Week 12✦

Final Book Documentation

Gallery of fun/detail photos

Formal Gallery:

ARTIST MULTIPLES

FREE RAINBOW ✥ CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ✥

FREE RAINBOW ✥ FINISHED PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION ✥

✥ IN ACTION ✥

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Week 11✦

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Multiples Ideas/Brainstorm ❉

FREE RAINBOW ✥ BRAINSTORMING ✥

(Picture of a rainbow cast by one of my sun catchers in my home)

My current interests within my art practice have been about honouring and focusing on the present moment. Noticing the small moments every day that can surprise us with a little magic. Specifically, I have been interested in unique phenomenon of light refractions and shadows in my environment. I am intrigued by the sun and the moon and how they interact with our surroundings, performing like another dimension in our world. There are some tools that can be used to enhance and create light refractions in a specific place. For this project I would like to create a “rainbow maker” multiple. 

Even when a sun catcher is in the same spot every day, the way the light interacts with it is never the same. As long as there is sun/moon light, there can be rainbows. On cloudy, overcast or stormy days, these sculptures still hold a glimmer, it sparkles and within the crystal prisms you can see the trapped colours. This device can be used to bring unique light phenomenon into any environment.

I am proposing a very simple yet effective concept, either in the form of a “Make your own rainbow kit” or a ready-made rainbow refracting charm that can be placed anywhere you desire. I am going to include a metal clasp that can be secured to many different surfaces and locations, and fishing line to connect your clasp to your crystal prism that will also be included. I am debating whether it is necessary to include other components. 

I am proposing that with your rainbow creator, you will have the freedom to insert it into the world wherever you feel our world needs it. 

For myself, although I see rainbows as a magical and beautiful phenomenon, they are mainly special because of their universal symbolism for positivity: joy, inclusion, peace, love, good fortune etc… Although all are positive meanings, different religions and cultures have a different message for what a rainbow means specifically. You may place your rainbow and use it however you believe it is needed, no matter your beliefs it can be a powerful and beneficial device.

My rainbow maker (kit) will include:

-a metal clip/clasp

-fishing line

-7 coloured beads: red, pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange

-2 clear round faceted beads (light refracting beads)

-1 octagon crystal (main light refracting/rainbow making component)

Either pre-assembled or requiring assembly?

-will include a prompt/ instructions how how to use your light refractor

NAME IDEAS:

-Free Rainbow

-Rainbow Maker

-Rainbow Creator

-Light Refractor

-Light Refracting Charm

-Light Dispersing Charm

TO ME, this idea feels like a way for people to express love, joy and also acts as an intervention in daily life; with the intent of having it catch someone’s eye and create a moment for them to be present. We are often wrapped up in our thoughts or on our next destination, we don’t pay attention or fully engage with our present moment. 

INDEPENDENT WORK IDEA

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EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO – The Light Dimension❉

(Examples of photographs of magical, curious shadows and light refractions I have taken over the last year)

As mentioned in my multiples post, I am currently very interested in moments in my everyday life when the sun or moon’s light interacts with our world. I am fascinated by the moments where they create dancing shadows and light refractions that perform as extra layers in our reality. There are instances where there seems to be a bridge between worlds: no longer as predictable and monotonous as it was, life is transformed, becoming curious and enchanting. Part of my current art practice is to capture and document these transient moments and use them as inspiration for paintings and drawings. I recreate the moments and aim to conjure the emotions and wonder felt in those inspired instances so that they may endure in the form of photographs, paintings and drawings. I hope to inspire viewers to take the time to contemplate the small moments in life that hold so much beauty when we are paying attention.   

I have been also documenting videos but have not made any formal work with the footage. I would like to make a video loop with ethereal sounds to create a peaceful and otherworldly experience when watching the video. I would like to include footage of rainbows, light refractions, as well as shadows and other interesting light phenomenon.

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Week 10✦

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Final Book❁

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Week 9✦

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Book Progress❁

SPED-UP PROCESS FOR CREATING SPREAD IN PROCREATE ON IPAD

Pages In Progress

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Week 8✦

Field trip !

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Week 7✦

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Book Brainstorm❁

Shan and I decided we would like to create a book about making pigments from our surroundings. It will include documentation on our process of creating a series of pigments using specimens/objects in our daily environment from our video project.

Notes/Planning ↴

Book Inspiration:

This is a book I have at home that has some really great drawings and journaling style documentation.

This book that Diane shared with us was the perfect way for us to visualize how to begin this project!

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Week 6✦

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Video Art ☽

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Week 5✦

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Video Art in Progress☽

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Week 4✦

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Video Art Brainstorm☽

Shan and I have had the idea recently to create paint using plants or reused materials. We would like to create a video documenting the process. We would like it to be very intimate in the style of recording as well as quick and engaging to hold the viewers attention but also replay enough information.

Some people who inspired this idea for me are artists I follow on instagram:

@thedogwooddyer @blackforager @wildpigmentproject

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Week 2✦

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Bookstacks: Inspired by Nina Katchadourian

It was such a playful experience creating book stacks using different methods and inspirations. This exercise has given me a new perspective on books I have owned for a very long time.

Using my own and my partners collections of books, I gathered them all in one room(the room most of them live in, my little home studio) and proceeded to intuitively start making combinations and playing with the books. I lost myself in ply for a few hours just giggling away at my combinations. I noticed many of the books I had were one worded titles which made for an interesting challenge to work with. After playing for a while I reconfigured some of the stacks on my desk with my wooden wall in the background. I set them up with some direct lighting, I also made some shadows( with my hands in some and by manipulating my light sources for others) for some photos in order to capture an aura for the communicated statements. It was very difficult to choose just three, here are my final selections then I will share my additional experiments below. I wanted to also experiment more with colour and sculptural qualities but will require a larger library. This is definitely an activity I would like to continue attempting with different collections and see what the results may hold. Even with very limited books, I felt I had not yet exhausted all their possibilities.

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FINAL SELECTION

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MORE EXPERIMENTS

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Tried to create eerie lighting for this book stack, books surrounded by candlelight. This was the most interesting of that shoot.

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I experimented with stacking books in alphabetical order and then lining up the titles like in my previous attempts. This time I was interested in looking at the tower sculpturally. I then attempted this method a few more times.

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