Piles of assignments!

I haven't posted in a while as I have been super busy!  College is great and I still love going and learning new techniques and approaches to my work.  At the moment we seem to be working through ways of extending an influence or inspiration, whether it be another artist's work or developing a series of works across different media.

I thought I would post this little project (one of many!).  It is all about a hybrid object and how to merge two things to become something else.

We had to pick two household items and draw them meticulously, exploring everything about them.  Later we will consider ways of combining the two in a pleasing manner.

I chose a shell and a cupboard door knob....

After doing lots of research (that is, trawling the internet searching for ideas), I came across the work of two artists who inspire me with this project: Jessica Joslin and Andreas Franke.

Awesome hybrid sculptures!!

Jessica Joslin

http://jessicajoslin.com/jessica/

Surreal underwater scenes!

Andreas Franke

http://www.thesinkingworld.com/

Looking at these images I am trying to work out how I can make a door knob for an underwater house of enchantment... or a mermaid's wardrobe.... or a phantom shipwreck.....

Thinking I will mount it on some old timbers I have lying around.