and more

finally on track

I decided to go with the idea of making the stencils my finished piece and began using expanding foam

trial and error

so I tried dripping paint down the relief pattern

here it goes!

So after finding my footing I finally started.

I tried to imitate how the builders created the image that inspired me by using cardboard templates to push down on plaster. I wanted the plaster to emerge just as the expanding foam did. 

but funnily enough it was the marks that were left on the cardboard that  was really interesting. i also note how the tools  that create pieces of work never get the credit. Just as rachael whiteread drew attention to the negative space which is something people never address, I wanted to draw attention to to the objects that are ordinarily ignored.

I then experimented with pushing different things through 

experimentation..

experimentation.. something I'm not very good at, but will give it a go anyway! What I hate about it is that alot of the time the "experiments" turn out crap but here it goes anywho..

out of all the pictorial research I did, it was this image which caught my eye.

I loved that it looked like the foam was trying to push out of the grid, and then was just suddenly sawed off.
It was this effect that I tried to explore with the work I did after that.

painting :D FINALLY!!!!!

so research... i spent about 5 hours today walking around Limerick city, happily getting lost in dodgy allyways, castles and abandoned buildings snapping photos and getting strange looks from passers by.
At first i wasn't sure what exactly I was looking for, so I just photographed anything and everything I personally liked. Needless to say.. I have strange taste :P

This is one of my favourite of the pictures I took today! I can imagine the materials that i could use along with the paint and other liquids. Newsprint, sand, broken glass, sugar, salt, (all things rough).

as you'll notice, it is the old worn down images that  catch my eye.

love love LOVE this photo!! just love it!