images of water

Working with: Photoshop!

Photoshop is a graphics editing programe developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated. we often use photoshop to develop our images into an exciting and more captivationg outcome. through layering and croping you can create a sense of depth. i have used photoshop for my final major project of societys boundaries to capture the ture feelings and attitude of stigmas. it is easy to ajust the colour of select pieces using the lasso tool and can bleand scenes to create a hazey effect with the smudge tool. photoshop has allowed me to trasform basic images of instruments and people into something altogether more exciting. this example of my work has been photoshoped. i have added emphasis on the important question and have distored the rest through change of colour. there are many elements of photoshop i am still not native with yet through practise i will improve the quality of my photoshop skills.

Working with: Latex!

another material we attempted to use was liquid latex. the idea was to create rubber moulds of our clay shapes and to see if we preferred this to the clay. again, the latex was a long drawn out process of layering and drying like paint to build up into a thick yellow rubber material. this process was far messier then the clay however the end result was a lot more agile. it could be pulled and pinned and there was less chance of it breaking. if you happened to break it then you could simply apply another layer of latex in its liquid formation and wait for it to dry. this was a more practical material to use outside in our community project work as it was resistant to more types of weather than the clay. i never did use latex in my final outcome as it was a much longer action then the clay as it involved creating clay moulds to form the latex shapes. i would defiantly consider using it in future projects, particularly ones that involve work outside.

Working with: Clay!

There are many variety's of clay, with porcelain being the purest. the variation is due to the materials that break down to form the raw clay. we experimented using clay to produce an outcome which would eventually be used in a mosaic piece that was to be displayed around the school site. i didn't enjoy using this material as i found it messy and it dried out quickly resulting in a lot of water being used, enabling you to keep shaping to your desired outcome. you also cannot apply a great amount of detail into clay as it becomes fragile and likely to break. for these reasons i chose not to use it in my final piece as i was cautious that it might become too fragile and when assembling to the wall would possibly crumble into pieces. i also found the clay to be a long process's which involved firing and glazing and found this agitating as it would slow the process of my final outcome. one thing that concerend me was that you cannot guaranteen all the air bubbles have been pummled out of the clay piece, resulting in it being ruined when fired as the clay would explode. i was not prepared to take this risk of it exploding and having to create the pieces from scratch again.