Jar Design - EVIL AND DARKNESS

EVIL AND DARKNESS

Source of image: http://tarancouture.blogspot.co.uk

This jar is another jar representing nightmares, but also the evil and darkness we all have inside us. When I think about this I immediately think villains. The first evil villain that comes to mind is the ice queen from the film 'Narnia'. The sophistication of the ice queen relates to what I wanted to put through in my photo shoot; glamorous but dark.


Masha Mel
Masha Mel is a photographer who is part of the Ardorous Collective. I really like her work and below are a few selected images from her website. A lot of Mel's photography is portraiture and I really like how she captured in subjects in each of the images. The girl with the pink, dressed in all pink, holding pink flowers is colour coordinated, and looks like someone from the past. The personalities of each of the subjects are transferred to the viewer through the image, as the models look directly to the camera, so it is like they look at you. Directly looking at the camera does look quite spooky, because it is like the subject can see you.

Masha Mel: http://www.mashamel.com

Masha Mel, Lana Del Rey and the ice queen inspired my "Evil and Darkness" photography shoot. I first created a floral head band made from red fake flowers, because red is a colour often associated with evil. I quite like the outcome of my photography, and went on to further edit the best of them to produce photography to a good standard despite having a normal household camera.

-The Jar

The jar for this theme, is to represent the darkness within us. The inside of the lid will be a mirror symbolising the face of evil... Through the mirror I want to shown evil lies within everyone, and we all could be evil. I hope to paint the whole jar black symbolising darkness.  Inside of the jar will have a dislocated dolls arm standing upright, as it is trying to reach out. Glow in the dark stick, will be used to represent the light coming from the darkness. From inside the jar there will be different objects sticking up and sticking out, to add dimension to the piece and to relate more to this idea of evil and darkness.

Paper Art - hand-cut paper, stencils and other cutting techniques

Caroline Jane Harris

This is the work of artist Caroline Jane Harris. I really like her intricately cut pieces, and the organic nature of the work.  The detail in the work is beautiful, and to see paper cut in this way is so intriguing and looking at the work always brings me to take a closer look at the image. There is no excessive use of colour which works when with the images so you can focus on the patterns, and the image that has been created from the cut out. The work looks so fragile, but shows how paper can be used in other exciting way. The cuts are finely done and I think it's when you see images like this in real-life that you gain a proper insight into it's beauty. Some of the pieces look like snow flakes under a microscopes, reminding me of winter and the ice queen. This effect makes the work look quite cold which works well with the fragile nature of the work.

More of Caroline Jane Harris' work can be found here: http://www.carolinejaneharris.com

Aoyama Hina

In contrast to Caroline Jane Harris' work Aoyama Hina hand-cut her pieces. I think both artists have amazing pieces of work and Aoyama Hina's pieces are auntie feminine and pretty. Her work does amaze me to think that only a scissor and paper was used to create such a delicate image. I really like the effect of the work.

More of  Aoyama Hina's work can be found here: http://www.toxel.com/

My Hand-cut paper designs. 

These are my hand-cut paper designs. My designs are not as intricate as the designs of Caroline Jane Harris and Aoyama Hina, but I wanted to practice with this techniques because I really liked it. Using the stencil I had created, I then created prints using inks and bleaches on firstly paper then tissue. The pieces were more of an extension of the previous experiments with ink and bleach I had created. Have a look http://ifeakinroyejegraphics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/ink-and-bleach.html 

Creating a hand-cut paper piece.

I like the outcome of the work, but if I am to continue with this technique I would like to produce creating something a littler more finer like the paper artists I had discovered.