Artworks
Pigment Maps: Formation
I’m only just beginning to envision what the paper pigment maps might be. But, to give a rough idea of what I’m thinking about, here’s an example I was working on this morning. This feels good. I feel like I’m creating something that is part of my own art praxis. I see these maps maybe …
End of the Aluminium Road?
The aluminium pigment maps have lost some of their lustre in recent weeks (but I’ve also been ill …). I have structural, size and effectiveness concerns around them. I’m also disappointed that they haven’t chaotically expanded as I had originally hoped. Past that, I also feel like they are an attempt to create something which I think conceptual artists will, “like”; which isn’t sitting well.
All that said, I’ve spent a lot of time and money creating them, but I’ll need a lot more of both before I have something to take to Berlin. I’m going to discuss with my mentor abandoning these aluminium pigment maps in favour of focusing on a paper version.
Pigment Branch: Sample
Here is a sample of a mockup Pigment Branch. The pigment used in this mockup is the same Londonderry specularite that I used in my grinding performances last semester and also that which I used in creating my first pigment maps. It is also set up and photographed in my back yard, but complete pigment branches will be installed at the source of their colour.
This sample is very incomplete: The Londonderry location would have four separate branches, and the specularite branch is by far the simplest. That said, I hope that it is useful to clearly demonstrate what my project is aiming to achieve.
Mindmap: Finished Pieces
Ready to go!
Inner Circles
I’ve had one last insight in planning the inner rings: The shapes are too insignificant and unhelpful. It is better to fill the whole inner circle with colour. I’m not totally clear yet how the aspects of the process that the shapes were to indicate will be included now, but it is important for the …
Aluminium Finishes
My current struggle is with deciding what kind of finish will suit the rings (and their colour) best. I’d originally planned to have the rings quite matt, but the darkness of the shiny example has merits I hadn’t expected. So far I’ve tried a variety of sandblasting, polishing, and sanding options.
Marking Outer Rings
Work continues on the rings for my mind-mapping, adult tinker-toy, pigment branches. It’s important that each ring is identical so that the work continues to be focused on the processes it maps. Because of this, I’m making a lot of decisions right now around the layout of each ring and trying to both keep it …
Aluminium has arrived!
My aluminium order has arrived. While I’m happy to have this on-hand, I can also now see all the work ahead of me …