Lace Rubbings and connecting other

 

The imprint of the lace has me thinking about previous work that has had me use things within the nature 
of my work taking on influence in shapes and how can bring these elements into to this world with something that still has a traditional element to it. The curved shapes at the top gives me a feeling of hands prayer union peace. When looking at lace i am also thinking about of Henna could i do something that involves an image of this all over the body ?

Can i connect the dots of Henna and Lace is there a connection ?

The texture of these images of these lace rubbings leaves a deep imprint on how could make this visual language sit with my work. Throughout my first year, I explored ceramics and Lino print this has proven to be something that has worked for bringing lace to porcelain is a delicate material that I have not used 

before. 

With one of my previous projects I used this image in my research in my project the human after all project, this is an image of hands blood cells I see lace I see textures the connection the hard-working hands that set the lace world alive bled while rubbing 

drawing together images

NewSTEAD SuMMER RESEARCH

 When thinking about lace I decided to look into some of my previous research from other projects that I have done for potential inspiration for natural shapes. questioning if I could bring something forward and how I could it connect.  As Lace appears in the traditional senses appears to have an element of nature influence within its shapes and the textures. Yesterday when visiting Newstead abbey I was able to look at the following collection.  

Traces expanded on

 

traces filmed

 

art cv

 

MARITA ROBINSON soulgirlart@gmail.com . 07726296761 INSTAGRAM.COM/SOULGIRL_ARTT LINK TO OTHER ONLINE PROPERTIES: PORTFOLIO/WEBSITE/BLOG PERSONAL STATEMENT An artist who playfully explores through a variety of mediums to create work linking human relationships with the self and the environment. With a background in music and performance and an interest in psychology and sociology, I aim to intertwine these influences and ideas into my work.     SKILLS ·       Vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter- lead, harmonies,sculpting music lyrcis and vocal sound ·       Able to build on and interpret the producers vision ·       Music collaborator and producer ·       Technical skills of recording and filmmaking- Logipro, You cut, Taskcam ·       Able to take direction, open to ideas, and also innovative and a good leader. ·       Empathy, excellent listener, reflective personality ·       Self-promotion, marketing, social media, artwork, filmmaking ·       Book keeping and administrative skills ·       Experience in a variety of medium; film, ceramics, textiles, photography, music, sound, nature, lino-print, screenprint, eco-print, drawing, painting.

EXPERIENCE JOB TITLE/COMPANY          Self Employed-  2014 – PRESENT  Singing & Guitar playing   Working with public   Communicating with people from different background   Writing songs & Learning covers   Street performance   Book keeping    Tax assessment    Cash and digital payments handled    Art Marketing     Promoting events   Online promotion     Seeking opportunities for work              Hospitality industry 2006 -2009            Variety of roles including bar work ,         Waitressing , leadership and middle                           Management roles                 Retail industry  2002-2006       Roles including – customer service,        selecting stock, processing deliveries        and orders managing store frontage          EDUCATION ·       FdA    Art Nottingham College ·       L 3 Music Technology Nottingahm ·       Introduction To Counselling Certificate ·       BTEC 1st Diploma:  Popular Music and Performance, NCN College ·       City & Guilds: Level 2: Fashion Illustration, NCN College ·       Gateway Art and Design: Level 2 chesterfield college    VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP Stonebridge  City Farm       -Support Staff Community Farm. Working with the public and adults with s.e.n, looking after animals, growing vegetables   Community Recording Studio- Working with young people creating song lyics, teaching singing, music collaboration   Greenway Centre- engaging young people in music, art and cooking                                                      References-on request

 

evaluation

 With the decision to bring ceramics and the plaster together, I began to think about 

how I could display these pieces as I looked at the plaster, I knew I wanted to have it 

hanging from the ceiling in some way. I continued to explore the clay and started to think about the shape of the clay looking like a natural shape in the ground giving it a more circular edge. Also, how I can make it look more earthy with the clay having flower imprints and being stained with iron and oxide. In my mind, I was envisioning the clay hanging next to pieces of plaster. How was I going to do this? I thought about when I did my final piece last year on the access course where I had wood and placed holes to hang layers of an image from a piece of wood which was done with fishing wire. The only thing is that the fish wire was holding Perspex which is a very light material and this was different as I was looking at clay and plaster. 

 

 

 

 

I was given my space and began to make more of the space placing the plaster on the floor and I did like how the piece of plaster looked together. However, I found the floor to interfere with the look. The plaster looked earth natural, and the floor looked clinical. I was still waiting for my main piece of clay. I got the width of the space measured up and had a piece of wood cut to act as the roof. Moving forward with my vision and working with measurements of the space I created the roof placing hooks into the plaster. I had already placed holes into the pieces of the clay I was waiting for. Continuing, with improving the space I had, and a side wall created a cube. I had to paint it all white. Then I began placing holes into the ceiling, looping the fishing wire over a nail and over the hole. I did this gradually over a few days while sculpting and placing some on the floor. 

