Identify subject matter

Mission statement

For this project I began with taking a series of photographs which interested me. I first wanted to work with landscapes but decided to work with a subject matter in response to my photograph of an up close image of wood which gave me the idea of trace or an imprint. From this I then began to work with the idea of appropriation, working from the photographs, changing them and recreating them with the use of markers, wax, ink, acetate and the photocopier. I then began to focus on prints, looking at Christopher Wools exhibition in Venice and how I might respond to this by layering paint on top of one another then using this to print with onto paper, fabric, cardboard and wood. This lead to an idea that I could paint onto fabric, building up layers until I was satisfied with the effect, and then pealing it off to uncover the trace left behind. As well as that I wanted to come up with other methods of printing which would also leave a trace , this involved drawing onto acetate then projecting onto a wall and physically trace it out as well as using corrugated card , wood carvings , fabrics and woven ropes. Finally I decided to work with the medium which inspired me first which was wood itself. I looked at the image and tried to think of ways in which it could have been made. I began to carve into wood, burning into it , staining it and painting it to see what the effects would be if I printed them , this then gave me the idea of using plaster by making a wooden frame , filling it with clay and pushing my carved wooden templates into it .This was more process orientated as it was based on  the idea of the marks left behind creating the piece itself.