Friday 19 December 2014

Textures And Patterns

After doing my oil pastel experiments I had a look at more patterns that related back to my contour work and came across 'Zetangle'. 'Zetangle' (see below image) is a series of patterns that are very doodle like but have a beautiful look to them, they are very popular in tattoos and on the web. I thought it would be interesting to do a body in this style, although unfinished I really enjoyed the process of making the artwork. 
Inspiration Image: http://qing.blog.sina.com.cn/1698232134/6538f746330000ha.html
Unfinished 'zetangle' piece
After looking at pattern I started to look at texture, I started off by making a piece with just any materials I found. I found it really fun to make and also quite interesting in is textural qualities. All the materials I chose have very different textures and looks, I don't think it is particularly beautiful but it has a certain appeal about it.



Mixed Media: clingfilm, permanent marker, parcel tape,
brown paper and split pins.
My final piece looking at pattern and texture relates back to my continuous line drawings earlier in my work. I really love the flowing quality of the image, I did not construct the lines I just placed the cotton onto the paper.


String experiment

Close up of the above image

Vikki Stevens is an emerging artist interested in many areas including body image, mental health and abstraction. Her latest series of work aims to show how images and perceptions of women are “put- together”/ manufactured, and how these images and perceptions affect how women feel about their own body image. Vikki’s ideas for her artwork are expressed in mediums such as paint, collage and sculptural objects, mostly incorporating repurposed images from magazines and found documents. Artists such as Tracey Emin and Hannah Hoch have a large influence on her work. Both the personal perspective and distorted images play a major part in creating pieces that discuss personal as well as cultural issues within mainly the western world/media sphere. Stevens is planning on developing her work into a more abstract sphere to investigate feelings that she has herself and how she can communicate them by using and developing abstract techniques, continuing with collage as a starting influence. Currently the materials and processes she has used in her past work and the work in development are having a large impact on how the work develops and the message behind the work is entirely open. Rather than having a stand out message Stevens is now moving towards a more indirect way of working, focusing more on feelings rather than statements. Current concerns within the work reflect how Stevens feels about herself in day-to-day life and how outside influences affect her and her work. More specifically Stevens is dealing with feelings of anxiety, panic attacks, depression and how she feels as an individual in the world. Artists such as Gerhard Richter, Barbara Kruger, Yago Hortal and Steve Salo are having a large impact on the current work in development.

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