Getting There

So having been busy working on my essay for contextual studies and the development of the project brief "The Emperor's New Clothes" my blog has taken a back seat unfortunately.

It's now time for an update...

.....I think in my last post I had clearly stated my proposition for the project and the direction I was intending on developing m concept. At this time, I have been working on developing the concept of the lie within the story and the way in which it gradually grows, having a knock on effect on each person who is led to believe what the is in fact a lie. The idea has been to look into the concept of the ripple effect, where a situation an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards
What I am aiming to achieve here is to illustrate the never ending condition of the lie. Imagery tends to play a major part within my work, resulting in the most minimalistic shapes and compositions in order to express the concept. In this case, I have began to experiment with the literal imagery of the lie through disintegration of the emperor's clothes. This has been achieves through manipulating and fundamentatlly destorying materials in order to convey the idea of the lie being interwoven throughout the Emperor's so called "clothes".
As imagery plays an important role within the work, I have began to experiment and consider the most successful methods and processes to illustrate the concept.
Materials/Processes:
        Wire
        Paper
        String
        Glue
        Mixed Media
        Photography
What I have found to be the most successful thus far is the use of string illustrated in a circular form, demonstrating the concept of the knock on effect and inffluence of the lie.

To be honest, I am not as far on as I would have hoped to be at this stage, especially as the deadline is in a mere 3/4 weeks...NOT GOOD!!!! This could be down to a number of factors; artistic blog, no clue which direction to go, what my focus is or simply down to a serious lack of confidence. Hopefully I will be able to overcome this throughout the course of the year.

Despite being slighty behind schedule, I do feel that there is enough time to develop my ideas into a successful aesthetic and conceptual artwork.

Developmental work

More experimental work to follow