Ive been collecting interesting types of packaging for a little while now not really knowing why i was drawn to them apart from their qualities as materials. I decided to bring a couple of pieces in to the studio and display them to start some discussion about what happened when I displayed them like this and how they related to other aspects of my practise. I enjoyed how id elevated the status of the packaging from a material used to protect something of value during travel to an object of worth in its on right. At the height they were hung on the wall they were given painterly qualities and this furthered their evelation of status. I also enjoyed how they are parts of a system being formed from re-cycled materials to do a job and then re-cycled again. By pulling them out of this system and displaying them like this I am offering them as objects of beauty and highlighting their sculptural niceties.
At the moment I'm trying to develop the way in which i approach working, so i am not limited to just working within the 3 dimensional. What I was attempting with these wall works is carry the same working methods and issues i have in a sculptural work into something that is displayed on the wall. By doing this i hope to created a broader variety within a body of works which can be read in its entirety to gather a sense of my concerns and the way i approach making work.
