9:20am
I want to discuss my work abit more critically today as now i am in the studio infront of my colourful display of art and craft. Firstly i want to add a little something random to my blog that i relate to with my work somewhat but also i wanted to add a thought i had the other day in blog review.
”You can’t polish a turd but you can put glitter on it” Sarah James 2013
I like this quote said by a friend as it makes me wonder whether i can make a shitty fine art context nice and attractive by covering it in an aesthetically pleasing craft. Thus hiding the identity of one’s fine art context in my craft based work. Not entirely sure, might need to think further on this.
To further my discussion i feel that within my work i am not only hiding the identity of a fine art context but i am also taking something beautiful and deicate and removing it from its craft home. I am attempting to do so by putting my craft into a thought provoking and questionable environment. This links directly to how an animal testing labratory removes a beagles identity. I think my work may be removing the traditional craft identity from the material and in doing that, it becomes something else. So actually i am not consciously saying that my work is craft doing its best to stand out in fine art but i am using craft materialistically to portray a fine art language within a subject i feel strongly about.
How do i get other people to relate to my work if perhaps i dont fully understand what i am doing myself yet?
9:55am
I have been thinking in a bit of a daydream about my work in particular my cubes. I like what they represent, i think it works and i think the physical nature of them works also. I am just unsure and not happy with the text that i ahve used beneath each one. At first i thought that having the colour, sex and age of my made-up beagles beneath would be a great way to express the importance of awareness, as these beagles are so young but i feel i am giving away too much. I want to make my cubes more subtle while also allowing audience and personal provocation from the context behind the cubes. But then, do i want the audience to know exactly what is going on, do they need to know what my cubes means. Can i keep that to myself? Ooh thoughtful stuff!!!
Anyway instead of the more discriptive written words beneath the cubes i have decided (after looking at my research again) that just ike the labaratorys, i should only use a number. I dont whether the number should just be random or whether i should use numbers that i have seen in my research but it needs to be a number beneath each cube. This makes sure that i can portray how beagles loose their identity as a dog, as man’s best friend and as a creature with a huge personality. Yes a number is crucial in order for my work, in my eyes, to be provoking and interesting. I dont want the cubes to give anything away themselves. I think they portray what i want them too. I think i need to get them out of the studio and put them in a different environment. Also need to make some more up and get some bold numbers together. Test the waters of my idea. 1083, dont know why but this number needs to be a part of it. I feel attached to the number somehow.
