After looking at Campbell's work I too wanted to create my own cocoon. He work seems to be dependant on the materials she uses, however, because I have a limited range of materials I wanted to focus on creating one section which looks like it is holding something - cradling it. It was therefore why I left most sections where yo were able to see through and made the bottom bit very compacted and concealed. I wanted this to seem almost like a life form was being nurtured in it, the womb of my sculpture. It was this dense section which I hoped to give the illusion that something could be growing inside my work and inevitably make it seem although it was a living piece of work. When I was sticking on the sec ions of card I was very conscious of not adding too much on as I didn't want it to look too heavy, I still wanted it to have a sense of fragility - which I believe it does.
It was one I had hung it that it gave another sense of interest. You were able to walk around it and people around me were walking up to and wanting to peer through it and look into the negative space. This then led me onto wanting to take it into an installation room and plunge it into the darkness with just one spotlight feeding through it. This worked so effectively and from doing this I believe it is now the only way that this sculpture should be viewed. The shapes and lines that the shadows created fascinated me, especially when I was constantly moving the light around and changing the shadow shaping repeatably.
From the group critique I got back some interesting feedback. Someone said that the wood inside looks like a building and the cardboard is like a plant taking over it. This then made me think that this sculpture could be placed outside and let plants grow up through it, and allow animals to take shelter in it. This could prove insightful to get some photos from it as it is slowly decaying with nature engrossing it. Nevertheless, I am not quite finished with using this sculpture for its shadow purposes so I won't take it outside just yet, but leave it for something to do later on. Someone else suggested that I create three of these all together ranging in different sizes and materials and place them in a room together to see watch different shadows and shapes are accumulated. This is something which I am defiantly thinking of looking into. I am looking forward to returning after christmas to explore the potential with shadow play in art.
It was one I had hung it that it gave another sense of interest. You were able to walk around it and people around me were walking up to and wanting to peer through it and look into the negative space. This then led me onto wanting to take it into an installation room and plunge it into the darkness with just one spotlight feeding through it. This worked so effectively and from doing this I believe it is now the only way that this sculpture should be viewed. The shapes and lines that the shadows created fascinated me, especially when I was constantly moving the light around and changing the shadow shaping repeatably.
From the group critique I got back some interesting feedback. Someone said that the wood inside looks like a building and the cardboard is like a plant taking over it. This then made me think that this sculpture could be placed outside and let plants grow up through it, and allow animals to take shelter in it. This could prove insightful to get some photos from it as it is slowly decaying with nature engrossing it. Nevertheless, I am not quite finished with using this sculpture for its shadow purposes so I won't take it outside just yet, but leave it for something to do later on. Someone else suggested that I create three of these all together ranging in different sizes and materials and place them in a room together to see watch different shadows and shapes are accumulated. This is something which I am defiantly thinking of looking into. I am looking forward to returning after christmas to explore the potential with shadow play in art.