruct our view of it. His work offers an alternative view of famous landmarks, one that intends to question our thoughts on how we visually process them and develop a sense of place. Kellner uses the traditional process of film photography to create montages. Using just one roll of film, Kellner often takes images of the same landmarks or buildings of significance from different angles to later re-arrange them on a contact sheet and create a unique composition. |
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Task 1
Analyse the work of Thomas Kellner in terms of his intentions, context and technique. Include three pieces of his work and discuss the points he makes in the film regarding compositional traditions and how he chooses to go against these.
Analyse the work of Thomas Kellner in terms of his intentions, context and technique. Include three pieces of his work and discuss the points he makes in the film regarding compositional traditions and how he chooses to go against these.
Task 3
Respond to the work of Thomas Kellner and photograph a building/structure from different angles and viewpoints. Your montages should encourage the viewer to look at the structures in a new way making us question our thoughts on how we visually process them and develop a new sense of place.
Make sure that the you remain in the same position but move the camera around the scene. When you have taken your images create a series of contact sheets in bridge that will show your images in sequence.
Respond to the work of Thomas Kellner and photograph a building/structure from different angles and viewpoints. Your montages should encourage the viewer to look at the structures in a new way making us question our thoughts on how we visually process them and develop a new sense of place.
Make sure that the you remain in the same position but move the camera around the scene. When you have taken your images create a series of contact sheets in bridge that will show your images in sequence.
Things to remember
- For each set of images you must decide whether to take the pictures in landscape or portrait once decided you must stick to the format and don't change.
- When photographing your building carefully consider the exposure to avoid your building becoming a silhouette.
How to fake it
This clip shows you how to fake the Kellner technique using a free online app called Photopea. Try it in Photoshop- the tools and instructions are similar if not the same.
This clip shows you how to fake the Kellner technique using a free online app called Photopea. Try it in Photoshop- the tools and instructions are similar if not the same.
Homework
Over the holidays photograph four different buildings in the style of Thomas Kellner these could be found locally or further a field like the centre of London. Upload all images taken to your weebly and then use 'Bridge' to create your contact sheet images.
You must also photograph the WHOLE of the building for a task you will complete after the holiday.
Over the holidays photograph four different buildings in the style of Thomas Kellner these could be found locally or further a field like the centre of London. Upload all images taken to your weebly and then use 'Bridge' to create your contact sheet images.
You must also photograph the WHOLE of the building for a task you will complete after the holiday.
Twisted Structure- Nicholas Kennedy Sitton / David Copithorne
“These photos are a result of how intriguing the concept of distortion translates to architecture. It creates a sense of falling into itself, like capturing a moment of demolition. I can destroy titanous steel structures with the click of a mouse and create new twisted versions of reality. I was also inspired by San Francisco. I had just moved here and being a new city was disorienting and exciting and I wanted to capture how my whole world had changed.”
Brazilian photographer David Copithorne created some amazing images by mixing film, digital manipulation and geometry. The photographer states: “My motivation and dedication is to capturing the amazing scenarios that are missed by the average eye. I seek natural scenarios that you can’t find in a studio and attempt to visually adapt the vast crooks and corners of the world into my own creative output. To me, that’s where amazing photographs are born – that split second can change your life and ready or not you can change the world with a single digital image
Task.
Using the images that you have already taken follow the tutorial below to create a response to the work of Nicholas Kennedy Sitton and David Copithorne.
Using the images that you have already taken follow the tutorial below to create a response to the work of Nicholas Kennedy Sitton and David Copithorne.
Brutalist Structure
"The city’s changing architecture is a kind of memorial of humanity’s endeavours and schemes, for all buildings have been fashioned according to the ideologies of their days".
The term Brutalism was derived from the French ‘Béton brut’, or raw concrete, was a term coined for the futurist architecture being created by Le Corbusier and others like him. From this label the term Brutalism was created as a way to classify this style of architecture.The expression became associated with a movement emerging in postwar British architectural offices. The architecture itself is characterized by the large size of the buildings and the use of raw unfinished concrete. Brutalist buildings also make use of geometric forms in a way to attempt to communicate the buildings function and what the rooms behind the slabs of concrete are used for
The photography by Simon Phipps provides a unique perspective and portrays Brutalist architecture in a sensitive, realistic and distinctive manner. Phipps has spent the last 15 years photographing and documenting Brutalist and buildings in the UK, creating a survey of photographic images that demonstrate the breadth of this contentious architectural style.
Follow the link to a collection of his images
The photography by Simon Phipps provides a unique perspective and portrays Brutalist architecture in a sensitive, realistic and distinctive manner. Phipps has spent the last 15 years photographing and documenting Brutalist and buildings in the UK, creating a survey of photographic images that demonstrate the breadth of this contentious architectural style.
Follow the link to a collection of his images
Task - Capture the structure of brutalism
Visit one or more of the brutalist buildings listed below and experiment capturing the structural makeup of brutalist architecture. Respond to the work of Simon Phipps and take a series of pictures that have a strong emphasis on line,perspective,and angle.
Follow the link to find out Londons top brutalist location
Visit one or more of the brutalist buildings listed below and experiment capturing the structural makeup of brutalist architecture. Respond to the work of Simon Phipps and take a series of pictures that have a strong emphasis on line,perspective,and angle.
Follow the link to find out Londons top brutalist location
Technical Focus
Formal elements and Composistion rules
Film photography.
Formal elements and Composistion rules
Film photography.
Extension Part 1
Thomas Danthony - Brutalism
The Brutalism project is a collaboration with Black Dragon press about Brutalism architecture in London. He turns photographs that he has taken in to simplified images in Photoshop and then in turns creates screen prints of his creations.
Task 1
Using the photographs that you have taken use photoshop to simplify your images and then expose them onto a photo screen to create screen prints of your creations
http://www.thomasdanthony.com/
Thomas Danthony - Brutalism
The Brutalism project is a collaboration with Black Dragon press about Brutalism architecture in London. He turns photographs that he has taken in to simplified images in Photoshop and then in turns creates screen prints of his creations.
Task 1
Using the photographs that you have taken use photoshop to simplify your images and then expose them onto a photo screen to create screen prints of your creations
http://www.thomasdanthony.com/
Technical Focus
Photoshop filters and simplification
Photoshop filters and simplification
Noémie Goudal’s practice is an investigation into photographs and films as dialectical images, wherein close proximities of truth and fiction, real and imagined offer new perspectives into the photographic canvas. The artist questions the potential of the image as a whole and looks at variation of meaning, by reconstructing its layers and possibilities of extension, through landscapes’ installations.
In her Soulevement series, she creates images of rock formations which turn out to be photographs of sets of mirrors installed in the landscape.
In her Soulevement series, she creates images of rock formations which turn out to be photographs of sets of mirrors installed in the landscape.
The Task
Create a structured model that uses one of your previously taken images of a building. When you have chosen your picture take a series of close up images of different textures from around the school. When you have these two sets of images follow the stages that are listed below.
Create a structured model that uses one of your previously taken images of a building. When you have chosen your picture take a series of close up images of different textures from around the school. When you have these two sets of images follow the stages that are listed below.
Variation and Similarity in Landscapes and Structures.
Arena is a short film by Ireland-based artist Páraic McGloughlin which explores the similarities of international roadways, farming infrastructure, and urban design. In the minute and a half work, McGloughlin presents thousands of aerial images collected from Google Maps to create a series of winding pathways and geometric shapes that snake across the screen.
In EPOCH, the new short film by Irish director and animator Kevin McGloughlin, aerial images of the Earth are pieced together to compare the structural similarities of various suburbs, highways, and fields. When flashed one after the next, buildings and roads form circles and squares, while dozens of cul-de-sacs appear to elongate and morph as they flash on screen. The film bears many similarities in form and editing to his twin brother and collaborator Páraic McGloughlin’s short film from last April Arena, which also utilized Google Earth-sourced images to created fast-paced animated sequences.
Task
Consider different areas in the city, country, world that you have been to and consider the variations and similarities in structures that these different location have. Using google earth take screen shots of your chosen locations photographed from above. When you have a collection of images start to create a series of different giffs in the style of the McGloughlin brothers.
Consider how dense urban environments may look in comparison to vast unpopulated areas place the giffs alongside each other so they can be compared and viewed at the same time.
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Consider different areas in the city, country, world that you have been to and consider the variations and similarities in structures that these different location have. Using google earth take screen shots of your chosen locations photographed from above. When you have a collection of images start to create a series of different giffs in the style of the McGloughlin brothers.
Consider how dense urban environments may look in comparison to vast unpopulated areas place the giffs alongside each other so they can be compared and viewed at the same time.
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Structure in nature
Myoung Ho Lee
Myoung Ho Lee photographs solitary trees framed against white canvas backdrops in the middle of natural landscapes
Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing.
Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree and its structure in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard.
