Project 2

Artist Statement: 

     To begin I will expound upon the first part of the project or the first three composition descending from the top. I explored the limitation of creating a composition solely by scanning objects and leaving them as close to their pre-scanned form as possible. In an attempt to be creative and create a composition that was entertaining I decided to explore depth. To do this I layered objects over one another as exemplified in the 3rd composition in which I layer pencil and scarf haphazardly to show contrast and depth. I also played with the far background of these pieces using paper and or fabrics such as a yellow and a crocheted hat in composition 2. This had a good result as the crinkles and bends in the background of each composition caught the light of the scanner differently and produced a textured look.

     In the next three compositions I attempted to turn the scanned objects into surreal pieces. My main focus throughout these compositions was to distort the perception of size ( as scene in the last composition and how the crocheted hat is blown up to look almost like hair) and to make the tinfoil I scanned unrecognizable. Concerning the latter goal, placing the tinfoil in the background and or by applying a setting to it allowed the the tinfoil to appear like zebra stripes as in the first of the three surreal compositions. I also decided to play with the scaling of objects as seen by the colored pencils I scanned. For example, in the third surreal piece I scaled the pencils down and then distorted them which allowed them to be turned into legs and antennas. It turned out nicely.