Assemblage and the Image.

For this week's task we were shown examples of works from the likes of Pablo Picasso, Kurt Schwitters and Joseph Cornnell. What I have learnt from them is that visual art can be outside of the frame. Looking at other sources of information such as a website by Tate (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/assemblage), I got more of an idea what a assemblage theme should be. I decided to use things from our home that have largely been forgotten. This was an attempt to make my photographs, not just personal but have a theme for my artwork.

To help me with my photographic theme I decided to use one of my mini studios. Luckily, a new lamp that I ordered had arrived the day before and made a complete set again. I decided to shine the light through the sides of the box instead of shining a light into the box. I hoped the sides would act as a diffuser and get rid of most of the shadow. Instead of printing photographs, I would use a digital frame with a USB stick. I could transfer old photographs onto the screen and  it should give me a better quality picture than one that I can print with my own personal printer. I also used different backdrops so I would not have the same background for all 3 photographs.

The Trinkets of time.

The concept behind this photograph is to understand how largely ignored items  accumulate around the house.  The whole array of items can be interesting to the viewer. This is a collection of things we either bought for next to nothing or found on the beach. We don't tend to look at these items anymore that used to mean something in the past. The concept of this photograph is how personal things can have new meanings to someone else. This was an easy one to do for me as it just meant arranging things 2 dimensionally over a backdrop.

A snapshot of childhood

I have put these photographs together as they are both part of the same theme. I used the digital frame to use two older pictures of my children. The assemblage comprised of toys that they do not use anymore but are still hanging around in draws and cupboards. The concept behind this is to show a snapshot of time with things that were important to them at the time. They now have little meaning to my children anymore. The whole idea is to show how we feel about changes through things through time. How we think what is important to us in one stage in our lifetime can have little importance at another stage in our lifetime. 

Overall I was quite happy with this work. I may not have been able to go on long walks hoping to find other people's discarded items, to make a unique and interesting new piece of work I did however, have enough things lying around the house to make my vision into reality.