collage groups.
These pieces are an extension of the grouping works created in my practice. They're smaller and quite conceptual in imagery. They act as experimentation's in process and material as they mix smaller pieces together to create the collage groupings.
A majority of the pieces are created on a trimmed MDF chipboard base which have a structural quality which is reliable and safe: which leads me to think about themes of the family. The pieces are collages based around individual memories.
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title. Untitled Collage Grouping 1
date. 2019
number of studies. 3
Piece has a MDF Chipboard base
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1. Image transfer onto MDF wood
materials. Printed image, image maker, PVA Glue, MDF wood
presented. Stuck to the MDF chipboard background
about. Printed image of a light leak from a scanned super 8 film frame. The image was used in an image transfer onto the MDF material and left to dry. PVA glue was applied over the top.
2. Painted white mark
materials. White acrylic paint
presented. Painted directly onto the surface of the MDF Chipboard
about. Painted mark directly onto the MDF chipboard. Its made to reduce the texture on the wood - adding a plane of smoothness which acts like a frame.
3. Print process on material
materials. Grey (rag) material, cornflour, acrylic, water, ink, acetate
presented. Stuck to the board with tape over the white acrylic mark and the image transfer on MDF wood
about. Strip of torn rag material (taken from a memory of working with my grandfather) is painted with a white acrylic, cornflour and water mixture in a rectangle. Left to partially dry and then applied with a piece of acetate. The ink image on the acetate is left to dry first and then soaked in a water and cornflour mixture and then applied onto the material. This reveals a hazy, obscured piece, almost feeling moldy and damaged.
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title. Untitled Collage Grouping 2
date. 2019
number of studies. 4
Piece has a MDF Chipboard base
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1. Image transfer onto MDF wood
materials. Printed image, image maker, PVA Glue, MDF wood, Poppy Oil
presented. Stuck to the MDF chipboard background
about. Printed image of a light leak from a scanned super 8 film frame. The image was used in an image transfer onto the MDF material and left to dry. PVA glue was applied over the top mixed with poppy oil. The oil broke down the layers of the paper and transfer resulting in a more visually damaged piece reminiscent of the film slide. Once left to fully dry a small amout of water water adding, rubbing off the layers in areas with added pressure.
2. Painted white mark
materials. White acrylic paint
presented. Painted directly onto the surface of the MDF Chipboard
about. Painted mark directly onto the MDF chipboard. Its made to reduce the texture on the wood - adding a plane of smoothness which acts like a frame.
3. Duct tape removal piece
materials. Duct tape, printed photograph, fixing spray
presented. Stuck to the board with tape over the white acrylic mark
about. Piece of duct tape used to forcefully remove the image layers of a photograph off. Shows a harshness, an honesty around contextual themes of memory. Its delicate yet harsh. The image is fixed in place with fixing spray.
4. Acetate Print
materials. Sketchbook paper, masking tape, acetate print, watercolours, inks
presented. Stuck to the board with blue tack, over the white acrylic mark and the image transfer onto MDF wood.
about. Piece made to feel like a postcard. Three smaller ink images on acetate used for the pirnt and then painted into with watercolours and inks onto a piece of prepped sketchbook paper.
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title. Untitled Collage Grouping 3
date. 2019
number of studies. 4
Piece has a MDF Chipboard base
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1. Print process on material
materials. Grey (rag) material, cornflour, acrylic, water, ink, acetate
presented. Stuck to the board with tape over the white acrylic mark and the image transfer on MDF wood
about. Strip of torn rag material (taken from a memory of working with my grandfather) is painted with a white acrylic, cornflour and water mixture in a rectangle. Left to partially dry and then applied with a piece of acetate. The ink image on the acetate is left to dry first and then soaked in a water and cornflour mixture and then applied onto the material. This reveals a hazy, obscured piece, almost feeling moldy and damaged. Erasure as a construct.
