Spring term Exhibition

This is the stage this piece got up to for the week 10 exhibition. I am happy with the outcome although I would have liked ore illustrations around the wheel so there are less white gaps. I would also like the wheel to move more fluently without and risk of it getting caught on anything.

During group criticism, it was suggested to me to make it into a giant book, however that would create the assumption that this is a fictional scene and I don’t what it to be read that way.

I also need to stick the illustrations on with more stable things as the double sided sticky pads fell down.

I would also like to find a way to make the wheel move slowly and constantly by itself.

Working on a bigger scale

While working on my wheel piece I decided that the frame was restricting me. By bringing the idea out of a frame, it also opened up opportunities to increase the scale. I’m not used to working on a big scale but it feels much more liberating. My illustrative style also means the proportions don’t have to be perfect.

The wheel spins. The scale of the piece and the fact that the wheel is at arm height means people are more inclined to interact with it.

I’m going through a lot of black markers though!

Wheel of misfortune

This piece will represent the constant emotional extremes of BPD.

The figures on the wheel represent different identities, and around the wheel will be different ‘good’ and ‘bad’ clichés. Above the wheel will be heaven- like things and below will be hell-like things eg. Fire the devil etc.n

Romanticising Suicide

This is another black and white, layered illustration. This time the paper being black and the pen being white.

The poem to the left is one I’ve almost fetishised since my early teens. A big symptom of BPD is constant suicidal thoughts, with 46- 96% attempting suicide and 10% succeeding.

From my own experience and from what I’ve heard from other people with the disorder- suicide is radically romanticised. Seen as an escape, a way out, the end of all suffering.

Obviously misguided ideals but hard to get away from nonetheless.

This is what this drawing is trying to portray.

DZO (Oliver)

French illustrator Olivier (or DZO, as he’s also known) wishes to go deeper into his exploration of the “noosphere” (a philosophical concept about human thought) with his art.
Conjuring up the aesthetics of old etchings and religious engravings, occult manuscripts that flirt with alchemy, witchcraft and blasphemy, the artist creates intricate drawings dull of enigmatic detail.

Mixing sensuality, darkness and mythology, he strives to create pieces that are disturbing, haunting and stimulating, oozing with mystery and fascination.

This style of dark illustration is what drives a lot of my work and I hope to achieve this feeling that this artist creates.