Forming Ideas...

As my work has begun to develop, I have decided to aim my work in the direction that will aim towards a gallery-situated outcome. I decided to work towards a gallery-situated outcome because it allows me with the space needed to work on a much larger scale, it would also be the right setting for my work to be admired and appreciated by a variety of people.

I would like to produce an installation that will be consistently made up from the geometric forms that I have been working on. The geometric 3-d shapes will include my natural forms through the method of either laser cutting or print, as this is my specialism.

I want my installation to represent 'man made harnessing nature' instead of what is perceived as the human kind causing damage resulting in climate change. As the climate shifts, damage is being create upon the natural environment and through my method of laser cutting or print, I want to capture aspects of nature that are being damaged or overlooked and present them in a manmade setting that is consistent and would always be protected.

I know that my final piece that my Unit X will work towards creating an area that could possibly be walked under, it will consist of my geometric shapes, made from a transparent material combined with my digital drawings of natural forms. The shape and presentation of the outcome that I should be working towards is so far difficult to achieve, I began looking for inspiration through other artists work and their presentation of it as a way of generating ideas that I could then interpret myself.

Cerith Wyn Evans work is the inspiration for this idea. From the use of the bright light appears an uplifting, angelic and beautiful presence however, the glowing columns create presence by the sheer heat they project across the room, creating an unbearable heated atmosphere that can be 'deeply unpleasant'. Evans uses heat to portray the 'rage of desire', in opposition to the cool embrace given from upstairs, giving me a representation of heaven and hell. The simple presentation of columns is what I admire about this work; I wanted to visit the idea of using columns in my work through this drawing. I like the combination of columns alongside individually stacking my geometric cubes. I chosen to work with cubes for this design because of the simplicity they offer in being a even 6-sided shape, the natural forms would provide the detail.

Even though the stacked columns would provide me with a simple and elegant presentation, I want to produce a presentation that has more to offer within its construction. Jim Campbell in his work 'Exploded View (Commuters)', 2001 offers an idea on how to do this. I have kept the idea of using multiples in the back of my mind and this is where it came through, I like the concept of using multiples of one geometric shape all brought together to form the same shape but on a much larger scale, similar to that of Campbell's work presented below. The construction of a piece like this is difficult but the result would be worthwhile, the precision needed for this construction is what would represent the 'order' within my theme. For ideas like this to visualise, I need to work on the technical side of my shapes and how I would incorporate my natural from drawings on them i.e. print.