His works are largely composed by following four procedures:
1. Selection of The Subject
2. Separation of The Subject (meta-subject)
adjective: meta
(of a creative work) referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.
3. Photographing
4. Confirmation of The Separation
The object becomes a ‘separated object’, an ‘ambiguous subject’ and a ‘meta-subject’.
Myoung Ho Lee photographs solitary trees framed against white canvas backdrops in the middle of natural landscapes
Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing.
Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree and its structure in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard.
His works are largely composed by following four procedures:
1. Selection of The Subject
2. Separation of The Subject (meta-subject)
adjective: meta
(of a creative work) referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.
3. Photographing
4. Confirmation of The Separation
The object becomes a ‘separated object’, an ‘ambiguous subject’ and a ‘meta-subject’.
Task 1
Using Ho Lee work as inspiration take a white piece of card out into the natural environment and look for interesting structures in nature that you can photograph against the white background. Experiment with having the white page fill the frame and also showing the context around which the photograph is taken.
Upload the images taken making contact sheets alongside your chosen edits. Create an artist section that demonstrates an understanding of Ho Lee and his visual practise.
Using Ho Lee work as inspiration take a white piece of card out into the natural environment and look for interesting structures in nature that you can photograph against the white background. Experiment with having the white page fill the frame and also showing the context around which the photograph is taken.
Upload the images taken making contact sheets alongside your chosen edits. Create an artist section that demonstrates an understanding of Ho Lee and his visual practise.
Technical Focus - Aperture and Depth of Field.
The aperture setting (f-stop) that you use will have an impact on the amount of focal range in focus in front and behind your subject. This is known as the Depth of Field (DOF)
As you photograph the plants take three pictures using the following aperture setting:
f2
f8
f22
If your camera does not reach these apertures, use the lowest and highest range.Underneath each of the photographs write what appeture was used to create the picture and what effect this has on the focus of the picture.
The aperture setting (f-stop) that you use will have an impact on the amount of focal range in focus in front and behind your subject. This is known as the Depth of Field (DOF)
As you photograph the plants take three pictures using the following aperture setting:
f2
f8
f22
If your camera does not reach these apertures, use the lowest and highest range.Underneath each of the photographs write what appeture was used to create the picture and what effect this has on the focus of the picture.
Task 2
Outline the context, intentions and technique used by Myoung Ho Lee.
Use these sentence as a way to focus your research:
ANALYSIS
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media / anonymity)
ANALYSIS
What do you think the photographer’s intentions are? There may be more than one. ‘PEC’ each intention.
P (Photographer’s name) creates (what type of images? Fantastical, surreal, objective)
E He / she does this by… (describe something in the image)
C He/she wanted us to consider ….
What wider issues is the photographer addressing?
P (Photographer’s name) is considering (is the photographer talking about a bigger issue in photography, society, politics?)
E This is shown by … (describe something in the image)
C The (Photographer’s name) was interested in this issue because (they felt it was relevant to us now…)
How do the materials and techniques used support your photographer’s intentions?
P (Photographer’s name) has used (the darkroom / multiple exposure / film / digital manipulation techniques) in creating this work.
E This creates a ______ effect. (describe something in the image)
C This helps to support (Photographer’s name) point about (showing an identity / hiding a person’s identity / the media / anonymity)
Sanna kannisto - Field works
The core practice of the natural sciences is to collect in order to inspect more closely. Collecting implies taming and containment, traits shared to some extent by photography. Breaking away from the conventions of scientific documentation, which typically presents specimens in isolation and devoid of context, Kannisto’s work addresses the acts of staging and image-making. Her photographs, with their biologically correct titles, show not only the breathtaking beauty of nature, but also the tools used to achieve the would-be image at center—the velvety black drapes at each side, the difficult “neutral” lighting rig, the seamless white background.
The core practice of the natural sciences is to collect in order to inspect more closely. Collecting implies taming and containment, traits shared to some extent by photography. Breaking away from the conventions of scientific documentation, which typically presents specimens in isolation and devoid of context, Kannisto’s work addresses the acts of staging and image-making. Her photographs, with their biologically correct titles, show not only the breathtaking beauty of nature, but also the tools used to achieve the would-be image at center—the velvety black drapes at each side, the difficult “neutral” lighting rig, the seamless white background.
Task 1
Using the backdrops and the scientific apparatus provided use your chosen flowers to create an artistic representation of their natural struckture show the natural beauty of the plant and also the context behind the image creation.
