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FINAL WORK FOLIO

“Where are they now?”

I created this body of work based on the connections between grief and nostalgia, a theme I worked with last semester. This time around, I was inspired by maps and the routes I take to visit family on a regular basis after realising these routes would change, even more so after lock-down was imposed. As well as that, I was able to take photographs of my grandparents’ home before lock-down, which inspired a lot of my work and while they were still nostalgic to look at, it was very bittersweet. I used collage and sewing to create pieces inspired by sketches. Along with that, I made cyanotypes which allowed me to effectively layer and combine images and my ideas. I wanted to find a way to incorporate some digital work, so I made a sheer fabric door inspired by the relatives’ room my family and I waited in at hospital so that I could project images onto it.

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The final collages!

To create these, I used found paper and fabrics, layered on top of an enlarged map drawing, a smaller significant route for each collage, alongside, mono-prints and wire rings. The significant routes feature to my mum's house, my own house and my gran's house. The wire rings were inspired by the plates that hung all over my gran's living room, I had hoped to make my own plates at the start of the module but was unable too due to lockdown.

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Before starting work on my final piece, I drew up the map I've been using as I plan to use this as a base for the piece. I was going to use two A2 sheets but decided instead I'll use four as I want to challenge myself scale wise for this module too after completing an uncharacteristically large painting for the Creative Project module.

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B&W Contrast edits.

I made these to use for cyanotypes but didn’t get round to using all of them so I thought I’d post as development anyway. I think the pictures from my gran and papa’s house look quite ominous but I like the way you can see my reflection in the one at the window. The night I took the photos was the first time I had been to their house with them both being gone so it was really difficult. I like that I am in that picture because it serves as a reminder that this is all something I am processing and trying to deal with by making this art.

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Refined Cyanotypes! 

Although I only managed to get two, I am happy with these. I used images from my grandparents’ house layered with one of the map drawings. I think the way they both have different focal points is effective, in one the map drawing blends in but in the other it contrasts with the photo as it is more dark.

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I created this piece by sewing together small images, that are transferred onto fabric, of objects from my grandparents' house.

The chair my papa used to sit in, with the display cabinet behind. The wardrobe that was in "my" room from when I would stay as a child. The bookcase at the top of the stairs. The part of the couch my gran always sat on. The fridge with all the magnets they collected over the years and pictures of Sox & Daisy, their last cats.

I was inspired by those small passport sized photos you might keep in your purse, a picture of someone special. I stitched into the fabric to highlight certain parts of each image, or things that are missing from the image. I sewed each image together to create a chain.

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After thinking about ways I could project images, I thought of using fabric. I had previously considered recreating the Relatives' Room, where my family and I waited while both of my grandparents were dying. So, I thought I could make a "door" out of the sheer fabric I had. The windows are made with sewn on bin bags as that what was used to block out the windows on the real door in the hospital. I used ink to write the words as I wanted the liquid to seap intonthe fabric, although, I was annoyed that I couldn't get the text very neat because of this.

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Glen built me a makeshift projector! (After I told him how to do it, had to give him something to do.) It isn't the clearest and it probably won't work too far away or anything but it's definitely better than nothing. Hopefully I'll be able to incorporate it into my final piece.

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"While nostalgia is often defined as a kind of cultural malady, it can also have a positive effect when it empowers a new generation to self-awareness and realisation."

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This work by Elise Freda reminds me of the mono-prints I have experimented with making. I like the way she uses warm, almost muddy tones creating a strong contrast with the line.

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Cyanotype Development

These Cyanotypes are made using photographs of objects at my gran's house as well as photos of a Kilmarnock map and a drawing of a map. They came out quite blurry for some reason, they must've been moved while developing. I am interested in trying out combining the images as layers.

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Map mono-prints.

Based on the drawings of the map routes. I tried out layering different colours of ink with these but I think I was putting the ink out too thickly.. I quite like the texture that was made though.

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I originally made these for CP but I think the sue of the pictures from my gran’s house makes them fit in better with P&P!

After deciding that the wire edits look better on top of black and white photos, I  experimented with pictures I have taken of my gran and papa’s empty house. Despite the fact they are definitely nostalgic to look at, these images are different because of the fact that their house is vacant which is painful. I also found that the wire looks better even on a limited palette, like the third image.

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This is apparently for architects but I found some of the examples very visually appealing and it gave a new insight into the uses of mapping.

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Interesting use of maps, by Emma Johnson: the layering and cutting produces a very intricate piece.