Foundation

Works created during Foundation

'Microcosm'

A photo of the inside of a microcosm.

This is my own microcosm. I created a cardboard tube that was the same size and height as me then I put the name of every person I knew/had met that I could remember onto a note and placed them on the inside of the tube. I sealed the tube to create a type of time capsule and placed 10 items that I valued most in to the bottom of the structure. There were two holes in the structure, one to look into and the other for a light.

'100'

A photo of stuffed latex gloves.

This piece of work looks at multiples and the way the item makes the viewer feel when in bulk. The latex gloves are stuffed with paper and cups the keep them free standing.

Nomadic Subject

I wanted to create artwork outside the studio space. This next section of works are all created in an area randomly chosen in the centre of Southend, Essex.

The area chosen was Victoria Plaza shopping centre 8 storey car park. The work I wanted to create in this area needed to relate directly to its surroundings. I researched the area to find it had a history of suicide. I felt that I could not ignore such a significant history but needed to approach it in a mature way.

I decided instead of looking at the deaths themselves I would concentrate on the drop from the top of the 8 storey car park. The following works are about the process of creating them (the drop) and how that relates to the area.

Due to the simplicity of the action I was able to explore and work with items such as jelly and wax which were forever changing.

'Untitled 2010'
Photo of a jelly sculpture in the snow.
Using the idea of dropping and again responding directly to the area (snow), I dropped liquid jelly into the snow then allowed the jelly to set in the snow.

'Untitled 2010'

Mini sculptures of the jelly

I dug up the jelly and decided to investigate the jelly further. I took the crystallised jelly and placed them onto a sheet of paper. I allowed the jelly to melt and photographed the process.

'Untitled 2010' (3 minutes)

Line of balloons filled with washing up liquid.

With this piece I wanted to distort the viewer’s perception of gravity and velocity by using a commonplace material such as washing up liquid with the balloons. This meant that when the balloons popped instead of having a heavy liquid such as water dropping there was the foam that would float down causing a visual confusion.

 'Untitled 2010' (3 minutes)

Three people dropping blocks of wax.

I let the wax from candles drip/drop onto sheets of paper then solidifying to create three sculptures. Because of the restriction of time and how long it took to create these to me they felt precious. I wanted to then destroy these objects to see what emotion I would feel. I went back to the area and allowed three people to drop these sculptures. This piece was about the suspense of the drop rather than the actual drop itself.