RANDY GRSKOVIC
I liked Randy Grskovic's technique however I would like to incorporate it so that it is more relatable to my theme, manufactured structure. Randy usually uses old family photographs or nature to flip and rotate so I decided to do it with my buildings images from the roof top of my college through using Photoshop. I selected rectangular sections of the image ensuring tat they are the same length ad then rotated it upside down. I wanted to make sure the skyline between the images would meet, still creating a skyline but in a juxtaposed way. I also edited the image and added a vintage effect. My response puts together nature and man-made structures together but the harsh lines that separate the images show that nature and man-made can never be blended in together or be the same thing.
I liked Randy Grskovic's technique however I would like to incorporate it so that it is more relatable to my theme, manufactured structure. Randy usually uses old family photographs or nature to flip and rotate so I decided to do it with my buildings images from the roof top of my college through using Photoshop. I selected rectangular sections of the image ensuring tat they are the same length ad then rotated it upside down. I wanted to make sure the skyline between the images would meet, still creating a skyline but in a juxtaposed way. I also edited the image and added a vintage effect. My response puts together nature and man-made structures together but the harsh lines that separate the images show that nature and man-made can never be blended in together or be the same thing.
SHAUN KARDINAL
I decided to take a set of images at a construction site, as I was influenced from my abstract experiments. By creating my own mini sculptures and photographing them, it got me thinking about actually photographing the building process of buildings around my local area. I took this set of images at a building that is under construction in Eltham as there is quite a lot of building development going on in that area. I tried to take my images from quite a few different perspectives, so all different parts of the construction were photographed. I like that throughout all the image, there is a running element of lines, mainly from the scaffolding and cranes. I then started to edit my images by, changing the exposure, contrast and definition. I then used Shaun Kardinal's inspiration of using embroidery over images because it creates more structural shape to the image and colour. So I used colourful thread that was thick and drew on the back of the image the lines that I wanted to sew. It is difficult to create a circle with embroidery because you can only use straight lines therefore I attempted a circular shape that has long and short lines coming from the centre. I then took this idea further because it was successful and used it on the same image however, I chose to change the appearance of my stitching and shape. For example I went over the construction line of the scaffolding in different colours and this changed the image from being flat and having a slightly higher level to it. there is already rough texture on the image because of the bricks but I wanted to add even more texture so I used cut out material that look like nets and placed it over the fences and on the blue net that is placed over the scaffolding. This has made the overall image more effective because through doing double stitching and using material over the image it has added many different elements to the image.
I decided to take a set of images at a construction site, as I was influenced from my abstract experiments. By creating my own mini sculptures and photographing them, it got me thinking about actually photographing the building process of buildings around my local area. I took this set of images at a building that is under construction in Eltham as there is quite a lot of building development going on in that area. I tried to take my images from quite a few different perspectives, so all different parts of the construction were photographed. I like that throughout all the image, there is a running element of lines, mainly from the scaffolding and cranes. I then started to edit my images by, changing the exposure, contrast and definition. I then used Shaun Kardinal's inspiration of using embroidery over images because it creates more structural shape to the image and colour. So I used colourful thread that was thick and drew on the back of the image the lines that I wanted to sew. It is difficult to create a circle with embroidery because you can only use straight lines therefore I attempted a circular shape that has long and short lines coming from the centre. I then took this idea further because it was successful and used it on the same image however, I chose to change the appearance of my stitching and shape. For example I went over the construction line of the scaffolding in different colours and this changed the image from being flat and having a slightly higher level to it. there is already rough texture on the image because of the bricks but I wanted to add even more texture so I used cut out material that look like nets and placed it over the fences and on the blue net that is placed over the scaffolding. This has made the overall image more effective because through doing double stitching and using material over the image it has added many different elements to the image.
ZACHARIE GUADRILLOT
I dissected this building using Photoshop and this artist was really interesting and linked in with my theme 'manufactured structure' very well so I used an image of a building rather than a street that has many different building. I focused on one and separated it even more pieces from each other. I would like to add more texture to my work and experiment with different material so I will use embroidery thread to sew the building together and use vibrant vinyl stickers to stick on. Combining influence from Zacharie Gaudrillot and Shaun Kardinal, after I used Photoshop to dissect this building and using the concept of under construction, I used the embroidery but gave it meaning through using it as what makes the dissected building built again. My continuous use of bright and vivid colours was used here too.
