Final project evaluation

Through out this project on corruption and decay my work was successful. My sketchbook was filled with many aspects of corruption and decay including political corruption, decay in nature and man made objects which I photographed as well as looking into what corrupted me and others like drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, money, time and will power.my final pieces went very well after a few things I had to fix such as the wooden crate lats that fell apart so I used a glue gun to secure them as well as nails. When burning my pieces to make them look decayed and corrupt the glue would melt so I used rusted nails to secure them, this turned out to be a great addition to my pieces as it gave it an even more decayed look. My spray paint piece looked a little rough, too rough so to add detail I had a screen made to print on the fine line details. My own learning was very good in my opinion as I gathered all my research, created all my ideas as well as looked at artists related to my project to bring together my pieces to be on display at the show to meet my deadline and achieve what I set out to create.

Through my project I have had advice  from my tutors and peers. For example with help on deciding what to do for my final pieces which my tutor helped me with showing me different artists and sculptors to create my shattered shed piece influenced by Cornelia Parkers exploding shed. My peers have helped me with my pieces with giving me feed back on what they think of them and how I could improve them like my spray paint piece and how it would give more detail with a screen print over it.

Through this project I have achieved a lot more and progressed with my art work. I've improved with my knowledge of 3D and work in 3D aspects with making Wodehouse look old and battered with wax and burning as well as spray painting and screen printing, expanding my knowledge in the field of art and design and gaining skills to add to my existing skills. These skills I will take on with me to my work in university and beyond in my career.

Through my interviews at universities I have looked back and noted that I need to be more relaxed and prepare my work to talk about it more confidently and to show how dedicated I am to art and design and show how much I want to achieve with my passion for art and design as well.

Small wooden canvas piece

This piece will be a smaller version of my large main piece which I have created in the same way using the heat gun and polish to make it look like it is decaying and corrupt.

 

Final piece on corruption- shed wall

This piece was based off the influence from the piece by Cornelia Parker who blew up a shed and took so photo as it exploded which then she pieced back together in the way it was in mid explosion. This to me resembled decay and so I created a large shape out of wooden crate lats Which I then pieced together some broken and some full to give it that shattered decaying look.

I then used a flame thrower to give it a more decayed look with burning it. I then created small pieces resembling corruption from all aspects such as politics, harmony and piece as well as photos I had taken myself. I then glued these on and used a heat gun to to add in finer burnt detail. I then nailed these on to make sure they were secure with rusty nails from the crates as well to give it a more rugged look. To finish I used some polish to look like mud and dirt to give it a more decaying and corrupt look.

This will be my main show piece to show my theme of decay and corruption and all the aspects I have looked into.

 

Corrupt police officer spray painting

This is one of my 3 final show pieces. I have used 3 colours green white and black like my original drawing and created 4 stencils, each representing a different part of the drawing.

Before doing my final spray painting I have done some test pieces which turned out pretty well so I will frame these and put them up at my show.

Now using the spray paint I've created my piece. In my opinion it looks less detailed than I wanted but has that corrupt and decaying look, now I will use a screen to paint on the fine liner details and then it will be complete to be put up for my show  

 

Corrupt police officer piece

One of my show pieces will be a spray paint piece of the corrupt police officer/ swat officer I have drawn. This will be adding to the corruption in society side of my project with graffiti and how people view it with being art or discrimination of natural beauty.

For the 1st design I drew it up in my sketch book using 2B pencil and then used water colour, using colours such as black, green and grey to show corruption and decay with the black and green to show the pollution from the gas and showing the corrupt look in the swat officers eyes. Then I added the finishing lines with a fine liner.

Artist research - Cornelia Parker

I've only looked into one piece in particular of Cornelia Parkers and that is the piece which was blown up to be created. The piece that was a blown up shed which she blew up and took a picture of which then helped her recreate the exploded shed in a gallery. This piece resembles corruption and decay with the corruption being the blowing up of the shed and the decaying of the wood as it shatters, cracks and burns away. This has been the main influence on my show piece of corruption with the burning of the pieces of my collage and the decaying of the wood and shattered pieces.

Artist research - Rouschenberg

I've also looked into the artist Rauschenberg and how he used old decaying items to create his sculptures when he forts started out, using rusty chairs, wheel barrows, any metal along with rotting wood and other pieces which he's used to become the visionary artist we see him as today. His work has influenced my final piece with rotting wood burning it as well as burnt fabric and other items to create a collage on corruption and decay looking at all aspects like Rauschenberg did with his collages on the views through the 60s.