Here are some of the photos:
When drawing the padlocks I noticed that complementary colours were next to eachother, which helps to enhance them and make them appear brighter. Therefore, when I moved onto use acrylic paint, I looked at the image in a different way, painting coloured shapes rather than actual padlocks, making the piece more an exploration of colour harmonies.
In print I created an etching plate based on key shapes and used various techniques to print with it. I had never done etching before so was very pleased with my results. When using colour, I contrasted the blue and orangey yellow to enhance the shapes, continueing this exploration of colour harmonies.
My work continues into sculpture, where I constructed some padlocks from chickenwire and modrock. I continued this idea of contrasting colours, using the paint in layers to try and get a rusty effect.
This also translated into plaster pieces, made by pressing locks and keys into clay and filling it with plaster. I decided to keep this the original colour so as not to complicate it.
In ceramics my work became more abstract as I began to make box structures based on key shapes. This is currently unfinished as I haven't decided what sort of glaze to put on it yet. I have also made paper sculptures like this, and these fit together to represent this idea of locks.
I have actually been developing some of these pieces further and made some more bits but I have left them at uni, so they will have to be added at another time!