I dissected this building using Photoshop and this artist was really interesting and linked in with my theme 'manufactured structure' very well so I used an image of a building rather than a street that has many different building. I focused on one and separated it even more pieces from each other. I would like to add more texture to my work and experiment with different material so I will use embroidery thread to sew the building together and use vibrant vinyl stickers to stick on. Combining influence from Zacharie Gaudrillot and Shaun Kardinal, after I used Photoshop to dissect this building and using the concept of under construction, I used the embroidery but gave it meaning through using it as what makes the dissected building built again. My continuous use of bright and vivid colours was used here too.
ABGIGAIL REYNOLDS
My responses for Abigail Reynolds was one of the most successful experiments that I think have worked well, the meaning behind it is about how have manufactured structures changed over time. I have tried to show this through photography by trying to show the new building (in colour) whilst the old building (in black and white) is being revealed in a way that it looks like it been torn out. By simply putting the black and white effect and playing around with the exposure and contrast it has made the mage look like it was taken a hundred years ago.
My responses for Abigail Reynolds was one of the most successful experiments that I think have worked well, the meaning behind it is about how have manufactured structures changed over time. I have tried to show this through photography by trying to show the new building (in colour) whilst the old building (in black and white) is being revealed in a way that it looks like it been torn out. By simply putting the black and white effect and playing around with the exposure and contrast it has made the mage look like it was taken a hundred years ago.
I experimented with my work further by taking a picture of it and using Photoshop to duplicate it many times and connect them to create a shape. the above image looks like its been bent or folded and you can now see the image from a different perspective. It has also transformed it into almost a different structure.
I printed out my best images and then created kaleidoscope patterns with it. Even though I already liked how my kaleidoscope patterns turned out because of the different textures and colour. I used the kaleidoscope patterns to guide me where to fold and create paper sculptures. I created a selection a responses using the kaleidoscope effect with a range of my images that were taken in different locations with a different environment because the range of colours and textures would be different to see the patterns that are created. I found that even taking kaleidoscope images of my responses worked really well.
GUY CATLING
In response to Guy Catling, I created a handmade response and another one using Photoshop to use different materials and test which one works better and looks more effective. For the first response I chose an image of a building near the O2 from my photo-shoot, I then used the circular selection tool to select all the windows and cut it all out. Later on I chose to use my kaleidoscope pattern of the building that was under construction to represent a journey of how buildings are built. I used the layer under the image of the building to cover the blank window spaces. Through combining many different materials (embroidery thread and kaleidoscope patterns) and the bright colours, the image looks very busy. There is a lot of pattern going on because of the mosaic on the building and the bricks on the other image, it is difficult to concentrate and tell what is going on. therefore I decided to use the original image that does not have the kaleidoscope effect on so that it can look simpler.
In response to Guy Catling, I created a handmade response and another one using Photoshop to use different materials and test which one works better and looks more effective. For the first response I chose an image of a building near the O2 from my photo-shoot, I then used the circular selection tool to select all the windows and cut it all out. Later on I chose to use my kaleidoscope pattern of the building that was under construction to represent a journey of how buildings are built. I used the layer under the image of the building to cover the blank window spaces. Through combining many different materials (embroidery thread and kaleidoscope patterns) and the bright colours, the image looks very busy. There is a lot of pattern going on because of the mosaic on the building and the bricks on the other image, it is difficult to concentrate and tell what is going on. therefore I decided to use the original image that does not have the kaleidoscope effect on so that it can look simpler.
For this response I tried using a different technique to achieve a similar outcome to Guy Catling to see whether it would have a completely different result. I used a less complicated building from millennium village because I'm going to be using a more complicated pattern where the windows are. I began by using he carving knife and a mat to cut out the windows and the sections that I didn't want such as the doo. I then placed the image underneath, I experimented with different patterns but this was my favourite one that worked well. Even though I like the combinations of the colours, I could've made the building image into black and white so that the main focus could be on the patterns.