 

 

This involved hanging one, taking my time, looking at it, leaving it, returning and continuing to be sculpting. It involved being very patient, something that I lack , although I liked things being detailed. 

 

Overall, I was pleased with the finished art piece as the video projection gave texture, and the movement of life going forward. The sound being for short time lapses worked well as it gave a sense of space to take you in rather than as a constant. I would like to improve the sound.

 

Having collected my clay piece mid-way through I still had a desire to place them with the plaster however I am coming to the realisation that I often am so driven that I can place too much into the work.  However, it’s about pushing ideas and they could have stood alone rather than continuing the experimentation. I pressed on more with the clay creating 18 pieces. Once again, I tried to place them with the work. However, it simply did not need it. In this project, I have tried to push myself. I have struggled, with doing my video as quickly as I normally do.   My time management could have been better I think use fewer ideas or try one idea and trust that I can make that be enough. 

 

 The things to improve on will be my annotations. This is something I need to understand more to do more and intend to learn. I will start practising through the summer because I feel that I forget the data which is collected in relation to the artist, and I am struggling to do this with thoughts wandering around in my head. So, although I think I know what annotations are,I think I am going to have to break it down to build it back up to do this at a better level.  

The ability to be more assertive with my decision-making, for example, in the choices of material colours within my work, requires me to step into a role where I need to be more confident with what I am doing and get swifter with my choices and blogging things in time there and then. 

I have really enjoyed this project and feel I have tried my best there is always something to improve on 

 

 

 

 

Earthy chaos but without the softness.

The floor was too clinical and the dynamics were missing.

Different grouping and the white flooring softened the space

The wood with the sheer fabric gave the chaos an element of peace.

 

Image 1:examples of experimentation demonstrating texture and imprints of life being left as traces

Image 2: shape is brought in o the clay to bring another dimension to the texture. Sculpting brings an earthy, grounded element to the clay.

 

eavulation

 Further exploring with the clay I would roll out the clay use talcum powder so flower wouldn't get stuck first I was very careful  placing the flowers in the clay putting it under the 

Roller to imprint in the clay  my first set of samples I was pulling the flowers out 

Of the clay, this was difficult in a delicate way.as I was trying to pull the pieces of flowers out . i continued to do this then with the first set then as I got more into this process the second round  I did I left the flowers in they clay this proved to be better I bgan to look at these pieces with plaster with thoughts of bringing them together

 

With this image on the left  these are 

When I first started to imprint the flower                Theses are the before I was unaware to                  

With thoughts of leaveing traces                                if I should pull them out of the clay my 

I was impressed on the impacted they made          lack of knowledge with metrial lead me

                                                                                          To take them out as I continued doing this   

                                                                                          I began to leave the whole flower in the                                  

                                                                                           Clay I could not take the polen out of the      

                                                                                          Clay and so if but out and left and mild 

                                                                                             Imprint  I went on to glaze these with 

          A shine glaze but this did not compliment the rustic earth look of plaster and flowers 

         It was giving it a more official cermaics look and I wanted something earthy natural       

 

I wanted something a bit more matt earth looking I began  to think about how I could achevie this placing this work next to the plaster and flowers gave it a decorative look and I was look for something that gave me earth vibes with out a shine as to how this was going to look i just thought bring the plasterand and clay together .

As continue  working with clay I knew had bring something that would keep in more natural looking useing iron and OxI’d I was able rub into the metrial creating a stained look and imprint that complimented the flower I pulled the flower out again hower that would be the last time I pulled out the flower the other other times would burn out and it was leaving a deeper impression on the clay adding a depth that I hadn’t achieved on the other pieces.

 

 

 

 

evaluation 3 continue

 After exploring printing, I then went on to scan flowers this enabled a closeness that  

That allowed me to both life decomposing but also the richness of the life of the beautiful flower. 

When thinking about what I could do with these images I chose to take the 3rd one and take it into lino sending the image to James the technician he then programmed the illustrator to colour it black and white placing messurments for an a4 size lino . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Lino print that had the image that came from the scanned flower I used this with clay and plaster both metrial that react one with plaster and water the other  imprint with the clay thes image are showing the mark of the flower the traces that we leave behind impeded into the metrial . Giving an historical look about them . 

 

 

Looking at my plaster flower expriementation this is where I found something that was connecting for me  the cutting down the side of the plaster reveals unexpected life but what is it unaware of what it was where I could take it with its edge texture flowers continued to rott over the weeks add new life see new tones and shades gradually coming through 

 

 

 

 

 

I continued to build on the idea doing more plaster with flflowers 

As I got more into this process i got more thoughtful with the cutting of the plaster 

I think to make this part of the piece but now sure what I will do with it . Although its been placed in the plaster its continuing to move forward mould is coming through there is a slow changing of the colour each say I come in I am still wanting to explore the flowers 

Why did I do tho freeze the the flowers in a space but the flowers appear to be moving on yoy can’t stop the process within the plaster you see it moving on  slowly .