Delicious summer vegetables...washed and ready for roasting ... the colours are amazing ...
17 August 2009
21 July 2009
Here is an artist statement I dug up from a university photography course. I think it still applies to my work today:
Portraiture remains the focus of my photographic work. I am interested in capturing a person’s personality with the use of photography, however, I am more interested in moving away from direct representationalism. Instead I like to explore abstracted methods, because non-representational photography allows me to explore more personal and expressive forms of portraiture, where I can directly influence and manipulate the image.
To begin, I explore the idea of photography as art making, whether this means manipulating the film/photographs through double exposure or with the printing process, such as double exposure, multiple exposure, layering, manipulated negatives and prints, painting or drawing with developer. These types of photographic methods, such as multiple exposure, distortion, reflections, photograms, non-photographic negatives, direct applications of developer and posterizationare are most commonly used by abstract artists.
For example, Val Telberg, born Russian artist, aligned himself with the surrealist painters and avant-garde filmmakers. His photography was largely influenced from painting and Surrealism. Telberg uses multiple exposures in the camera or prints from multiple negatives. This creates a layered effect that I am interested in capturing with my work.
Additionally, Paul Citroen largely influenced my ideas, mainly with the way he dealt with photography. He was a German artist who was largely associated with the Dada group. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar which influenced his principles in art making. He was an active photographer and painter, mostly known for his photomontage work. For this, he started with representational photographs and added layers of drawings over top, creating both non-representational and unique portraiture.
Contemporary Australian photographer Julie Brown-Rrap's work reminds me of Citroen’s photomontages. The difference being that Citroen’s layered work uses the true photograph as the first layer or background, whereas Rrap’s photographs of the human body seem to hover over her backgrounds and remain separate. Her use of acrylic, oil and print on canvas is beautiful and her backgrounds have an expressive message. Instead of using paint and canvas, I will try to achieve the same effects using painted backdrops.
My portraiture remains focused on experimentation with both photo taking and print processes, influenced by abstract photography. My series of portraiture makes use of techniques of layering, posterization, distortion, double and multiple exposures. Adding to this, I manipulate the print with the use of applied developer and layered transparencies (like photograms).
Here is a series of portraits that although are non-representational, remain crafted in a way to maintain the subject’s personality.
Here are the photographs from the project:
Portraiture remains the focus of my photographic work. I am interested in capturing a person’s personality with the use of photography, however, I am more interested in moving away from direct representationalism. Instead I like to explore abstracted methods, because non-representational photography allows me to explore more personal and expressive forms of portraiture, where I can directly influence and manipulate the image.
To begin, I explore the idea of photography as art making, whether this means manipulating the film/photographs through double exposure or with the printing process, such as double exposure, multiple exposure, layering, manipulated negatives and prints, painting or drawing with developer. These types of photographic methods, such as multiple exposure, distortion, reflections, photograms, non-photographic negatives, direct applications of developer and posterizationare are most commonly used by abstract artists.
For example, Val Telberg, born Russian artist, aligned himself with the surrealist painters and avant-garde filmmakers. His photography was largely influenced from painting and Surrealism. Telberg uses multiple exposures in the camera or prints from multiple negatives. This creates a layered effect that I am interested in capturing with my work.
Additionally, Paul Citroen largely influenced my ideas, mainly with the way he dealt with photography. He was a German artist who was largely associated with the Dada group. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar which influenced his principles in art making. He was an active photographer and painter, mostly known for his photomontage work. For this, he started with representational photographs and added layers of drawings over top, creating both non-representational and unique portraiture.
Contemporary Australian photographer Julie Brown-Rrap's work reminds me of Citroen’s photomontages. The difference being that Citroen’s layered work uses the true photograph as the first layer or background, whereas Rrap’s photographs of the human body seem to hover over her backgrounds and remain separate. Her use of acrylic, oil and print on canvas is beautiful and her backgrounds have an expressive message. Instead of using paint and canvas, I will try to achieve the same effects using painted backdrops.
My portraiture remains focused on experimentation with both photo taking and print processes, influenced by abstract photography. My series of portraiture makes use of techniques of layering, posterization, distortion, double and multiple exposures. Adding to this, I manipulate the print with the use of applied developer and layered transparencies (like photograms).
Here is a series of portraits that although are non-representational, remain crafted in a way to maintain the subject’s personality.
Here are the photographs from the project:
16 May 2009
Just some beautiful and inspiring things I stumbled across this week...
Saffron Craig
Domestic Construction
Emily Sutton
Valerie Hammond
Saffron Craig
Domestic Construction
Emily Sutton
Valerie Hammond
30 April 2009
7 March 2009
This cabinet pictured below is called Monster... I love it! Ellen Seegers designed this unique piece together with Jolanda Slegers.
Bloesem Kids is probably the best blog for children's design, everything on here is absolutely fantastically adorable!
This bamboo bird mobile by petit collage is so cute...
Graphic designer and illustrator Tutti Shafir makes beautiful and cute prints...
Bloesem Kids is probably the best blog for children's design, everything on here is absolutely fantastically adorable!
This bamboo bird mobile by petit collage is so cute...
Graphic designer and illustrator Tutti Shafir makes beautiful and cute prints...
21 February 2009
Jack Brandsma 's SpareSpace temporary office units
SpareSpace transforms empty shop- and office buildings into mobile offices. SpareSpace offers beginning entrepreneurs in creative industries affordable and representative offices in an inspiring environment. As soon as the empty space is put up to let or for sale, the entrepreneurs will move to a new building.
I love this picture of designer Tord Boontje's studio
31 January 2009
Mike Press' blog Hand Made Theory is reflections and ideas about contemporary craft, physical making, and their relationship with culture, technology and design.
Susie Ghahremani's website boygirlparty.com has a plethora of her fun designs on paper products.
UPPERCASE are makers, curators and publishers of visual culture. I really love their notebooks that are handmade with an eclectic mix of vintage papers and repurposed books to inspire your collection of thoughts. One is pictured below.
A Resin Revival has cute necklaces... One is pictured below...
22 January 2009
Regular digital pictures can be turned into polaroid pictures using Poladroid.
Some short videos on Sustainability and Plastics
Bob McKay -Sabic Innovative Plastics
HP's design philosophy
Plastic industries reach out to designers
Reusable hydration
Education in Plastics-part one
Education in Plastics-part two
Some short videos on Sustainability and Plastics
Bob McKay -Sabic Innovative Plastics
HP's design philosophy
Plastic industries reach out to designers
Reusable hydration
Education in Plastics-part one
Education in Plastics-part two
19 January 2009
12 January 2009
baby blue bird
Originally uploaded by saucysiouxsie
29 December 2008
I don't know what to make of this little poem I wrote years ago, it has such an oppressive tone, which could either be an adult telling a child to stop daydreaming or our own voice telling us to stop make-believing, as it may be seen as a childish act...nothing could be more untrue... The tone at the end also hints at uninspired or unoriginal ideas being rewarded...This little ditty is so negative, but I seem to remember it whenever I am discouraged in my creative endeavours!!
Tsk
You must stop child,
Children only dream dreams by matchsticks,
and not by pocketbooks.
To hear the clink-clink in your pocket,
Is better than grumbles from your tummy.
Asking for more…
Asking for more…
Dreams are worth poor.
Lie it down,
It’s only as good as it ever can be,
But only if it's not your own.
25 December 2008
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