Trying out working with images

Working with the new images of the power station, I used Patrick Caulfield's work again to influence the images that I have created. In his work he blocks out certain areas of interest. Using an image of the outside of the power station, I have blocked out the windows and other areas of interest in black. To me this was to show that an abandoned building is just a blank canvas for nature and that it can intrude and invade buildings. I have then printed one of the images onto clear acetate and placed blocks of colour behind it (this doesnt show well on my images because of lighting issues). I think the colour blocking has worked well, but am unsure how to adapt this to fashion garments.

Blocked image

Original image

Blocked image

Original Image

Patrick Caulfield
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/patrick-caulfield/interior-night-1971

Samples based on Distress

 Using my images from yesterday, I made some samples that demonstrate the weathered and worn down nature of the buildings. To create these I have used wax, bleach, paints, dyes and papers.

Derelict Buildings

A revisit to an empty house and powerstation, I was able to get close up images of the paintwork and other interesting aspects.

5/12/2012 Experimenting with Manipulation

Distressing and destroying has become a new theme, with the photographs of abandoned and worn down buildings that I have taken. I tried manipulating and distressing fabrics by burning them with a heat gun, some really interesting outcomes were reached as shown in the images.

Later I experimented more with the overpainting that Richard had previously taught us. I overpained the black and white image with just white paint, simply dimming and hiding the harsh lines or the photo, then I cut and scraped back into the image to highlight the outlines of the flowers. This has worked particularly well and I want to work this into my images of abandoned buildings. 

4/12/2012 Glazed and Finito!

Remember those famous clay tiles (experimenting with drawing), well here are the finished items!