This body of work is a development of the Untitled Spirograph drawings. Untitled, 2015 (above) was created especially for Fringe Arts Bath, and Becoming and Becoming II make up my Final Major Project for my BA (Hons) Fine Art.
All three works were created using a peg board which I designed and made for this work. I draw with the wire on the peg board, creating geometrical patterns, some simple and some more complex, imitating the Spirograph mechanism. When the drawings are removed from the peg board they spring out of shape. I repeat this process, piling up the drawings which hook together and evolve into these cloud-like three dimensional forms. This body of work is very much centred on drawing, and on drawing becoming sculpture. Although sculptural installations, I consider them to be piles of drawings.
The modes of display aim to confront the viewer in an intense way – in Becoming, the mass is displayed at average head height and in an imposing environment, with the clean white walls emphasising the density and presence of the black wire; the wall piece for Bath surrounds the viewer, making the space rather claustrophobic and uncomfortable. I want the viewer to feel overwhelmed by the chaos, and for the chaos (the wire drawings) to be bigger and more powerful (in the space) than them.
See the About page for my current Artist Statement.
All three works were created using a peg board which I designed and made for this work. I draw with the wire on the peg board, creating geometrical patterns, some simple and some more complex, imitating the Spirograph mechanism. When the drawings are removed from the peg board they spring out of shape. I repeat this process, piling up the drawings which hook together and evolve into these cloud-like three dimensional forms. This body of work is very much centred on drawing, and on drawing becoming sculpture. Although sculptural installations, I consider them to be piles of drawings.
The modes of display aim to confront the viewer in an intense way – in Becoming, the mass is displayed at average head height and in an imposing environment, with the clean white walls emphasising the density and presence of the black wire; the wall piece for Bath surrounds the viewer, making the space rather claustrophobic and uncomfortable. I want the viewer to feel overwhelmed by the chaos, and for the chaos (the wire drawings) to be bigger and more powerful (in the space) than them.
See the About page for my current Artist Statement.
