Eva Hild

While researching some artists who specialized in applied arts I came across Eva Hild and her ceramic work. The lines she creates within her work are similar to those that I wanted to use for my own container for 'gentleness'.

http://evahild.com/

Containing an Idea- Applied Arts

I was given the word 'gentleness' to work with and to create a form to carry or contain the feeling. I wanted to make an object which had flowing, smooth lines and no sharp edges. The colour was also important as I felt that the original colour and shine of the tin-coated steel was too harsh and bright. To give a feeling of 'gentleness' I used a blow torch to heat the metal and make blue and purple marks. The colours are quite calm and relaxing. The techniques I used to produce my forms included; bending, cutting, folding, pressing, spot-welding, dipping in acid and heating up the metal as well as using a hammer to put gentle dints in the metal. I thought it was important that the container wasn't something like a box that the word was trapped in as gentleness is something that isn't harmful so can flow around.

Being Photographed, Week Three

Photos taken and edited by Charlotte Hall.

I think I've commented before about feeling awkward when having my photograph taken. So at first, this task didn't exactly fill me with excitement, I'd probably even go as far as to say that I was dreading it.We'd been told that holding a conversation and interacting with someone else would "make you forget you were being photographed." It didn't. The huge camera pointing straight at you and the massive flash made forgetting impossible! 

I have to say though that I do quite like the end result and, although the photographs are certainly not the most flattering I've ever seen I do think that they reflect my personality, maybe.

Charlotte, Week Three

After looking at Corrine Day's sequence of nine of photographs of Kate Moss we had the chance to have a go at creating a similar piece ourselves! Using Charlotte as my model I took a series of photos of her while she was having a conversation. This meant that i could capture her many different facial expressions and hand movements without her being overly conscious that she was being photographed. I chose to use the photos that I think show the widest variety of her expressions. For me, this has been one of the best exercises so far and I absolutely love the end product! 

The Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield

I was pleasantly surprised by the exterior of the gallery as I'd heard quite a few mixed reviews. Personally, I think that it's a beautiful building and especially liked how it was set on the waterfront.
 My favorite pieces were the Hepworth ones as I liked how they changed their appearance as you walked around them and looked at them from different angles.

http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

I'd visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park as a twelve year old but I didn't really enjoy it, it had rained so heavily all day and we'd been dragged around for hours. This time, it was entirely different story- the weather was beautiful, we were interested in what they were showing in the park and I was with people who were actually interested in art rather than it being the typical school trip! I wish we'd have been able to spend longer as we didn't get to see as much as we'd have liked. These are a few photos of my favorite pieces, by artists such as Henry Moore, Sophie Ryder and Juame Plensa.

 Examples of the sketches I did while on location.

2D Visual

The aim of the 2D visual project was to broaden the way we thought about and approached drawing. We used a wide range of materials such as ink, graphite, marker pen, pencil, collage and paint.

 A model of a jelly shoe made out of drawings done with a stick and ink.

A drawing and collage of the model jelly shoe. Using black and brown ink and a stick to do the first drawing, then using collage, masking take and white emulsion to take areas out and redraw them.

Using natural forms and man made objects as part of a suspended still life.

 I started off using white cartridge paper and brown ink to map out where the main objects were going to be, then put in the darker ink over to top to redraw the areas which weren't quite right the first time. The brown paper was added to form the negative space around the objects. It took quite a few attempts to get the skull in proportion so I had to keep taking out areas using collage and emulsion paint. By the end of the session I felt that I had produced a successful piece of work. I especially like how the brown paper pushes the shape of the skull forward and makes it look like it's infront of the other objects.