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This piece was a response to a brief called "memory in a matchbox". We were given a matchbox and told to use it to depict a certain memory. The memory I choice to speak about was the memory of "Silence". I have Tinnitus and decided I wanted to put my lost silence into the box. You turn the crank and the matchbox located in the middle of the stage spins around. Attached to the box are strummers that brush past hanging wires as it turns. Attached to these wires are clusters of bells. These bells will jingle jangle, mimicking the bell ringing of tinnitus.

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1st picture: Close up detail. Placed on a brass chair is a knife and a bowl of severed ears. Sometimes the persistent tinnitus leads one to think of dark remedies.

2nd picture: Front on view of "Memory in a matchbox" constructed from: wood, found objects, clay, Bolsa wood, modroc.

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This next set of four sculptures were based on a "How the world and life came to be" myth that I made up. The structural bases to these pieces are made from recycled materials (southern fried chicken buckets, tubes of crisps, etc..).

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The "life birther" it is the universe, space and beyond. Once empty now filled bellied and releasing life and matter. Both genitals are present to fit with the last sculpture of the set, resulting and a cycle of life and death. Constructed from: wig hair, crystals, paper, bone, coral.

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The deity of life itself, celestial of all noise, movement, existence and celebrating life in its primal beauty. constructed from: fake fur, bells, modroc, cardboard, bird wings.

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The deity of life's ends. Peace giver and bestower of the forever sleep. Constructed from: wool, crochet, modroc, oyster shells, sheep jaw bones, string.

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The deity of rebirth, passing on its energy to "the life bringer" resulting in pregnancy, forever completing the cycle of life and all. Constructed from: clay, glass shards, crystals, tyvek paper

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Film is an medium that i love to use. Its a fantastic way to bring alive ones imagination. Above is my first experiment into Premiere Pro's "opacity tools", and mosaicking individual clips to create a moving image.

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Another attempt at combining video clips.

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I enjoy light and shadow when it comes to film, and close up (micro) views. When you marry the to together, they can result in some transcendental images. These clips are in repose to our "video module" were we had to create a set of abstract films. I decided to pull a string of pearls through different substances. Above: Pearls being pulled between my fingers that are covered in a beauty face mask. The colors work beautifully together here.

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Experiment with clear jelly. Lighting was a beautiful thing to play with during this experiment. The jelly was a playground for different lighting accents. You have these small pockets of glistening gossamer type reflections next to dull amber areas where the light didn't pernitrate all the way through the gelatin.

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Another experiment, using frozen mussels. Loved the texture of the white freezer crystals the sit shimmery upon the beige. There's a lovely moment were two pearls pick up a single crystal each and carries them off.

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Another experiment. This time the pearls are traveling through a landscape of moldy potatoes. I sprayed the potatoes with water as their molds catch the light better this way and produce slime, adding more textual elements to the clip.

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Here is one of the "final" results to the module. Using three clips mosaiced together. I would like to develop myself into film, not only through gaining more knowledge of technical skills but also how I can use film. Green screen, telling a narrative, film to be used as part of a larger installation I.e projecting on to something/into something. How we can showcase film in interesting ways.

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Here is another "final" result. It was constructed by reversing a clip of the pearls being pulled out of my hand. The clip was then re-sized and placed accordingly. I then mirrored a clip of PVA glue being poured into a fish egg casing. Using the sound roll on premier pro I added squishy and grinding sound effects. The pearls are now being ground down into a white paste.

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Here is an experiment into stop motion using "dragonframe". The narrative to this video is a bird that taps on a poppy flower with different speeds and levels of aggression, simple but it allowed me to observe gesture and motion. To get a “gentle tap” across you use small close movements. The Bird stops first then impacts. The poppy sways a small amount. For the third, much harder tap, the bird needs to be seen “revving up” for the attack. This way the viewers can see there’s more force behind this movement. It should take less movements/frames for the bird to impact the poppy, despite its distance away from it. So much larger gaps between each placement, this shows a fast traveling speed. The poppy should sway violently. There is a few frames during this sway where I unfortunately forgot to move the poppy resulting in a clunky animation. Lastly, the most powerful tap. The bird pulls completely back, almost off frame. And as before less frames of movement despite distance really demonstrates the force. The swing on this poppy was much more fluid than the pervious swing, although could be a little more snappier. Overall, this experiment was some good practice into different levels of speeds and motion.

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This video clip was based on the medicinal ideas of "Calidum Innatum" or "vital heat". I collected brass objects and mosaiced them together to create this creature. At this point I had more experience regarding how to "feather" the edges around clips/subjects, compared to the jagged edges found on the "Hand and Tongue star compass".