Artist & Tate Research

This week, I completed my research on the Tate Modern visit which shows evidence of visual research through some sketches as well as my own written responses to the works. I also noted down in what way the pieces were displayed within the gallery and the impact that it has on how the audience may feel or respond.

Recently, I've had trouble with printing photos and for some reason these particular images turned out fairly large which answers why they're taking up half the pages. It's been a frustrating week in terms of completing targets, especially with attempting to accomplish the artist research pages. I should have four in total by Tuesday but for now I'm only stuck with two that are completely done.

Here are the two completed artist research pages of Jean Littlejohn and Meredith Woolnough. A lot of the time, I have been using and focusing solely within texture emphasized by fabrics and embellishments so I do want to experiment with print-making within the next week or so. This is how I came to the decision of researching Woolnough once discovering her website page and her choice of medium.

For the page of research about Jean's work, I may finish it off with a pattern cut-out sheet inspired by the spacious areas within her pieces. If I find more time, I could even dig through some scraps of fabric and attach them loosely with thread to have a real visual response to this piece presented on the right page below the heading.

Although I've mentioned this in my annotation, I feel the need to also point out how I approached this page here too. I found that the best way of representing this piece was to cut into paper to create a very organic form and painting the entire page in a gorgeous deep purple. After it dried, I accidentally dropped it front facing on the floor and decided that the back actually appeared quite impressive. As I picked it up, I placed onto the white page and immediately was drawn to this idea. It almost looks like a negative print from Woolnough's piece and agreed that it looked much better than the deep purple side.

I'm not entirely sure what happened in the top left, I was sort of having my own small experiment of creating lines from the tip of a paint brush while the paint was still wet. It sort of worked but didn't quite achieve what I was hoping for.