PVA Glue Experiments

     These are my pva glue experiments I have created  responding with primary photographs. With these experiments I would pour some pva glue onto acetate, add my primary photograph and then add different materials and ink to 'hide' the photograph and create the desolated, forgotten effect. 

     Some of these experiments I used too much ink or too many materials and so the primary photograph became really distort and you cant see the photograph at all. However, in another experiment I didn't use enough materials or ink and so the experiment doesn't look forgotten at all and so it was very unsuccessful. 

      However, I still thought I could improve the              experiments which were successful so I scanned them into Photoshop, placed the original photograph, that I used in the experiment, behind the scanned experiment and then changed the experiments' layer to 'overlay' or 'multiply' so you would still be able to see the experiment and the photograph but not the whole of it, only sections to enhance the 'distort', 'desolated' theme: forgotten. 

My Photoshop Experiments 

         

I particularly prefer the first photoshop manipulation to the other because it is a lot more interesting to look at and observe rather than the second. I think this is because the first manipulation has a lot of different colours and you can clearly see all the different textures and materials whereas in the second manipulation the photo itself isn't as interesting as well as not having as many different colours, textures and medias. 

Primary Photographs

These are my first set primary photographs I have taken of things that seem or have been forgotten about. The cobs webs, rust, decayed bricks and dead flowers suggest  'forgotten' as they show that they have been left for a long while to get into that state. 

   

    

                                                            

 

Statement of Intent

The title for my final major project is "Forgotten" so I will be working towards photographing landscapes, objects and people which have been forgotten or perhaps in the process of being forgotten. I will also experiment with these photographs with mix media techniques and my proposed end point will be a mix media photograph. 

My starting points with this project are to research photographers and artists who might explore something similar to "forgotten." I will research these using the Internet and going to the local library to see if there are any photographers or artists in books. 

This is a timetable or a plan of what I will do in the following weeks for my final major project:

From week one to week three I will be doing artist and photographers research, taking primary photographs with digital and traditional cameras, drawing with techniques such as charcoal, pencil and pen and ink. I will also create a mood board of secondary photos and a spider diagram exploring the theme 'forgotten'. 

From week two to week five I will be experimenting with different medias and techniques such as: image transfer, painting, experimenting with studio lighting, photoshop, darkroom experiments. Layered experiments onto acetate with pva glue, wax, torn photographs, thread, mesh, ink etc.. Lino printing, stitching into photographs and many more techniques.

On week six I will be selecting and developing the most effect experiments from week two to week five and refine these experiments, focusing on composition and scale. I will also create at least three alternative final ideas for my final piece. 

From week seven to week nine I will create and display my final outcome and evaluate my whole project as well as my final outcome. 

When reviewing and analysing my work, I will determine what was successful about my project but also the areas for improvement. I could receive critical feedback from my peers by giving them my blog address, doing a survey and presenting a presentation to my peers. Also, annotating my sketchbook throughout will help me review that particular experiment. My key question when evaluating, however, will be "Have I achieved my intentions?"