Above: Edited photographs of A2 cuttings and layering of images, March 2018. Black, white and grey paper using scalpel to cut pieces and physically layering shapes.
Above: Various photographs, February 2018, (Black and white paper with fishing wire) dimensions variable.
Above: Behavior and attitude, February 2018, paper, dimensions variable.
Above: Structures, 5 Free forms of standing paper. Hand drawn and painted using biro, fine liner and black acrylic paint. November 2017, 120cm x 30cm. Sculpture pieces: Indentation in Plaster, December 2017, 20cm x 20cm. Right: A3 and A4 drawings, December 2017. Black canvas: Ephesians c10 v14-17, black layered painted canvas, December 2017, 40cm x 40cm.
In my second year studying Fine Art, my practice continued to be inspired by nature. I built on my first year work; drawing and making observational sketches in biro, fine liner and pencil. In the casting studio, I experimented by collecting objects to press into clay, creating a wooden frame to pour plaster into. This resulted in positive and negative reliefs of found objects. At an exhibition at Sion Hill open studios, I presented a series of 5 columns that focused on the composition of the collected objects. Instead of having a flat surface, I curved the paper to leave tree-structure like forms which stand freely in an open space. Hand drawn and painted in monochrome, they emphasised line, shape, tone, pattern and composition.