Underwater sculpture - Jason deCaires Taylor

Thought these were beauty I found this photographer on tumblr when I was jut browsing I think the lighting and obviously the strange subject natter of he Image make it particularly successful 

Annette Messager

What I found particularly interesting about this Annette Messager piece I the composition of the elements. The way the photos all overlap and the way they are hanging.

Sarah Sze

I thought this Sarah Sze piece was interesting because I liked the collection of objects but mostly because I the way they are lit to cast shadows on the surrounding walls and ceiling .

Yinka Shonibare

I like the use of colour and pattern used with the fabrics an the pose of the mannequin ice skating has a real sense of movement 

Mathew Calderwood

The form on its own I s a nice shape the addition of the patchy rust caused by the paper he uses on his sculptures makes it a lot more interesting 

Image from Nobrow 6

I though the colour scheme and use of space was very beautiful 

Ralph Steadman

This was the cover for illustration magazine I really liked the other work shown within the magazine but I particularly like the illustration on the cover. I like his use of media the back ground looks like I could have been a watercolour test sheet that he's the drawn on top of and combined with found imagery and text and image . 

Christopher Corr

A page I found interesting about Christopher Corr 's sketchbooks I liked all images so undecided to take a picture of the whole page. In the article he talks about his use of sketchbooks to document interesting things he hears and  sees around him they are all quick drawings / paintings but that's part of there charm .

Mark Summers

I love the technical ability required to make this piece althought I do like more contempory approaches to illustration I still find the skill full more traditional drawings beautiful to look at being able to created a piece so tonal using a traditional etching style .

Tom Allen

I found this image in a book called  "illustration a visual history"  this was in the neo Impressionism section and I really like the colours an how the red mergers between the mans face and shirt .

Laura Carlin

I like this illustration on a vessel because of the idea of it being a throwback to traditional pottery but with a much more contemporary drawing style this also give me a focus for how j could combine my interests in illustration and ceramics to produce interesting work .

Matthew Richardson

I llike the use of collage and found imagery in this image by Matthew Richardson .

Ronald Searle

I like this piece because of its conposition and it's variance of line, a nie use of thick and thin line 

Ezra Jack Keats

I really like the use of simple shape and colour in this image by Ezra Keats the colour scheme imply a the boys room to be cosy while the outside is cold and snowey 

David Hughes

I think this illustration is great. I like contrast between the more worked areas of drawing against the more simple single line elements an the colour muted colour scheme .

Sara Faneli print for the Tate

I chose this piece because I liked the colour scheme, use of text and image and the graph paper she has created the image on .

Graphic design Artist

Illustration artist

Collage with graphite continuous line

Collage piece pre drawing

Blind Drawings

Transform (vision colour mobile)

Inspired by Alexander Calder

Anish Kapoor

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder and Anish Kapoor

I chose to look at the work of Alexander Calder. We had been experimenting with The use of wire to make both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional work.  I was making my 3d piece using a sort of coiling method, where I coiled the wire around a long spool and then slipped it off leaving it in a spring shape. I made several of these springs, attached them using the spot welder and made foot for them to make the piece self-standing.  

My tutor had shown us a method where you adhere tissue paper to a wire shape using PVA glue and a hair dryer. This makes a semi opaque panel within the wire; I found that the use of wire and solid geometric shapes reminded me of some of Calder’s work I had seen previously. 

 I really like Calder’s work. Although some would say it may at first appear very basic they are exquisitely crafted and that's where i found there merritt. The Mobiles in particular are exquisitely made. Unlike my response Calder would create simple chain like loops between each piece of wire. They are simple but that is what makes them beautiful, the stationary self-standing pieces often employ weighting and counter weighting mechanisms to keep the piece sturdy these are equally beautifully made. He uses basic shapes on the end of long wire arms that are often coloured only using the primary colours and occasionally a dark green apparently inspired by the abstract paintings of artists such as Joan Miro. They are seen as sculptures by a professional artist making them a niche as they are now worth a lot of money and are not something for the average consumer.  Calder’s works can seem dwarfed in size and mediocre to some in comparison to the gigantic sculptures created by Anish Kapoor, who is now perhaps most famous for the work “Orbit” ( the Red twisting tower at the London 2012 Olympic park) which I think is a shame because I find that particular piece quite horrible to look at when compared to his stainless steel works.  Both artists were attempting similar ideas ,but in different ways and indeed in different times. They both created pieces that were designed to be interacted with by the viewer and had elements within them that moved. In the case of Calder’s works, figurines or mobiles were often mechanically moved via pulleys, levers or motors. Anish Kapoor on the other hand uses polished stainless steel or convex mirrors that when viewed cause visual illusions which can often make the viewer feel disorientated.  Truth be told I like both artists work, but there’s something about the more old fashioned techniques used with Calder’s wire mobiles that I find more endearing.  

Design for a 2 person wearable piece

3D wire ceramic pot

Wire and tissue sculpture in response to Alexander Calder

Raku firing :)

Collage connections

Connections continuous line drawings

Connections