Photography

I felt that I had been making some real process with the different materials and mark making throughout my sketchbook. I wanted to started using photography within my work again therefore I decided to combine the two. I used a picture I had taken of miscellaneous objects I found within a box, it included a bird skeleton, feathers and other beautifully interesting objects. I started by creating a transfer, however when I placed it against the blank background it looked extremely plain. Therefore I decided to create expressive marks with charcoal underneath the transfer. This really brought the colours of the skeleton out which I liked. The second piece was created by using paint marks and covering up different sections. I really enjoy the way this turned out, it looks really interesting, especially because of the way the different colours blended together. Next, I used the glue  and painted it over the photo. I then dried it with the heat gun to try and create bubbles. However, it just made the photo cripple up and really change colour. The final piece was created with tights, that I had decided to dye with ink, being stretched across the photograph with certain parts of it burnt out. I think that this piece has been very successful, I adore the way the burnt parts of the tights have revealed different parts of the photograph. Overall, I feel that this piece has really helped me. I defiantly know that I want to use photographs within my work and create different marks and textures within them.