I have independent study week, where I need to decide what to do for my final major project. It is a bit daunting to think that this is the final project, but exciting at the same time. I would like to continue working with negative spaces, but in a more general way, focusing less on trees.
Here are some cut-outs of negative space that I worked on during the christmas holidays. I made them by cutting into card. I found real joy in working with a knife and cutting out sections - there is a sense of real connection with the material, and a sort of labour satisfaction at the end of the day when one can pick up the paper and look through the gaps.
They are all A3 except for the first image, which is a small experiment from my sketchbook.
Seeing our surroundings through an object, in this case through a tree. Using the colour palette of a tree instead of a plain white for the object:
Here are some cut-outs of negative space that I worked on during the christmas holidays. I made them by cutting into card. I found real joy in working with a knife and cutting out sections - there is a sense of real connection with the material, and a sort of labour satisfaction at the end of the day when one can pick up the paper and look through the gaps.
They are all A3 except for the first image, which is a small experiment from my sketchbook.
Seeing our surroundings through an object, in this case through a tree. Using the colour palette of a tree instead of a plain white for the object:
Looking up through the tree, a picture of the sky behind the cut-out.
Looking straight through the tree, an image of its surrounding behind the cut-out.
Looking down through the tree from above, an image of the ground behind the cut-out.
Nina, these are absolutely wonderful. I think you are onto something -- could be done in cutout, collage, paint -- so many choices. Luscious!
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