Mirror (Matte Black) stainless steel and lacquer.
Horizon red, Stainless steel and lacquer
Key points & reflection:
- While browsing his website, I came across pieces by Anish Kapoor titled Mirror (Matte Black) comprising of stainless steel and lacquer, and Horizon red.
- I love this piece due to its simplicity and minimalism. A convex stainless steel sphere which is half matte black (the complete opposite of the other half).
- The tones of black and silver work really well together, as does adding a colour like red to the steel.
- Kapoor's work engages with the perfect surface.
- Matte Black Lacquer, other lacquers to coat on steel.
Tony Cragg
Parts of Life, Dimension: 123x100x100, Material: Bronze, Date: 2014
- This bronze metal looks like it has been curved and bent as though it is clay. I want to know its process and how it was made.
Title: Skull, Dimension: 150x104x68, Material: Bronze, Date: 2016
- I am drawn to this sculpture due to its abstract shapes, voids throughout, colour, texture.
- Like the previous Cragg sculpture, the bronze has been made to look fluid, it was probably created in clay first and then cast in bronze rather than moulded from a sheet or plate metal.
- This reminds me of my clay works I did last term, through its fluidity, thickness and smoothness.
- Cragg's work still engages with the perfect surface but also the perfect form too - a form that is abstract or 'truly made'.
Further research and Development
- To achieve these 3D forms I could try Bronze casting or first, clay modelling, and form create a sculpture from clay.
- Ask rob if uni has facilities for casting or aluminium casting.
- Go back to clay. This is more affordable and and can work thicker and better than sheet metals. I want to create a full completed sculpture, and form is now ahead of surface in terms of where my concerns lie at the moment in my practice.
- Focus on form rather than surface.
Bronze / Casting Research
- A Bronze sculpture is usually first moulded using clay, then a rubber mould is made from the clay. A mold is then prepared using layers of silicone rubber and fiberglass cloth. Next a plaster or fiberglass backing is added to provide support and structure to the mold. The original clay is then removed from the molds. Molten wax is then poured into the rubber mold, producing a casting of the original 3D. It is called a wax pattern.
- The university probably doesn't have the facilities for this process and I would probably have to outsource.
Further Designs After Research:
Further Development: Photoshop
- Taking the cut outs from the photos of the stainless steel and merging them together. Forming an abstract pattern. I really like the way the burn marks of the steel look, especially after feedback from others and reflection. This style of intuitive working and process led making is very much how I want my practice to develop, now in the form of clay moulding
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