Friday 27 April 2012

The final third year post.

The term is over and now my work has been taken out of my space and put in to storage. It's strange to see my work off of the walls but it is also a good feeling to know that I got through it all and I can now enjoy some free time while I wait for my results. I managed to get a decent photo of my final set up with out my support work on display and I also remembered to take a photo of my burnt print. This semester has been an enjoyable one and now I really look forward to entering fourth year.





Photo Taken next to my work.


One that's not so serious 

My work space without my work in it anymore.


I have applied for a studio over the summer so hopefully I will be able to keep posting up my progress on new works. I already have an idea for a massive painting that I want to do over the summer and I have already got a board prepared for it. I will also continue to create mixed media pieces through out the Summer too and I have other plans for when fourth year begins, I don't want to give too much away. I will have a lot on my plate this summer, finding a new job, moving away from home for the first time, writing my dissertation and working in my summer studio space. I have been packing my room away and it's amazing to see just how much rubbish that I have held on to over the years. I came across a lot of old pieces of work that I done when I was younger and I can see how I got to where I am now. It's nice to see the progress of work developing organically. 

Friday 20 April 2012

Box sculpture is finally done.









The three textured pieces have been hung now.


Supporting work for the assessment



My partner kindly made me this great print holder too.


Its good to see my slide box sculpture finally being displayed properly


I thought I'd finish this post by sharing my personal statement that I wrote for this semesters body of work.



Yasmin Davidson
3rd year Fine Art

Personal statement




Our perspective changes as we grow into adults, as children we look at everything through innocent eyes.
I remember I was always attracted to areas of danger; I enjoyed playing in decaying buildings, abandoned houses and factories. Me and my friends despite the risk would treat these buildings as playgrounds. We would make little boxes with objects in them and hide them for others to find or draw on the walls leaving trails and invented stories. I recall even the most mundane of objects having the potential to transform itself into something new something exciting. Here we could create our own worlds, ones that no one else could ever see or understand. To me this was a kind of freedom.

The attraction of these decaying environments and the thrill of possibly getting caught, still drives me to visit these places today discovering them anew. For me they hold a certain and unique kind of beauty.
In my work I hope to amplify these childhood memories through expressive, naïve and innocent gestures.
The physical materials I use to convey these places and emotions are often sourced directly from the spaces themselves and In doing so I want the viewer to feel the same excitement and urgency that I experienced in these places myself as a child.