day 22

Considering the aesthetics of the metal I am using in/to make the work. Feel it needs to be crafted and sculpted to my own design. Ultimately, I must retain control of the dispersal of the rust, therefore, ts positioning is crucial. Researched and found a synthetic misture to induce rust on steel... experimented and made this work. Particularly enjoy the stronge lighting that accentuates the physical texture of the piece. A transient nature to the surface is defined.






Attempting to relinquish the look of the science lab in my work... by taking photos at certain angles, I have the power to manipulate the viewer and allow the work to speak of a new dialogue. For example, this image: waterfall?


















Becoming increasingly interested in the delicate and tentative nature of the rusting process. A fluidity; an ambiguity; an intrusion into other media. Perhaps take the work back to the experimental prints of vinegar and object?

Had a few mini tutorials with paul this week. Progressing the idea of containment and process of the gelatine and the iron/rust trials to actual pieces of work. This way, I can begin to consider their make up and experiment with their context and not the objects themselves. It has definately been agreed that much has been gained from the project so far, as the primary research has been quite extensive. It is now about relinquishing the looks of science lab experiments and maturing the work to gallery pieces. Even just looking at other artisits like Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys has greatly encouraged this transaction. Why? Because having explored archives of their work, I have been able to identify my thoughts, and what seemed 'basic' work, actually seems to retain the 'complex' and relevant thought behind them.

Although the notion of science work seems silly, im actually considering the potential of involving it in my work... but using its context through object representation than anything else. Things can appear large if 1) their actually physically large in space or 2) they are scrutinised in close proximity. My thinking was taking the work to a microscopic level and 'examining' the process i've been analysing under the miroscope? Possible relations to the interseting crystalline structures i've been 'growing' from the metal... juxtaposition with the seemingly organic grown out of the industrial.

Questions im now asking myself:

What can be done to make the work big?
What should the work discuss?
What materials/objects should be used?

Thinking more about the layering process that the rusty objects go through... its layers of oxidation, each one building on the last. So what if i was to emulate this through the gelatine by layering and cooling it, perhaps inside a piece of metal that seems to 'wrap' it? Could the final piece be the metal and the gelatine or the gelatine and the intriguing stains that the iron starts to deposit via its rust? not sure. Only way is try this all up.