Sunday, November 17, 2013

Organic Shape, Form, Texture, and Value

I found an area around my home where I can set up a site-specific artwork made of organic materials. The two photographs were taken at the front door of my home (Gentry Walk apartment). 


Like Andy Goldsworthy, he likes to create arts in nature. I like the idea of playing with found objects in nature to create something beautiful. So, I begin to use the organic materials: rocks, green leaves and dried leaves, and build my artwork on the soil instead of concrete slab.


Firstly, I stack the tiny rocks to form a heart shape. Secondly, I pick some small green leaves from the bushes and place them surrounding the tiny rocks. Thirdly, I select some bigger rocks and place them surrounding the first two layers of tiny rocks and green leaves, and formed the outer layer of the heart shape. After that, I place 4 Elliptic green leaves on top of the heart and put a Palmate dried leaf in the middle to create a triangular shape above the heart. 


After a few days of rain and wind, the weather has altered my piece of art work.  


The rain and the wind had washed or blown away the leaves because the leaves are light. But, the heart shape formed by rocks remains the same because rocks have a certain weight.