What 5 things have you gained from this work and how will this impact on your practise?
I have gained from working with different media. I used to hate collage, dodged it and used Photoshop to collage instead of hand generated work. However this time I couldn't avoid it and had to tackle it head on. It look some getting into but once I had a plan with collaging the spoons as to what I wanted to represent, I ran with it. I layed out all of the materials that fit the concept I was going for and just played around. Now I think that I am getting used to it. Don't get me wrong a lot of my work looks unfinished, and a lot didn't go as expected but it's certainly opened my mind about shape rather than line work. It has free'd me up to begin the project and allowed for a lot of experimentation of texture and colour.
Making mistakes in your work can actually work in your favour. It has drove me a little bit insane all the cutting out though! I tried creating my own backgrounds using ink and working into them with line but they actually didn't work as well as the collage did in the end.
What 5 things do you intend to explore further through your Visual Journal and why?
I think that I need to work on more Primary research of motifs, which motifs I can explore further to do with the theme because then I am not limited to just looking at hands or spoons. I haven't explored needles much and figure. I will work on using a limited colour palette because looking at other people's work this seems to be something that works really well. I think colour for me is a massive thing with Burroughs because colour sets the mood for everything. If you have the highs of drugs, the psychedelia side can be really playful and vibrant; but explore the lows of drugs and it's cold and dark and death.
I think I need to explore the kinds of backgrounds I incorporate into my pieces in order to set the mood. I will definitely look at collage more, but I think I need a balance now of some line work too; in which case I will explore different pens. I usually always work with fine liner but I have been using white pens on black, silver pens and different thickness of black which has worked well so far.
I will definitely explore the idea of an alter ego - two figures showing the highs and lows of heroin through the body. When researching into heroin addicts I found that a lot of them talked about the idea of a secret life, keeping secrets from their family so this would be interesting to look into. I want to look at combining more quotes into my work in which case I'll have to explore my style of text more.
What themes do you intend to explore further through your Visual Journal and how will you explore these visually?
The highs of heroin - I will explore these through colour and texture but also primary research of figures laughing to show they are tripping. The lows of heroin - the complete opposite colours, textures, and figures curled up in a corner, crying and lonely. The alter-ego side of heroin, the double life and secret identity I will explore through showing a figure split in half or two figures. Investigating the moods of heroin such as positive, paranoia etc.
What research activities will you undertake in order to explore these themes further and how will these inform your work? Where will you go? What will you do? What will you come back with?
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