WOODTURNING TOOLS

For me my Dads workshop is a treasure throve of memory and a lot of the contents i.e his tools, the wood, old bits and bobs all stand as a symbol of the past and capture the essence of time passing.
His woodturning tools have made many creations. They were used to turn a mundane piece of wood into something of beauty.
I wanted to use his tools as the basis for a photography piece. I photographed them in situ in the workshop. I then took them out of context and made castings of them and moulds from which I then took black and white photographs. The resulting images had a warped molten looking appearance which for me charged and changed the tools into something completely different. They look like they are encased, frozen in time, wrapped around and suspended under a this blanket.

THIRD YEAR

I made it to Third year, which is great and scary all wrapped into one. Had a pretty emotional Summer so trying to get my thoughts focused on my project now. First couple of weeks were finding my feet, doing research and planning my ideas. Meeting everyone was great. Day one of week 3 tomorrow and I have my concept and project title sort of covered. I am carrying on from last semester and using the theme of Memory and place and how the landscape incapsulates our memories and forms our identity. Objects that have survived the passing of time, that tell a subtle story while simultaneously acting as a metaphor for me personally and whats going on in my life/head at the moment. I want my images to represent the passing of time and capture the essence of the past while also holding onto the possibilities of the future.

   

 The farm I grew up on formed who I am today and from walking around the farm and surrounding fields/environment I am costantly conjuring up memories, or fragments of memories from my childhood.

These photographs of the Butterfly and the Bee capture the beauty and fragility of nature.

The passing of time can change the appearance of a place but the memory associated with it is still afixed in ones head.

THE RETREAT

Made using-


Canon 600d DSLR
Adobe Premiere CS5
Red Giant Effects Suite
Sapphire Gen Plugins




Produced by R Cleary and P Sheehan
Videography- P Sheehan
Direction - R Cleary

Photographed on Location!!!!

So I brought my prints back to my Grandfathers house- the starting point for their creation and hung them on the walls. I wanted to photograph each image in the location that inspired them.

Collagraph

I wanted to make another Collograph as I love the way it provides great texture to the finished print. I choose the mage of the pitch fork in the hay. I used card, tissue paper and carbonundum and glue.

Again I played around with different depths of colour and combined roll ups with intaglio.





Cross Hatching and Drypoints

I had some metal plates at hand so I decieded to use them to make small A5 size drypints. I choose my images from my previously taken photographs.
I spent a good week practising my cross hatching technique and once I was pleased with it I made the drypints using my etching tool.
My first image was that of a cows snout/ mouth. The first few proofs turned out ok but I was not happy enough with the cross hatching so I worked back into the plate and re-imked it. This resulted in cleaner more clearer lines.

I also worked back into hem withcolour. My second image is that of the old door of the milking parlour.

A2 Woodblock Image

This is the Image I am using for my A2 Woodblock.

After carefully cutting out the image I inked the block up in black. I also experiemented using monoprit for the background and by handcolouring the background

Using all my woodblocks I did a series of Embossemnts. I printed just the matrix with no ink used. This image does not do it justice but the results give a lovely clear embossement.



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Some More Multi Media!!!