#nature

Graded Unit.Development work

| harussell1

Inspired by the painting ‘Ophelia’ and the ritualistic/sacrificial element of ancient pagan beliefs I decided to mix the two together.The water gave the stagment effect of current situations,and the plant dipped into water the life waiting within it.I feel that it almost reflects how myself and many others feel just now like stagmented life forces waiting for a chance to breathe when given the normality of a ritual that we reckonise.I feel that this experiementaion worked sucessfully and I would like to experiment further with it at a later date.

A mixture of imagery using found pheasant/grouse bones on a shooting site.I found some burnt plastic on top of wood and really liked how it visually reminded me of decay and of the flesh slowly being eaten away.I felt that the bones really related well to this.I also decided to experiment with ready mades using different compositions.

  • melted plastic on wood,a good representation of decay and something I would like to recreate in the future
  • Mould/decay
  • potentially a deer bone?Again links to the sacrificial elements of rituals.
I really like the image of this wood hanging.I think it plays alot of tricks on the mind and acts almost like an abstract art piece.It looks like it could be part of a mysterious woodland ritual and has a feel of the blair witch project about it
The Blair witch project used mysterious symbols made from sticks/wood throughout in order to build fear throughout the movie.
Ritualistic circle found whilst visiting St Mary’s loch.I yet again found an air of mystery surrounding this yet fascination.With so many questions like; ‘what is it for?’ ‘is it a burial site?’ ‘is it just kids messing around?’ it made me think how interesting it would be to create something within nature that would give people a similar pattern of thought.

Kind of like Damien Hursts; ‘Treasures from the wreck of the unbelivable’
People were intrigued by ‘the treasures of the wreck of the unbelivable.’ A film was made about the discovery of them which then turned out to be fake obviously.I can understand the thought pattern behind Hurst making this having the power of knowing it’s fake and watching others intrigue is quite quite itneresting within itself