Sunday, 16 December 2012

Cement plant

My concept of re-creating nature from man-made material came from the notion of weeds growing through cracks in concrete within the city. So i originally wanted to create the weed with cement, which is impossible so i tried using clay as it would give a similar look. But that too proved too difficult, as it is such a heavy material and would never hold the delicate structure of the weed and roots. So i used wire as it has the strength to support its self and the flexibility  to be shaped in that way. But i did come up with a way to produce a concrete weed, with its dusty flaky fragile unnatural look. I covered  one of the weed i studied in cement. This was the out come:




 It wasn't  fully dry yet.









Exhibition piece


 

The roots creeping down the side.


This topography view of my piece, i think looks like the city, the main built up area and the roads out of it.

Sunday, 9 December 2012

 Copper wire





Artist's  with similar ideas


Borofsky Jonathan
steel

Roxy Paine
steel

Jason Houchen

I found this copper wire tree on the website http://www.bonsaiboy.com
Its a family run business, that make these bonsai trees. The ends of the branches are hammered to give the effect of leaves.