Get Away With You!!

Hello lovelies! Here is another piece of work that i want to share with all you beautiful people! This project is unrefined. I ended up running out of time to completely finish and polish it off but here is what i have at the moment!

The project was titled "Get Away With You." We had to pretend that we were going on a residential trip to a location and with an artist of choice. I chose CUBA and FIONA RAE!  I ADORE Fiona Rae's work, she paints so amazingly and creates these vivid pieces! I chose Cuba because of there decaying glory. The country in filled with bright vivid coloured walls, that are now cracking and peeling under the sunlight. I used this as inspiration and combined ideas with Fiona Rae's work. I sampled used fabric and different types of inks and paints. I created painterly marks using an acrylic board, a small palette knife and lino printing inks. I also used silk screen printing to add text to the pieces (VIVA CUBA LIBRE!). To recreate the peeling paints i used a soldering iron to melt fabrics together.

Fiona Rae

FINAL MAJOR

Hello lovelies! I want to share with you my excited successful news! In 2010 I started an Extended Diploma in Art and Design and  after having a shaky first year i pulled it around completely with a final result of Distinction, Distinction, Distinction! (DDD) I wish i had worked harder in the first year but i did well this year with 6 Ds and 2 Ms! To finish the year we have a double project the Final Major Project, in which we hold an exhibition at the college at the end of the year! So here i have a few photos from the project and my final exhibition!

My project title was "Beautiful But Deadly" surrounding the theme of body problems, such as disease and illness. I researched into Micropgrahy and used the imagery to inspire responses then developed them further into samples. After experimenting with textile techniques i moved on to combine them with ceramic. I used ceramic slips that were trailed onto plaster.

I designed the exhibition space to look as clean and clinical as possible to hint at the medical theme.
In the shelf i had used tread and wire in each "cell" of the ceramic pieces and in cased them with resin. Then placed a magnified glass over each piece. (I'm really sorry i couldn't get a clear photograph!!)

Contextual Research &

Experiment Explore Sample

Exhbition Photographs

I really hope you all like this work! Please feel free to leave some feedback!
I will be continuing to post my work on this blogg every Friday!

Thank You Lovelies!
Betty xox