To
start off the project, the first step was to build up a collection of images
and materials of varying textures, and using these to create
collages based around the chosen subject, I then found some books based on the Greek
sculptures, although some of the sculptures weren't based around the mythology,
the aspects of the statues were very visually appealing. I also used some images of paintings and sculptures I had found on-line and different images from and line qualities of paper from news papers and other magazines.
these are some of the collages I have produced so far;
This is the first piece I have done, I used a piece of paper
to create a black line behind the images, I then stuck photocopied images of a
drawing and painting I have done previously, the one on the top is a sketch of
the Perseus and Medusa statue, the bottom left is a painting of the David
statue.
I
am quite proud of the way this piece has come out, I used an image I had
photocopied to create a stencil I then used the stencil to cut out
from a book based on Greek sculpture, I used the typing horizontally to create
a posture and by tilting the letters for the helmet it shows certain angles as
it does in the image.
for this image I have used tea to dye the paper a bronze colour to emulate the statue. I then sketched out an image of the statue shown above.
for the rest of the images i have used many types of papers with different tonal qualities to give different effects, one of which I am proud of is the old sepia looking paper such as an old encyclopaedia which I had photocopied images and drawings on.
I have
used a certain style of composition in my collages to emphasize the difference
between light and dark, and the images a certain structural quality. I feel
this draws more attention to the main images and in unison give the image an
interesting visual quality
In this image I have tried to experiment with a different
style of collaging, though the image has no structural quality and looks unprofessional
and disorganised.
This image was the most complicated of all, I used a piece of cardboard underneath the images to add a layers and different textures, the image layered on top of the cardboard is an image i have photocopied onto a piece of paper i had already put which gives the image a layered effect, I then used several layers of images and different types of paper such as book exerts and an image of lightning also photocopied.
Mounted Collage
The unit requires us to stretch up a collage and mount it, I stuck to my style and created one I am pretty happy with.
