Manchester Gallery

All the photos I took at the gallery were of works by and artist called Joana Vasconcelos, except for the golden sculpture of a male figure. It was lucky I went to the museum when I did, as I wasn't aware of the exhibition. At first I wasn't keen on her work but it seemed to grow on me, for several reasons really. I liked the was it was just placed between all the permanent exhibits. her unique technique and the mass amount of colour. She used crochet to make 3D sculptures some of which stood on there own. I thought this was quite a bizarre choice of material, but it worked really effectively. Her work links to mine in a sense as it is abstract, sculpture/installation and querky in style.

Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze's installations are a lot more complex and intricate than the ones that I want to achieve. They are stunning though, and a similar concept in the sense they don't directly represent anything.

Richard Tuttle

I like Tuttle's use of colour and the way he arranges things. Although the sculptures don't represent anything, they are really eye catching.

Abstract Cities

In my tutorial David suggested arranging my sculptures together, like the work of Sarah Sze and Richard Tuttle. This has worked out quite effectively.

I definitely need to do more sculptures to get these looking more effective. But its going well so far. Excuse the Lego man he's not really supposed to be there. 

Abstract Sculptures

To start off I just gathered a load of materials and created sculptures out of them, some I painted after making them into a sculpture. Some I painted the parts individually and then assembled them. 
These are the individual sculptures:

Polystyrene is a great material to use. I like the affect paint has on it. It glues to other materials well, and its good for sticking stuff through.

I also really enjoy working with cigarette filters, you can make all sorts of different shapes with them as they are so small, and they work really nicely with a glue gun and paint.