Specialist area: Fine Art/photography
My first specialist area was chosen as taxidermy is a difficult thing to tag in genres of art. I chose fine art as it isnt exactly sculpture, as the resources are already available. I also chose it as its a hobby of mine, which I wanted to include in my works. The fine art section of the course is mainly the process of the deer skeleton I articulated. I also thought it was a good idea to show the progress of how the things are made, which I could do through this area.
The second specialist area is the main focus of my project, the photography. I chose photography as it is something Im rather skilled at as I understand how to use a camera properly. I also wanted to represent the respect I have for my animals with the lighting styles I used, which I also think I did quite well, as my project doesnt show any disrespect to the bodies at all. The photography side of the project went extremely well, and combined both specialist areas into one.
For my fine art project, I looked at taxidermists who'd done large articulations before, and the way it had been done to work efficiently. As my fine art project is based on deer, I also researched people who had painted and photographed deer before, too. I wanted to show movement and a natural position in my articulation, so I studied art and photographs which had a lot of that in them. All in all, I think my selected research for my fine art helped me out quite a lot.
For my photography Project, I looked at photographers that use a certain style of lighting to enhance the emotional side of their photos, including people like Sally Mann and Marian Drew. I like to think that I responded to their influence quite well in my own photos, using contrasts to enhance the emotion of the pieces. I also chose photographers that had a similar subject matter to me, and some who didnt. The reason I chose the ones who didnt was because of the context of their photos, the way they were placed and the composition, and why they were taken like that. I like to think that the lighting and the composition from the researched images assisted me considerably in this project, as well as my love for the subject matter.
The characteristics of my Final Major Project is to express the beauty in death, how even an animals corpse, if preserved correctly, can look beautiful. I used the lighting in said pieces to represent this image, the image of shrines and paying respect to the dead. I wanted my photos to express my respect for the animals, almost like as if each one shows off a shrine to them. Not a single one is at all aggressive, and I wanted the soft lighting to show this.
I believe that my fine art, my taxidermy and my articulated deer, would look good in a dark room, with lights focusing on them. The deer would look good with lights shining onto it from below, its shadow cast onto the wall behind it. I think the deer would also look good in a space of its own, so no other attention is drawn from it. Its quite large, so with a light and a shadow behind it it may attract a lot of attention. The background would look good in white, a white, crisp background, so nothing steals away from the deer and its the main focus. It could almost look like its suspended in nirvana.
The second specialist area is the main focus of my project, the photography. I chose photography as it is something Im rather skilled at as I understand how to use a camera properly. I also wanted to represent the respect I have for my animals with the lighting styles I used, which I also think I did quite well, as my project doesnt show any disrespect to the bodies at all. The photography side of the project went extremely well, and combined both specialist areas into one.
For my fine art project, I looked at taxidermists who'd done large articulations before, and the way it had been done to work efficiently. As my fine art project is based on deer, I also researched people who had painted and photographed deer before, too. I wanted to show movement and a natural position in my articulation, so I studied art and photographs which had a lot of that in them. All in all, I think my selected research for my fine art helped me out quite a lot.
For my photography Project, I looked at photographers that use a certain style of lighting to enhance the emotional side of their photos, including people like Sally Mann and Marian Drew. I like to think that I responded to their influence quite well in my own photos, using contrasts to enhance the emotion of the pieces. I also chose photographers that had a similar subject matter to me, and some who didnt. The reason I chose the ones who didnt was because of the context of their photos, the way they were placed and the composition, and why they were taken like that. I like to think that the lighting and the composition from the researched images assisted me considerably in this project, as well as my love for the subject matter.
The characteristics of my Final Major Project is to express the beauty in death, how even an animals corpse, if preserved correctly, can look beautiful. I used the lighting in said pieces to represent this image, the image of shrines and paying respect to the dead. I wanted my photos to express my respect for the animals, almost like as if each one shows off a shrine to them. Not a single one is at all aggressive, and I wanted the soft lighting to show this.
I believe that my fine art, my taxidermy and my articulated deer, would look good in a dark room, with lights focusing on them. The deer would look good with lights shining onto it from below, its shadow cast onto the wall behind it. I think the deer would also look good in a space of its own, so no other attention is drawn from it. Its quite large, so with a light and a shadow behind it it may attract a lot of attention. The background would look good in white, a white, crisp background, so nothing steals away from the deer and its the main focus. It could almost look like its suspended in nirvana.
I think my photos would look good framed, maybe experimented with different compositions, like manipulating different photos and putting them next to each other, different colours to contrast a piece. They would look good hung on a white wall, to represent the purity and the respect in each photo.
The other taxidermy that Im bringing in would look good on a series of shelves, possibly back lit or lit with LEDs along the shelves, shining up into them, especially the jarred specimens. I want to include my other taxidermy pieces to make my display more interactive, so that people can physically feel whats there, involving another sense.
The other taxidermy that Im bringing in would look good on a series of shelves, possibly back lit or lit with LEDs along the shelves, shining up into them, especially the jarred specimens. I want to include my other taxidermy pieces to make my display more interactive, so that people can physically feel whats there, involving another sense.
My ideal target audience would probably be people who are interested in fine art and quite abstract and emotional photography. I also believe that people who would be interested in quite quirky art may like my art due to its subject matter. Its not something you see around every day. People who enjoy viewing obscene art may also enjoy my work, as these seem to be the people who observe my art in the online galleries I have set up, along with people who are interested in taxidermy.
My entire project throughout the year, in theory, has been my development up to my FMP. I have stuck to my researched and progressed it and looked more in depth each time. I've tried to vary the artist I research depending on both context and composition, as well as the subject matter, and I like to think that I continued with the way my researched artists influenced me. The transition from the start of the year to now is quite clear, and Im happy with the path I've taken, from just digital art, to adding some fine art and photography, and then making fine art photography the soul of my project. I've experimented with various mediums and work spaces, from professional to trying to improve and replicate the professional lighting in my room, and even to some museums and art galleries, where the lighting is already in context with the subject matter to enhance it. This experimenting has helped me improve my work a lot, especially the high-key and low-key photography. I wanted to make my pictures more eye catching this tine, more colourful than previous projects, and using more colourful and exotic resources.
The final pieces I selected had more than reached my expectations, and I like to think that they came across as what I implied in my statement of intent. Showing respect to the animals, both by taking good, professional-esque photos and by expressing them as placed on shrines. I did do some editing but aside from that I am very happy with how the photos came out. I kept true to my proposal. I liked how I showed my progress with the deer, its been my first time showing how I progressed through a process of creating a piece so it was quite a new thing for me to do, but I did it and I did it quite well. I cant think of anything I missed out in the project, either.
Since the start of the project I have improved mainly my photography skills. I have mainly improved how to use lighting properly and somewhat professionaly, even in a non-professional area like my bedroom. Because of this, the atmosphere of my photography has also improved, due to my newfound knowledge on lighting. I've also started using different filters and different colours in my art to see how it influences the piece, so in a way my editing has become more professional too. My use of grayscale photography to enhance or change a pictures meaning has also improved considerably.
Finally, I have also improved my work with composition and context, knowing how to set up a piece to give it more emotion and where to set it up so that it looks its best.
All in all, I believe this project went extremely well, and Im more than happy with the final outcome of it.
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