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    This document summarizes the planning and development process for a fine art project at UCA Canterbury in 2011. The initial concept was based on a "Wonderland" theme and involved creating a more sensory-rich environment using visual and audio stimuli. An alternative idea developed using photographs to represent memories, with aspects of the images removed to portray how memories can become blurred over time. Experiments were conducted using ink and glue techniques to create collages. A tree structure was constructed and painted to serve as the base for hanging photographs and collages of personal memories, with parts removed or combined to symbolize the imperfect nature of recollection.

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    This document summarizes the planning and development process for a fine art project at UCA Canterbury in 2011. The initial concept was based on a "Wonderland" theme and involved creating a more sensory-rich environment using visual and audio stimuli. An alternative idea developed using photographs to represent memories, with aspects of the images removed to portray how memories can become blurred over time. Experiments were conducted using ink and glue techniques to create collages. A tree structure was constructed and painted to serve as the base for hanging photographs and collages of personal memories, with parts removed or combined to symbolize the imperfect nature of recollection.

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    Fine Art

    A UCA Canterbury Project

    The planning and development process for a Fine Art project at UCA Canterbury, in 2011.

    The first image (left) comprises of the project


    title, which was based on the concept of a
    Wonderland, and a list of several initial thoughts
    to base the final outcome around.
    The sketch on the page, based on the 3D tree
    created during a group task, became the basis of
    the ideas that would later be developed.

    Recreating the first sketch multiple times allowed


    me to visually design the various ideas, and
    possible appearances of the final outcome.
    The first idea (right) would be based on visual
    stimulation, using objects that are often used to
    decorate homes or gardens, in order to create a
    more sensory rich environment, utilizing both
    visual and audio stimuli.
    The other images on the pages are unrelated.

    An alternative idea, which developed into the final


    outcome, was inspired by the emotional connections
    an individual has with their memories.
    To achieve this idea, I thought it was best to use
    photographs of such times, as they clearly capture
    a single moment. Although photographs are
    representative of a brief moment in time, they
    capture all aspects, so to portray the perspective of
    memory; negation (removing parts of the images)
    became essential to the final piece.

    The first experimental image (right) was


    constructed by sketching a pair of images, using
    ink. Once they had dried, I cut them into pieces,
    varying in size and shape, before placing them
    on a blank piece of paper, which appears to
    have created a form of mosaic pattern or
    collage.
    I later utilized this technique for several
    aspects of my final outcome of the project.

    Alongside the ink collage (top), I also used the


    medium to produce this series of experiments
    (above and left), but alongside the ink, I used
    PVA glue, which resulted in some rather
    unusual effects.
    In order to construct the first image (above left
    and left) I began by placing a puddle of ink on
    the paper, blowing the ink in multiple
    directions to cause it to spread, but before it
    could dry, I placed lines of PVA glue on top,
    which seemed to combine with the ink, creating
    the bizarre pattern. To create the second image
    (above) I repeated the same process, but placed
    the glue on the paper first, rather than the
    ink.

    Working as part of a team, we constructed a tree trunk out of


    card and Masking tape. Due to the difficulty of several branches,
    to improve the integrity of the structure, lines of string were
    attached to the ceiling and tied to the branches that were
    collapsing under their own weight.
    This structure later became the basis of my final outcome, a map
    based on the memories of an individual.

    Once the basic shape was complete and structurally sound, the
    trunk was painted white in an attempt to create the illusion that
    it is emerging from, or as part of the surrounding wall. On several
    of the branches, and surround the base of the trunk, we placed
    various objects, including sticks and pine cones, from the original
    tree that inspired us to create our own card version.

    With the base of the final outcome completed, and the paint dry,
    I began placing the photographs of various moments in my life
    upon the trunk and branches. I decided to use photos as they are
    essentially moments of time perfectly represented in the form of
    an unchanging image.
    Although photographs capture an unchanging image of a brief
    moment in time, but as the inspiration behind the piece is the
    representation of memories, and as many aspects of an
    individuals memories can become blurred, or even lost, in the
    subconscious mind, I opted to eliminate several aspects of the
    photographs in order to highlight such occurrences. For several
    other photographs, those hanging from the branches, I cut up
    numerous images and stuck them together, in the forms of
    collages, to also emphasise this notion.

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