Wysing Exhibition

My idea developed from my self-portrait "incomplete self." I am surrounded by patterns I created based on the unseen beauty of the microscopic world, to represent my obsession/inspiration. It forms objects like my easel. My surroundings are being drawn into my easel and vise-versa. I recorded how many hours I painted, using cut out photos I created a 3d time based peice. There are 17 layers each representing 2 hours of work, the size of the shapes correlates to the area of the canvas I was working on. This unpredictability excited me as I didn't plan the outcome, it evolved as a response to my work.

The Wysing Self Portrait

The beauty of imperfection II

The sculpture is made of a core of black marble which is made more beautiful by the white vein imperfections in it. I first carved a crack twisting across the front of the cylinder. Black marble was challenging because it is a very hard stone. The steel ball bearings were harder to source than I had expected as I wanted different sizes, some I got out of old mechanisms I found at the skip but I had to buy some. I then filled the crack with stainless steel ball bearings and fixed them in place with araldite.

I am really happy with the outcome of this sculpture. I particularly like the way it feels. If I was to do this again I would make it larger and consider having the base wider or secured in some way so it would be more stable when exhibited as I may have to make a Perspex stand for it.

As a development of an imperfection can reveal something beautiful, I wanted to make a sculpture to represent that concept using the metallic and dark contrast.

I chose to work with black marble and steel ball bearings. I love the way the black marble absorbs light and the metal reflects it.

The beauty of imperfection I

Evaluation of FMP

My aim was to explore the concept

“The Beauty of Imperfection”

I did lots of work to think about what this meant to me. Time and experiments allowed me to reflect how I could convey my thoughts to an audience and allow them to be prompted to consider their own opinions.I feel my FMP has been very successful; I have explored everything I wanted to and more. I really enjoyed the freedom and the process of choosing my own concept and developing ideas independently. I am very happy with my installation. I love the way my ideas about incorporating light to help reveal something that is normally dark has worked. A crack usually absorbs light and I made that reverse with a crack that emits light. Imperfection is generally regarded as a defect or a flaw, I considered that perfection can also be a shortcoming so a crack in perfection could be perceived as something wonderful. I enjoyed pushing materials to their absolute limit, even though it was stressful at times. The process has taught me a lot. I have worked to make my installation as professional as possible within the limitations I had. If I could change things I would have liked my audience to experience some of my work on a sensory level. My sculptures should be touched.

I really feel that my FMP is a true accumulation of all the skills I have learned doing my National Diploma at Cambridge Regional College. From the literal skills like welding, to the conceptual skills, like allowing my thoughts to develop and not settle for weaker concepts.