Year 1 Art

Developments from line research After researching Rachel Perry, I created this experiment by using all the pens I had in my bag at the time. I also did a tally of the pens I used to keep count and to know the order of colours, similar to how Perry presented one of her pieces, Chiral lines 24. The vibrancy and boldness of the highlighters contrast the thin and dark biro, which makes each line stand out individually, as the colours clash. I followed the same techniques as Perry, using both hands to create a 'whole' piece. On the right, the lines are tighter together and each one follows the previous very closely, I think I achieved this as I'm right handed and had more control over the pens I used. On the left, the lines aren't as close together, as the go further out onto the page than the right. They're also not as smooth as the right, as my left hand isn't as stable as my right.

Evaluation For my final piece, I used the maps as my main influence, drawing them in fine-liner onto the background of my tea stained canvases. I'm glad I used tea to stain my canvases rather than paint, as the tea symbolizes my family's work history, which adds another layer of meaning, I could have added some tea leaves onto the canvases to add more texture, which would have made the tea concept more obvious.  This is my final piece. I used the tea staining, textiles (the thread tieing the canvases together and the sewing around the photos and embroidering the words), drawing (for the maps), and burning the holes in the canvas. From afar, you can tell its an old map, but when you get closer you can see the details of the map, and when and where its from. Here are close-ups of the canvases, I tried to line them up best I could by sewing them together, they had a bit of give which meant I could alter them slightly once they were hung up. The green represent...

Artists research Rachel Perry was an American artist born in 1962. Her work is mostly conceptual, using a variety of mediums including photography, video, drawing, sculpture and performance. A piece of work by her which I find inspiring is ‘Chiral Lines’ which is using lines in a unique way. She uses all the drawing materials she can find to draw lines onto paper, this first piece uses two piece of paper, using the same pens but one with her left hand and one with her right. The lines look similar but the differ as one small moment can become exaggerated very quick by the repetitive lines. Some of her work is presented larger than others which shows the time taken, to firstly find all the drawing materials, pens and pencils and markers etc, and then draw lines very close together without overlapping and to try and keep the work looking near, although the lines aren’t straight, it shows the naturalness and the unique style of each piece. When presenting her work, Perry uses v...