SArchibald-WrightArt

Having not know what i was going to produce for the bishops art prize for most of this unit i am extremely happy with the outcome i have produce. I wanted to carry on developing my practise by exploring different casting styles which is exactly what i have done.  When i first brought the idea to the 3D workshop technicians they dismissed the possibilities of casting an organic form in concrete. Not wanting to fall at the first hurdle i began researching to see if anything like this has been done before with not much luck. After having further discussions with the technicians and drawing up possible options we came up with a process that seemed to be the most logical. At first i present the technicians with rather complicated plants to mould - this was a result of me not knowing the mould making process for silicone moulds and thus had to go back and get some organic material that was a lot easier suited to the casting process. Still not knowing for sure if the mould would work

Its over. Having final put up the degree show i am able to view the work as a whole which is something i haven't been able to do till now. I am immensely proud of the work i have produced and how it has all come together to form a complete piece of work. I am excited with the work i am producing which is something i have never had before and pushes me to investigate deeper into my subject. When i first saw the space after having everything removed i wasn't exactly thrilled. I wasn't sure how i was going to navigate around the pillar and how well the low hanging piping would go with my design. The white space is somewhat daunting - how will i use the space? will it look to empty? will the white be too harsh against my work. In the light my final piece looks rather out of place as a result of the high contrast of white and and the open space around it. However i know this is only temporary. When the lighting is fitted it will create a warm glowing spot light on my work and

I received my books a few days ago, seeing them on a screen and seeing them in person is an entirely different matter. Overall i am really pleased with the overall aesthetic of the book but if i where to produce again then there would be a few things that i would change. the writing on the inner pages is too large for the pages, i understand that this was done so that the pages wouldn't look to bare having the writing small and central. In the future i would make sure to check the font size by printing off some text on normal paper to evaluate. I am really pleased with the texture of the paper - it was good idea to wait and source example paper to get a feel of exactly how the paper would be in print form. I was unsure about the gloss at first as i didn't want it to look too much like a magazine however in person it elevates the images making them look high quality and professional.  The front page is exactly how i envisaged i didn't want to select a single piece of

The bellow images are the outcome from the professional shoot i did with a photographer. These images have now allowed me to have material for my Instagram, website, promotional material such as business cards or postcards and images for my documentation book. We also photographed my ginkgo leaves that i produced last unit this was a request from the student who i was collaborating with that designed my documentation book - they required ginkgo leaves with  a plain white background. I'm most pleased with the images of my submission for the bishops art prize the contrasting monochrome works so well together which wasn't something i had trailed until the day of the shoot.