2. Damaged Polaroid Photograph
materials. Polaroid Photograph (using SX-70 film) taken on a SX-70 camera
presented. Stuck to piece (furthest back study).
about. Damaged Polaroid photo with white protective frame layers removed, revealing the developing layers. Year originally taken is unknown but when taken was left to develop in a box- therefore it's accidentally under exposed. It shows reflection, blankness.
3. Digital drawing
presented. Stuck to board on top of the Polaroid, behind the print on grey material and acetate print.
about. Scanned frame of damaged film digitally drawn on iPad software Procreate. This is printed onto paper, trimmed and stuck in place.
4. Acetate Print
materials. Paper, acetate print, inks and fixer spray
presented. Stuck to the board with tape (furthest forward study).
about. Piece made to feel like a postcard; an idyllic memory. Smaller picturesque image of Coventry (taken by my Grandfather), printed and made into an Acetate print.
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title. Untitled Collage Grouping 4
date. 2020
number of studies. 3
Piece has a MDF Chipboard base
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1. Print of a Print of a Print
materials. Used acetate print plastic, ripped cream paper
presented. Stuck to piece over residual mark piece
about. Acetate print of a sky using an already used piece of acetate for a repeated time. Themes of repetition, safety, calmness, stillness, thought. An idea of residual, erasure as a construct.
2. Cloudscape
materials. Cloudscape photograph printed onto Tracing paper, tape
presented. Stuck to surface roud the MDF with tape, left to hang and stuck flat to board (furthest forward study).
about. Cloudscape photograph printed on tracing paper. The fact it is on the tracing paper feels neither here nor there because the image isn't fully visible. It's quite spiritual but the torn mark along the bottom shows the brutal honesty that this will fade- this suggests almost half has already faded away completely destroyed.
3. Residual Mark piece
presented. Stuck to board with tape (furthest back study).
about. This piece is made with a photograph which was printed onto paper which was soaked in water and a very small amount of bleach. After drying the paper is soaked in oil and then repeatedly rolled onto some watercolour paper. Areas of the paper have picked up residual inks and colours from the photograph which adds the sense of mold, dirt, forgotten.
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title. Untitled Collage Grouping 5
date. 2019
number of studies. 5
Piece has a MDF Chipboard base
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1. Residual print mark on Canvas
materials. Raw canvas, watered down acrylic mark, PVA glue, MDF wood plate (used for print).
presented. Wrapped around the MDF Chipboard based and stapled to the back (furthest back study).
about. Firstly I used a previously created piece. This was an MDF chipboard piece with layers of PVA glue, cornflour, water and acrylic paint. This became a paste over the wood, in places this cracked adding levels of texture across the board. When this dried I added paint, PVA Glue and water over the top and pressed the canvas to this- the piece is like an etching print in a way. The residual of the cornflour and PVA glue imprinted intself onto the canvas.
2. Ink marks on Canvas
materials. Black ink, canvas and masking tape
presented. Stuck to piece with tape
about. Piece of excess canvas with pieces of tape placed on it. I then splashed on black ink and water, left the ink to dry and peeled off the tape. The piece was included to add a visual element in a contextual piece. It resembles synapses, and sparks of remembrance and/or realisation- epiphanies.
3. Mark on paper
materials. Sketchbook paper, found newspaper, water
presented. Stuck to board on top of the Residual print on canvas piece and Ink mark on canvas
about. I took an old newspaper found in my garage and removed a printed image. I chopped it up and soaked it in a small amount of water so the inks leached into the water. This was rolled onto the sketchbook paper
4. Stained Rag Material
materials. Grey (rag) material, acrylic paint, cornflour, warm water, plastic tub
presented. Nailed to the board over the other pieces.
about. Torn piece of grey rag material placed in the bottom of a plastic tub. Brown acrylic paint, warm water and cornflour is added over the top creating a molded residual mark. Erasure as a construct and quite abstract in nature.
5. Photograph
materials. Childhood photograph
presented. Stuck over all the works (furthest forward piece).
about. Childhood photograph which shares similarities to the works included in this grouping. The colours and textures here remind me of this memory.