One of the artists that I chose to look at is Shaun Kardinal and I was initially interested by his work because of the way he arranged his artwork. Kardinal makes smaller compositions and arranges them together to make one larger piece. After looking at how I could present my final outcome, I thought that this would be appropriate as it allows me to use all of the different techniques that I have selected to incorporate. I have chosen to do papercutting, printing, line work, as well as there being multiple surfaces like photographs, wallpaper and newspaper. By having multiple compositions I can use all of these without overcrowding or over complicating the final outcome, whilst using the printing in the foreground to create a unity between all of the separate photographs.
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| Shaun Kardinal, Alterations (found and unbound), 2013, hand embroidered vintage postcards, yarn |
Each of Kardinal's compositions are postcard size and so are quite small but I have chosen to use larger A2 and A3 prints so that there is enough space to use the techniques that I have selected. Doing this also means that the techniques that I use are large enough to stand out and be easily noticeable to the viewer and so the viewer doesn't have to search for which part of the photographs has been altered. This is important as I want my theme of questioning to be evident in terms of the alterations in the photos, even if the subject matter in the photo itself doesn't obviously connote this. The vivid colour in the compositions will assist in reflecting the difference between the background and foreground to represent a change in society.
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