What is an emotion and why do we feel things? Why do our memories evoke such strong sensations within us? Emotions to me is a wonderful part of our world. They add to our experiences in an indescribable way. Without emotions our experiences would not even be significant to us no?… Read more →
For week 3, I decided to work on the weird mediums and materials that I was more familiar with. INK ON GLUE First and foremost would be glue. In my Junior College days, I had played with dropping ink on glue and realised that the ink diffused into beautiful patterns. Like marbling of sorts. But I realised, that for some… Read more →
So today was my first time playing with mono prints. Weeeeeeeeeeee For my first attempt I tired using diffuser sticks. I thought that print came out nicely and the shape of the items were clearly seen. However, it seems pretty boring doesn’t it ? This was apparent when I used fake leaves too. Maybe I cant play around with the… Read more →
So for my first experimentation for 2D mark making, I decided to mix and match techniques I’ve learnt from different artists, namely, Cai Guo-Qiang’s method of using stencils and Jackson Pollock’s method of drip painting. But… lets just say that things didn’t really go according to plan. My first plan was to create a stencil of a fish and… Read more →
Okay so first of all, I think it is damn cool that this artist explodes things like… But okay on a serious note, Cai creates artworks by using gunpowder as a medium. By using gunpowder he presents an oxymoron in his work and this opposing duality in itself is also an artwork. He uses gunpowder, something that is usually associated… Read more →
The designs of the images presented in this series are relatively simple. The wall painting (which would usually stretch from floor to ceiling) would depict a grayscale gradient. Darker towards the edges of the canvas and and lighter in the middle. This gradient was made by varying the concentration of scribbles. So dark areas will have a high concentration of… Read more →