Using the backdrops and the scientific apparatus provided use your chosen flowers to create an artistic representation of their natural struckture show the natural beauty of the plant and also the context behind the image creation.
Extension task Photograms and the dark rooms
Pictures without negatives
'A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The result is a negative shadow image varying in tone, depending on the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey.'
Roxanne Worthington reveals yet another delicate side of flowers by pressing them in glass and projecting them directly onto photographic paper.
The series called Breath is about looking. Many of the images in this series are photograms. A photogram is made without a camera, without a negative. To make these images the flower is placed directly under the enlarger light. The image is then captured on photographic paper. These photograms are a very special way for me to "look". They ask one to see the flower in a particularly intimate way.
Pictures without negatives
'A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a photo-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The result is a negative shadow image varying in tone, depending on the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey.'
Roxanne Worthington reveals yet another delicate side of flowers by pressing them in glass and projecting them directly onto photographic paper.
The series called Breath is about looking. Many of the images in this series are photograms. A photogram is made without a camera, without a negative. To make these images the flower is placed directly under the enlarger light. The image is then captured on photographic paper. These photograms are a very special way for me to "look". They ask one to see the flower in a particularly intimate way.
Susan Davidoff inspired by her close connection to nature, and by what she calls “the spirit of investigation and observation of the natural world,” Susan Davidoff makes prints, mixed-media drawings and paintings, photographs, and installations full of the patterns, colors, and forms of plants and landscapes. Her work begins with a walk, most often through the West Texas desert, where she lives. Along the way, she picks up bits of moss and lichen, handfuls of dirt, and other natural materials, which she brings back to her studio and rubs into the paper serving as the ground for her compositions, connecting nature itself to her interpretations of it.
Task 1
Using the flowers and the items of nature that you photographed in the studio create a series of interesting photograms. Use the work of Worthington and Davidoff for reference and inspiration.
1)Put the flowers between two sheets of glass and create at least 5 experimental 5’x 4’ prints involving the different flower's
2) Present the above experiments on your weebly.
Using the flowers and the items of nature that you photographed in the studio create a series of interesting photograms. Use the work of Worthington and Davidoff for reference and inspiration.
1)Put the flowers between two sheets of glass and create at least 5 experimental 5’x 4’ prints involving the different flower's
2) Present the above experiments on your weebly.
Diane Bielik - I am the door
This work is a collection of photographs of blossom shot over a few years. Some images are made quickly, on location using cheap basic cameras. Others are carefully constructed in a studio using blossom cut from trees in bloom, left to wither then painted and suspended in an artificial blue sky.
This work is a collection of photographs of blossom shot over a few years. Some images are made quickly, on location using cheap basic cameras. Others are carefully constructed in a studio using blossom cut from trees in bloom, left to wither then painted and suspended in an artificial blue sky.
Using branches and plants collected from the first nature task use the techniques that are shown in I am the door and create a series of unique visual representations of nature. Experiment both with digital cameras and colour film to show different experimentation and developments.
Structure of the Body 1 - Photoshop workshop
The body is made up of multiple layers and has an amazingly complex structure many artists have investigated the different parts and layers that make up this unique structure
Danny Quirk is an artist who specializes in photo realistic watercolors and painting what the camera can’t capture (above). Danny explains his work by saying,
“My work is perceivably on the darker side, but the actually is, it’s about exploration. His anatomical works combine classic poses, in dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, with a very contemporary twist… illustrating what’s underneath the skin, and the portrayed figure dissects a region of their body to show the structures that lay beneath.” Using liquid latex, acrylic paint, and Sharpies, Quirk also creates realistic drawings directly on the human body to reveal the human anatomy inside (right). Quirk‘s mission is to bring medical textbooks to life. |
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Task
Set up the skeleton and bones in the studio and photograph them on a white background. Take a series of portraits of your classmates and then using photoshop and other experimental techniques merge the portraits with the skeletons and bones.
Set up the skeleton and bones in the studio and photograph them on a white background. Take a series of portraits of your classmates and then using photoshop and other experimental techniques merge the portraits with the skeletons and bones.
Watch this step by step guide to editing your image.
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Gunther von Hagens
The BODY WORLDS exhibition contains real human specimens, including a series of fascinating whole-body plastinates as well as individual organs, organ configurations, blood vessels and transparent body slices. The plastinates take the visitor on an exciting journey under the skin. It provides wide-ranging insight into the anatomy and physiology of the human body. In addition to organ functions, common diseases are described in an easily understood manner by comparing healthy and affected organs.
