Journal 8
Now that I have all of my prints done and ready, I have begun to cut them up. Each strip is its own size, this is to accommodate the variety of important aspects in each collage. Through manipulation of width, I was able to keep together certain parts of images I didn't want to get lost, and on the other side I was able to abstract the parts I wasn't as keen on highlighting. |
Journal 10
I am starting to weave together the important images with the filter strips, It's a lot more complicated than I expected. To make filter strips long enough, I have sew some together, and taped others. I left string hanging from the sewn sections to re-emphasize that this is essentially meant to be a large scale tapestry. |
Journal 24
Piece finalized, wrote artist statement (below). My work is paper and muslin. I chose muslin in this case because of its transparency, it easily distorts the images woven in but not so far as to not be able to ascertain the whole picture. I wanted to go with a muted theme to help focus the viewer's attention on the images. I really wanted to focus on the idea that I found in the book, “The Intercultural City.” It says, “We created a world of distinctions that help define who we are and what we are not.” Another thing that stuck with me from that book is that identity is purely constructed. I chose to focus on photos of moments of happiness, with people who have helped influence the construction of my identity. Through my process, I chose how to distort images to emphasize areas of focus. I took some influence from a work by Mark Bradford, it is Untitled and resides in UMMA, though the work is heavily abstracted it is examining identity, I took influence from the ripped paper technique from this piece. I have often been interested in exploring identity, as I have had a hard time understanding my own. Through my research, I understand that it is less about understanding and more about just being. I used this idea to influence this piece in that it is more clear than in my previous work, here the influences in my life and these precious moments are highlighted rather than distorted and lost. |