Texture and Interaction 1.0
During the second year of my Fine Art degree I begun my exploration into texture and interaction within art.
I was intrigued by the typical rules and limitations when viewing art that the viewer must never touch the work. I was interested at exploring the difference a piece of work makes when viewers are invited to use their senses and interact their whole body to the work instead of just their vision.
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2022
Flynn Squirrell
28 x 20 x 5cm
Plaster
I started by creating a series of plaster sculptures varying in size and shape.
Originally these were to replicate different fabrics, however through the exploration of different methods like casting, Modrocing, and dipping fabric in plaster, I realised the visuals did not completely matter.
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Detail
2022
Flynn Squirrell
28 x 20 x 5cm
Plaster
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Installation Shot
2022
Flynn Squirrell
50 x 50 x 7cm
Plaster and wire on panel board
With this first incline into exploring texture and our senses, I was inspired to look further at how different art can be viewed differently when inviting more senses, as well how our brains predict a lot of what we are viewing.
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Detail
2022
Flynn Squirrell
40 x 145 x 10cm
Plaster and fabric
After critiques with the other students on my course, the majority of the response claimed the work changed completely when they touched the work.
Firstly spending time looking at the work, I was interested at how the human brain predicts what something would feel like. However, many of the students claimed that they felt different to what they expected, overall changing the way they viewed the work visually.
