Found Objects

In today’s lesson we looked at the significant of different objects and how they convey and evoke our own personal memories. first we emptied our bags and found objects that reminded us of a certain memory, for example a train ticket that reminded me of a day out with my friends. I was surprised at how many objects i found in my bag and items that had been left in there for a long time and forgotten about. Other items included eye shadows, marbles, pieces of glass, doodles, receipts, a kinder surprise and many more as you can see in the picture bellow.

I then made a composition of the objects in the style Audrey Flack's work in order to photograph and record the items. i arranged them in different compositions to see what looked best. I also placed the objects on different levels of height to show a dynamic composition. I then made sketches of my personal objects using ink and wash. these worked well as they recorded my memories and made them into objects.

We were then given an arrangement of objects that linked and could potentially sum up a person. After coming up with a stereotypical  character that these objects could belong to, we came up with a story and then wrote why the objects link.

I made this response using photocopied pages from my journal. I cut out images that where interesting and placed them into a box to create a scenery that represented my memories. I was trying to depict the sea side. I added a blue vial in the back ground to look like the sea and the sky. I then cut out images that represented the sea and added shells and pebbles. This was a response to Audrey Flack's work, however instead of using objects I used images.

I liked the idea, however I don't think my response was effective as I didn't like the way it looked visually. I think the blue vial made it look tacky and I should have added more images around the box like a collage and given them reliefs so that it was a stronger response to Flack's work.

I used fine liner to draw the found objects that I uncovered lurking around deep in my bag. I think the fine liner worked well and I really like these sketches.