ART & DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Studies show that women who have been raped have the desire to continuously have showers to clean their bodies and recover themselves. This made me think how water helps us recover and water is part of a healing process in my IGCSE work. For example in religion, water is used to purify sins, in baptism. After a traumatic experience we cry or after a long tiring day we have a bath to unwind and recover. -2014

Photorealism allows images to be replicated with precision and accuracy. Since the advent of photography in the early 19thcentury artists have used the camera as a tool in picture making. In fact, several artists attempt to ape the affects that photography, rather than the vision of the eye, such as blurriness, multiple-viewpoints, because they favor the aesthetic and look. Therefore, while the resulting image is realistic, it is simultaneously one-stage away from reality by its dependence on the reproduced image. These works question traditional artistic methods, as well as the differences between reality and artificiality.

2015

In contrast, through the ages artists were dealing with portraiture and photorealism. After the industrial revolution and the invention of cameras, while technology was rapidly advancing, artists were distorting photographs and even their art work by the use of glitch effects and the help of photoshop in order to transform their images the way they visualize them. In photography, there are two types of distortions: optical and perspective. Both result in some kind of deformation of images, some lightly and others very noticeably. -2016

The image is a re-creation of the painting made by Thomas Saliot.

My aim was to create a front and back cover for my AS sketchbook by splitting in two the face of a woman.My painting was made on a plastic material which bends with the use of a heat gun. This material is usually used for making posters for advertisements. By combining the method of Thomas Saliot and Erik Jones, I tried to cut out some areas and bend them using a heat gun. The back parts of the two covers are full of gold paint which is barely shown in drops in the front part between the cut outs.

Comparing my drawing of the woman and the boy, it’s clear to see that the colours the two artists use are commonly the same, as they use the same shades and the same vibrant colours. The difference is that Davide Cambria experiments with distortion by using large brush strokes and blends the portrait with the background. He emphasize on one particular feature on one side of the face and the other one get distorted and become abstracted, while Thomas Saliot has more realistic results on his paintings because of the more detailed face features. -2016

-Final AS work “portraiture” -Used heat gun and plastic paper -painted with acrylics -2016 -Size: 1x1 m

Crystals and gemstones are undeniably one of the most impressive structures in nature. The relaxing and soothing view of them bring pleasant experiences to the mind. I chose the two architects (Elizabeth Ermenkova and Daniel Libeskind) because of the crystal style buildings they create since my project is connected to crystals and prismatic formed buildings. My aim is to escape the tedious everyday life and free the viewer’s mind to something impossible, something mysterious and fairy, something you do not have the opportunity to see everyday. Our lives must be surprising and playful, that is why I want to bring pastel coloured crystals made of glass into my project. Nowadays, architecture has become a bit boring and almost the same. Streets are getting dull and monotonous as a result of many people suffering from depression. Therefore, as years pass by buildings must become more advanced rather than monotonous.

With the help of coloured glass, a building can automatically become more interesting, unique and intriguing. The building I draw is a re-creation of the painting made by the Cuban collective of several artists known as “Los Carpinteros”. They are popular for the natural and fantastical aesthetic they give to their work. That’s why I admire not only Los Carpinteros but also the two architects I mentioned above. I aim to be an architect that can create to my customers the uniqueness and the authenticity they are looking for. -2017

My re-creation of the building made by the architect Daniel Libeskind 2017

Re-creation of the painting made by the artist Alyssa Monk IGCSE work-2015-A3 paper

Final IGCSE work-2015 on A2 paper (recover)