James Turrell

Artist James Turrell's work consists of experimenting with light and projections, his work on projection in particular connects a lot with my ceramic research, within this particular piece on the left Turrell has managed to create a pyramid shape by manipulating the light onto a square placed within the corner of a room. I like the idea of creating a form or shape which is not actually there almost like creating an illusion using light and projection.

Michael Craig-Martin



'Glass of Water'.

Whilst looking through work within Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery i came across Michael Craig Martin's piece titled 'Glass of Water' which i felt connected really well to both my ceramics and textiles themes as abstractly it reassembled a map while also looking similar to a black and white photograph i had taken for my ceramic visual research on casting shadows.

I decided to researched the the conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin as i was curious to see his previous and present work, whilst researching i came across some really interesting pieces. The painting displayed on the left really caught my eye simply because of its vibrant colours, i also felt the imagery used was quite 70's inspired and related well to my textiles work, the blocked colours used work really well together and i plan to use similar groupings of colours within my textile prints to make them as bright and eye catching as possible. The image displayed on the right shows multiple line drawn images layered on top of each other i find this particular piece quite inspiring in reference to my textile mapping imagery, i would like to use this idea of layering line images related to my work to help create map like lines allowing me to almost create an image map.

 

The piece displayed on the right is another vibrant painting by Michael Craig-Martin, when looking closely at this painting it almost looks like small square prints placed together to create one large piece, i like the idea of creating smaller prints in the same colours and placing them together within my own textiles map work as it could make the end results interesting.


The sculpture displayed on the left was again created by artist Michael Craig-Martin, the hammer shaped piece is like a drawn sculpture, i like how a flat line drawing has been made 3D almost like bringing the flat form of drawing to life, i felt that this piece connected really well to my current ceramic research as it is almost like an illusion.



 

Sophia Webster

I recently came across the work of up and coming shoe designer Sophia Webster and loved everything about the first showcase of her collection titled 'Welcome to the Doll House', each model was placed within a box-like display almost like living barbie dolls, each box and barbie had a selection of shoes displayed on shelves and each box came with its own theme from 'Leopard Scribbles' to 'Rio Fun Time'. I love how Sophia has managed to make her collection with a fun and girly theme, i also like how each doll on display has a collection based on its own theme making each one diverse. I feel the use of bright vibrant colours and loud prints really brings this collection to life, i would like to use Sophia's prints and chosen colour pallets as inspiration for my own textiles prints as my chosen theme of 'maps' usually project bland colours however i plan to make my map themed prints pop with colour taking them away from the original boring map.

 

Maiko Takeda

Japanese designer maiko takeda work displayed on the left really interests me as it deals with all the elements i am looking at within my own project  1) Jewellery pieces 2) Projecting Shadows 3) the human body and 4) photography, her collection titled 'cinematography' consists of metal accessories covered in hand-drilled holes in various sizes which cast photograph-like shadows onto the skin. I like how within each piece the shadow is almost a secret until worn creating the concept behind the jewellery, i would like to look at the idea of secretly projecting shadows within my ceramic pieces almost making them performance pieces as well as jewellery.

Individual

Palm lines.

I have recently started taking black and white photographs as part of my visual research within ceramics, my chosen subject for my photographs has been the human figure, each of my photos have been intentionally taken as close ups in order to make the body parts unrecognisable. Within my collection of photographs i had taken a close up look at the palm of the hand, when looking at the close up image of the lines on the palm i began to think about how they resembled the lines on a road map which connected nicely with my textiles research so far, i like the idea of how each persons palm lines are one of a kind individual prints, this idea will help me later on when creating prints based on mapping.

Sharks

Shark on British Coast Line.

Over the past few months reports of shark attacks or encounters within British waters close to the beach have been increasing, i find these stories to be my guilty pleasure as i am fascinated by sharks in general, i have started to look more in detail at the shape and form of these intriguing predators as part of my visual research and feel they could be Incorporated into my designs in some way.

One of the most obvious signs of a shark is its large fin which is usually seen sticking upright above the waters surface creating a spine tingling atmosphere, this trademark almost half crescent shape could be played around with and duplicated to create a sharp striking ceramic piece, i also feel that the shape could be incorporated into a print or even projected onto the body using shadows etc as i have previously been looking at.

Another part of the sharks form i found interesting was its gills on either side of its body which they use to breath, i liked the flowing thin shape of the sharks gills and feel that i could incorparate these indented forms into my designs and sketches particuallarly within ceramics.

Illusion

When first viewing this image above i immediately seen four black figures, however after further inspection i came to realise that the images displays five ceramic pieces which have been carefully placed together. The five ceramic vase like pieces are quite nice in general but the idea of creating these shadow like figures between the pieces was something i felt was key to making these pieces intriguing.