Thursday 31 March 2016

Laser Cutting Experiments

Laser Cutting/Engraving Experiments

I did a laser cutting/ engraving workshop and I decided to take an image I produced and turn it into a laser cutting and a laser engraving. I really enjoyed the process of making the pieces and I decided to layers some existing collage pieces underneath both the engraving and the cutting to see what kind of effect it had. I really like how the laser cutting works with collage elements underneath and also the laser engraving worked fairly well but I think it could be improved by making more collages that have less white in them to show up the engraving.

I plan on doing some more experiments with possible video projection and more collages and paintings to layer underneath.
Collage and Laser engraving (A4)

Collage and Laser engraving (A4)

Collage and Laser engraving (A4)

Collage and Laser engraving (A4)

Collage and Laser cutting (A4)

Collage and Laser cutting (A4)

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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