First Week of Unit X - Blackpool Illumination Trip

From this trip, I gained knowledge on how the illuminations are made; by hand. I found this tactic extraordinary because these days it is all about technology and handmade things are not taken in interest much. I want to carry out the concept of handmade things onto my unit X project because it is something I want to make aware of in the art industry that art can be formed in many ways not just with editing pictures on Photoshop and so on. From gathering research of this trip, I found myself looking at a variety shapes and sizes of circles, whether it was a perfected circle or a wonky one.

I feel that my colour palette from this trip didn't do me justice as I felt that everyone would have similar colours.

Inspirer Series Week:

One of the influential speakers that came in to give a talk whom I found his work interesting was Luke Jerram. Jerram's work was all large scale. This is something that I could potentially see myself working as a large scale piece of outcome.

Pixelated sculpture of Jerram's daughter.

Another artist that inspired me during research was Susie Macmurray. Macmurray is an installation artist that includes her textiles skill within her pieces. There are many favourites of Macmurrays that amaze me but one specific piece that left me baffled was the wedding gown made with yelloe rubber gloves.

Wedding gown made from yellow rubber gloves.

Looking at this piece, it made me think about the  endless possibilites of materials that could have been used to make this piece. So from this talk, i was immediatley inspired to use the concept of using found or everyday objects for my unit X.