Whilst the creators, Dr Gunther von Hagens and Dr Angelina Whalley say their intentions are preventive healthcare and educating the public there is something unsettling about the figures arranged in poses including swimming, martial arts and playing cards.
Can you create a Photoshopped image that is more dynamic, where the fiure is an action pose?
Whilst the creators, Dr Gunther von Hagens and Dr Angelina Whalley say their intentions are preventive healthcare and educating the public there is something unsettling about the figures arranged in poses including swimming, martial arts and playing cards.
Can you create a Photoshopped image that is more dynamic, where the fiure is an action pose?
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Other Photoshop tips and tutorials
Structure of the Body 2 - Drawing & Stitching the underlying structure
Task 1: Peter Hickley Response
In his complex series Peter Hickley creates a series of hand printed cyanotypes on watercolour paper and then hand stitched thread that represent the different muscle structures of the body.
Before you begin, practice these three embroidery stitches on a scrap piece of fabric using the thicker, embroidery thread. (You will need to tie a knot in the end of your thread before you begin
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Creating the embroidery
TOP TIP: After you have drawn your lines prick holes along them as a guide for your stitches. |
Task 2: Juana Gómez Response
Artist Juana Gómez turns her gaze inward in order to understand the larger systems that compose the outside world. She embroiders the bones, muscles, veins, and synapsis that lie below her skin onto self-portraits, tracing her biological structures as a way to translate the similar patterns found in nature and modern civilization. Gómez first photographs sections of her body—face, torso, hands, legs, feet—which she then prints onto loose linen or another similar fabric. Next, she embroiders onto her duplicated skin, stitching brightly colored thread over her tattooed body (an element which adds another layer of texture to her personal works). In addition to these embroidered self-portraits, Gómez has also created an in situ thread-based work titled Cultivo. You can see both methods of her practice on her website. |
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Creating the embroidery
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Other artists who combine Photography and embroidery: |
What's next...?
1. Pinterest
Create an account on Pinterest (https://uk.pinterest.com). This is a brilliant way to search for inspiration. You simply search for different, related themes, photographers or techniques and 'pin' them.
Zoom out, screen shot your collection of images and present on your weebly as an image and embed as a link (you will have to make the 'board' public to do this).
Create an account on Pinterest (https://uk.pinterest.com). This is a brilliant way to search for inspiration. You simply search for different, related themes, photographers or techniques and 'pin' them.
Zoom out, screen shot your collection of images and present on your weebly as an image and embed as a link (you will have to make the 'board' public to do this).
2. Gallery Visit
You must also visit an exhibition. You may already be having thoughts about the personal way you plan to interpret the theme. Try to find a relevant exhibition. If you don't have a clue where to begin in terms of responding to the exam title then try to visit a breadth of photography. Use these links to help you find an appropriate show or inspiration
You must also visit an exhibition. You may already be having thoughts about the personal way you plan to interpret the theme. Try to find a relevant exhibition. If you don't have a clue where to begin in terms of responding to the exam title then try to visit a breadth of photography. Use these links to help you find an appropriate show or inspiration
Document your gallery visit on your weebly. Discuss the context, techniques and intentions of the photographers. Include images that support your comments and discuss the curatorship, sense of audience or exhibition reviews as appropriate.
3. Three Strands
Once you have completed the tasks set by your teacher you need to consider three starting points for your own response to the theme. Each idea must be supported by a rationale, link to an artist and your own images. Having said this, you can choose to build on any of the processes and themes visited during the set tasks above.
Structure from gholden1979
Liz Orton
In this project entitled Deltiologies, artist Liz Orton both celebrates and challenges that traditional definition of landscape with a new understanding of an otherwise typical expectation.To create each piece, Orton scans early twentieth-century photochroms and categorizes them based on subject matter, things like lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and villages. She slices the images into fragments and then fits them together like a puzzle to develop these new lands that are a compilation of the past and the present. |
Jurgen Schrepfer
Drawn to bold structures, shapes and lines, self-taught photographer Jürgen Schrepfer (b. 1962) explores cityscapes with a camera, uncovering moments of artistic beauty in the modern metropolis. Schrepfer uses abstract angles to create absorbing images that transform the identity of the locations. His vivid frames offer a unique perspective of contemporary buildings. Playing with colour, shadows and geometric form to reconstruct the concrete jungle, |
ANNA DI PROSPERO looks at the human figure in and against physical structures. In her series Urban self-portrait series angles of contemporary cities reach an intriguing equilibrium with expressive bodily contortions. |