Proposal - January 13th
Proposal: Senior Studio I By Juliana Ford I intend to explore the themes and motifs found within early children's illustration and literature as a form of story telling. Using techniques focusing on thick line-work and the use of the indented burns to create space, I'd like to explore the process of pyrography and how I can use it to create narrative. I will be using different types of wood and plaques with this technique to create illustrative pieces. These will convey a narrative through each piece. To start, I'd like to create 3 major pieces, that connect to each other in their theming and overall story. These will be produced on wooden plaques and slabs I have found second hand and have sanded and prepped. There will be a focus on floral motifs and line-work in both the subject and background and will be repeated through each piece. There a specific artists that I am inspired by, such as Ash Rudolph: https://ashrudolph.carrd.co/#contact for direction in the practice it...