"The Relationship Between Man and Nature" project- fairy tale tower illustration

A2 piece featuring my interpretation of Rapunzel's tower, focusing on the idea of anthropomorphic aspects of fairy tales. Here the human feature of Rapunzel's hair acts as a medium in which to connect the very industrial man made tower with the surrounding natural landscape.
To create this mixed media piece I used my own photographs of a woodland landscape and produced an illustration around this  using watercolour and ink.

"The Relationship Between Man and Nature" project- wolf girl photo shoot

A2 page featuring self produced photo shoot of a model posing as a human-wolf hybrid, still focusing on the idea of anthropomorphic figures representing the relationship between man and nature.
The page also includes an A4 mixed media interpretation of my photographs created using watercolour, ink, an acetate sheet and permanent marker.

The Relationship Between Man and Nature" project- Edgar Maxence reference and interpretation

A2 illustration using watercolour pencils and water, further exploring the relationship between man and nature through imagined anthropomorphic images.

"The Relationship Between Man and Nature" project- photo and drawing collage

A2 collage using my own photographs and drawings in pencil, exploring the relationship/connection between man and animal.

Life class project- final piece

Life painting on canvas using watered down acrylic paint, measuring 124cm x 76cm.

Life class project- piece 3

A3 life painting in watercolour.

Life class project- piece 2

A1 life drawing in charcoal.

Life class project- piece 1

A1 life drawing in pencil.

"Light and Energy" project- Three Dimensional wax sculpture final piece

Three dimensional final piece consisting of 5 wax rings stacked on a light box. The base of each ring was glass and, like the previous experiment, I melted the crushed bits of wax solidifying each structure and imitating the intense amount of heat created from the sun and the effects it can have. Each layer was elevated with thick white candles, allowing gaps for the light to pass through.
The hanging feathers are also made out of wax with the help of a mould I created. By suspending them at different heights around the sculpture with fishing wire from a halo type wooden ring, the viewer gets the impression that the feathers are falling, conjuring up almost holy or spiritual imagery.
The light box measures 70cm x 70cm and the piece altogether measures a height of 160cm.

"LIght and Energy" project- Further development of designs for a final outcome

To experiment with my idea, I arranged crushed bits of coloured wax in the outline of a circle on top of a light box. The wax was then melted solidifying the structure and causing streams of wax to flow onto the glass surface of the light box restricting the passage of light.
The size of the light box was 70cm x 70cm and the height of the experiment was 18cm.
I also experimented with wax shapes and chose spikes, reinforcing the idea of the sometimes dangerous impact of the sun's light.  

"Light and Energy" project- Development of designs for a final outcome

Using Kate Mcguire as a reference, for this photo shoot I focused on the rather spiritual image of feathers descending in front of light.
From these photographs I then did a pencil drawing of a feather, focusing on its structure in detail.

"Light and Energy" project- Designs for a final outcome

This double page spread documents my ideas for a final three-dimensional outcome; a wax sculpture consisting of multiple layers. My initial design comprised of five wax layers on top of each other becoming progressively smaller the nearer the top of the sculpture. Built on a light box the layers would imitate the progression of colour seen from the dispersion of light, with the light box representing its source, the sun.

"Light and Energy" project- Photo shoot exploring the idea of the dispersion of light and the progression of colour

For this photo shoot I used cones of cardboard and acrylic paint to create a series of colourful sun bursts on cling film. Sandwiching together these circles of paint with another sheet of cling film, I then placed the finished product in front of the sun. The addition of the streams of light coming through the translucent material gave additional prominence to the image of the dispersion of light and the progression of colour that comes with it.

"Light and energy" project- Olafur Eliasson reference and interpretation

Using Olafur Eliasson's Turbine Hall "Weather Project" Installation for inspiration, on this double page spread I particularly focused on the immense amount of light and energy created by the force of the sun and the affect of it's heat on the Earth's population.
To illustrate this I did my own A3 watercolour painting of a sun set emphasising the dominating influence of this force of nature.

"The Uncanny" project- Monster sculpture outcome

To end the project I created this imaginary mythical monster from clay. At 25 cm tall, I intended for the sculpture to bring together all the ideas of "the uncanny" that I explored, resulting in an image of a monstrous and disturbing creature.

"The Uncanny" project- Additional experiment for an invented creature

A3 sketchbook piece. Half of the boy/creature is a photograph and the other half I constructed by twirling strips of coloured paper and moulding the resulting shapes into an abstract visual representation of the dual identity of the character.
I chose one of my own photographs to be the background for this piece to give the impression that the creature is wild and thus belongs in this natural forest habitat.

"The Uncanny" project- water colour and ink experiments of spooky landscapes leading up to a finished painting of an invented monster

The A5 experiments on the left-hand side depict ghostly almost sinister landscapes composed of watercolour and ink.
From these experiments I created a larger A3 piece illustrating an imaginary creature with a seemingly dual identity, who's smart appearance would imply that he is good in character, but who's shadow suggests otherwise. Still on the theme of the uncanny, I intended for the  background and creature to work together to create a disturbing and troubling ambience for the viewer.

"The Uncanny" project- The sublime vs. the grotesque photo shoot

In this photo shoot I focused on contrasting the innocence of a young girl with the  seemingly unsightly image of an unusual appearance.
To create the design on the girl's face I used face paint, constructing an abstract, almost monstrous design, intending to capture the unsettling ambiance of the uncanny.

"The Uncanny" project- Werewolf collage

A3 collage depicting the eye of a werewolf.
This was created from various magazine pages rolled up to imitate the strands of fur around a wolf/werewolf's eye, juxtaposing the idilic beauty of the models featured with the grotesque image of a destructive mythical beast.

"The Uncanny" project- Van Gogh and Glenn Brown references and interpretations

A double page spread in my sketchbook documenting my analysis of artists' works including Van Gogh and Glenn Brown using tracing paper, watercolour pencils and ink with annotations.

This was at the begging of my project where I was experimenting with ideas relating to the uncanny and different mediums in which to express them.