Tuesday 16 October 2012



This chair is by Mart Stam and also Marcel Breuer, 1926. What I find most interesting about these chairs is that it still has the strength to stay up without the use of four legs. Its almost like an illusion . I think that the colour is basic and I would like to see it in a brighter colour to make it more interesting. I find the chair on the left more effective than the one on the right because it looks less like a chair without the handles, like the one shown on the right.

This piece of furniture is by Marcel Breuer. Breuer was part of Bauhaus, a school in Germany that combined crafts and fine arts. This chair is interesting because it looks very simple to how it is made. It also looks like it wouldn't be strong enough for someone to sit on, almost delicate. There doesn't look like there is much fabric on the chair at first glance, but looking closer I can tell that the fabric is positioned in the correct areas.

Thursday 4 October 2012

For this image, we first looked at photographer Thorsten Brinkmann. Thorsten photographs models with bizarre objects on their body parts. It makes the viewer question the photograph. It may come as a shock to some people as they are used to crisp, perfect images. At first I was stuck on how I could create image with the props I was given. My teacher then helped me to see how I could use the props in a creative way. The colour purple would represent a bishop of some sort. I then decided to cover the head with a long piece of paper as bishops normally wear long hats.
DRAWING WITH LIGHTS!
This image was created using a low shutter speed, enabling me to draw behind the person with a torch. I think the position the model is in shows a great amount of movement. At first I drew with the torch quite close to the body, in quite tight movements. I then experimented with the looseness and did a different type of movement. I found where I was more loose more effective. As a whole I think this image is effective, it reminds me of a super hero as the model is outlined in what looks like fire.