MATERIALS and TEXTURES

^MATERIALS IN A BUILDING^

STAIRS

Stairs leading to above ground: Represent coins, whihc reflects idea of consumerism and money. THe path is not linear and represents the confusing nature that is the path of consumerism, where money is hard to obtain and there is a great struggle.


Simple stairs leading from 'minimal space' to 'minimal light'. The stairs are not all the same size and length, so one would struggle to walk through them, therefore they would really feel enclosed in the space.



Sphere stairs: act to juxtapose against the minimal space inside. Sphere opens up to a wide room, and then shrinks, so when one enters they feel enclosed in the minimal space. Also acts as a fulcrum to see saw.

^FROM BELOW GROUND TO GALLERY^

^AS POSITIONED IN STRUCTURE^

^FROM MIDDLE TO ABOVE^


Golden stairs: pointing towards the sky; reflecting that true happiness lies in the natural romanticized life, of the outside.


Industrial stairs leading to the 'mass'. The stairs draw you down through the guided path.


^WITHIN THE ABOVE LEVEL STUDIO^

SKetch UP and Sections

I didn't really do a section as such, and was my first attempt, i may improve it later on.





Another one i did, whihc was more messing around in the end:

ARCH1101

STEP 2

~A~

This, my HSC Visual Arts Major Work, is a "post-modern" piece I did, which played on the idea of Football (aka Soccer) being seen and treated as a Religion, where the footballers are seen as almost as Saints. I portrayed the idea through 7 gouache paintings that replicate French Gothic manuscripts, and feature people like Pele, Maradona and Beckham. Hopefully amusing I did set out to parody notions of Sports as a religion, and relentless and tiresome hours spent working on it I hope that it is evidently a 'good' creative work to those who read this.


~B~

A Toyo Ito building I have chosen as my great piece of architecture. This, his Sendai Mediatheque is a fascinating building which acts as a Media Center holding a library of a large variety of books, videos, magazines and tapes; along with a gallery, study areas and more. THe building is supported by a sreies of cloumns whihc each vary in size and form, adn they spiral upwards. They have a weblike form whihc is very unique. Each level is of a different height adn these diferences and contrasts make the building not only aesthetically intriguing but also make the experience of visiting each floor a different one.

~C~This is a shot from one of coral reefs in Australia's famous 'Great Barrier Reef'. I''me sure many people have been here, and know of the great beauty. Diving under the water i never imagined to see such abundance and diversity of coral. This one could say is one of 'mother natures' greatest Architectural creations. Completely natural it is the largest coral system in the world and it is something no person could design themselves, and its beauty it partly through this and the how many living creatures can live so freely under water.

STEP 4

FIONA HALL
Holdfast (Macrocystis angustifolia / giant kelp)
2007, tin, aluminium

CONSUMERISM, GROWING, INTRICATE

The Artworks of Fiona Hall, often incorporate everyday objects and materials into their production. The particular work, uses a common day sardine can; however the artists intricately transforms this object, giving it meaning and an aesthetic quality which in its ordinary state may not be present. The sardine tin is halfway opened. On the head of the tin she carves out image of natural flora from aluminium, which are placed to appear as if sprouting out from the can. Inside the tin sculpture she meticulously carves out the figure of a human hand reaching out from the folded back covering. Halls practice involves a delicate and fine process of construction, and also of think about materials. She often uses these common items in her art, if not as a material but often as subject matter; and often incorporates natural images into them. She juxtaposes this natural image with the industrial metallic one.

ROSALIE GASCOIGNE
Firebird, 1991 retro-reflective road signs on plywood 135 × 103cm

PATTERNS, WEATHERING, ECLECTIC

The materials that Rosalie Gasgoigne uses for her art, must be affected by the weather and the elements. Therefore her artworks are constructed by recycled materials. Firebird, is constructed from using orange and red retro-reflective road signs, which Gasgoigne has sliced into rectangular pavements and arranged onto a slab of plywood. The road signs must be weathered and worn, and show affects of nature on them. She then places them in a chosen pattern on the piece of wood, and turns what was a 3D object, into something that is almost 2-Dimensional. She places each piece according to what she feels is most aesthetically pleasing and whihc can fit onto her canvas. Much of her art is constructed this what, although not always made from road signs often they are patterned in a similar way using simple quadrangles and/or triangles.

TRACEY MOFFAT

EMOTION, CONTEMPLATING, SUBURBAN