Cubes with Foiling, experimental...

This experiment was about bringing back a technique that I had previously used and applied it to a layout that I think so far is working. I have worked with foiling before on laminates and accetates mainly for flooring and flat work so using it as part of a 3 dimensional installation was very excitingto see the progress and the final outcome.

When doing foiling before I stuck to the conventional colours of bronze and gold, this time around I wanted to experiment and explore with different variations of coloured foilings. I especially like the fushia pink and the colbalt blue foilings, they worked really harmonious with each other and on their own they shine and reflect the light, there so vibrant.

I took a variety of photos, some in the light and some in the dark with LED lights in them. I like taking a range of photo's using lights and the darkness to see how my work would look in both situations, however, my darkness is actually pitch black with the lights I doubt this would happen in the new building. The photos taken in the dark with the lights look so much better than the photos taken in the light, the images taken in the dark with the lights add a certain quality to the foiled cubes, these images make this experiment look successful, more than the images took in the light.

Presenting my work??

At this time in the project, I've started to consider how I'm going to present my work and whether an installation of miniture cubes would work. Even though they look good presented they have no function and purpose in such a busy and functional place, would an unfunctional installation work in a place like the new building?? Does my installation have to have a function to fit in the new building?? The 3 images below were found on my group blog, they were taken by Josie at the Islington Mill, I figured these images chose me as they have no function but they work incredibly well as just an installation to look at and admire.

New building images...

These images were taken by Josie and Charlotte out of my Group6 as they were lucky enough to be chosen to visit the new building, the images below are the ones that I may work with when putting my ideas into context and a space. Some of the images just look like a building site, other areas show some of the areas that are nearly finished and could do with some of the TIP students work putting in.

The Old Building...

This project has opened my eyes to the actual room that I work in, I never gave it much thought. So as this projects called Old/New school I decided to take a look around and take images of areas that were useful and areas that needed brightening up.

The 2 images above are some sample areas of the flooring that is my working building at the moment. Even though I like old wear floorings the bricked floor is old-fashioned but sturdy, however the images aboves shows the flooring that is in my main working room, it is hard-wearing, stain removeable and basic but so dull and boring. In an open room like this just changing the flooring would brighten and lighten up the whole room.

The image above shows the room on a daily basis, mostly without actual lessons the room is empty on the TIP side, I think this is because the room looks cold, empty and plain. It needs to look alive and vibrant to make it seem more welcoming to students.

The windows and the ledges are very basic and dark. Just be adding a coloured window would change the atmosphere in the room as it would be reflective and shine colour in the room brightening it up, the windows could just be a plain coloured window and it would make a lot of difference.

Now this is a room in the working area that I do like, it is like a private partition, it gives privacy and little areas of this in the new building would make it more approaching for students to work in.

The pillars in the old building are nice and plain but the pillars that are put in the new building are so much more better, they add architectural detail that is fitting in an art building, gives the rooms there placed in a unique look.

Colour changes....

Putting an idea together...

This colour cube experiment is very similiar to the other cube experiment, only this design was created to show a person's mood. I said on my other blog post that the experiment would work as an interactive light that the audience could turn around to create colour order in response to their mood. For example; if someone is down they would turn the colour blocks around to blue, if someone was angry they would turn the colour blocks around to red. This idea would work only on people's basis of colour analogy and what colours them as individuals associated with their moods.

The colour charts above and below show differences in how colour is percieved to people. This idea would depend on how people percieve colour and whether their opinions are shared or whether they differ.

Not only does this experiment hinder on people's colour view, it also depends on whether the audience will participate in interacting with the piece.

Mondrian...

Mondrian, full name Pieter Cornelis Mondrian was a painter who was also the Leader of the Dutch abstract-art movement known as de stijl. Looking at his work below, his pieces are very architectural and graphic design based. These pieces below show the experimental work Mondrian did revolving around Cubism. Mondrian had a 'neoplastic' style that emerged around 1920, his style was intended to represent reality in abstract ways based on using the simpliest details of a straight line, right angles and the primary colours, plus black and white. Mondrian's work has the concept of ultimate harmony, peaceful, mainly through the fact that his work portrays no movement. Mondrian's work prolongs time, traps time in a stand still, he captures a moment and makes it last forever.

What I like about Mondrian's work is how similiar my previous experiment work is to his work, I had never seen his work before my tutor recommended looking at him and Mary was right. The selection I made with my cubes are so similiar, the differences and simplicity of using size and primary colours. My experiment however do range the primary colours, Mondrian's work really does simplify his work just by using primary colours with black lines. My cube experiment may work and reflect light a lot better just by simplifying the amount of colour I use on each side of the cube.  

 1921, Oil on Canvas, 39 x 35cm

1918, Oil on Canvas, 80.2 x 49.9cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas