Tried to down load animation to blog but failed Lynne says i need to do it throught U tube so im afraid everyone will have to see next week. Not interested in doing anything in U tube

Just realised that the music I down loaded from the internet for my animation is not working, Have to ask Lynne tomorrow what I need to make it work as I didnt listen today as I thought it was working. Ahhhhh;

Have almost finished my animation all that is left is to play around with the music. Will now down load the last of the pictures I took, the first lot are of the story board in black and white the coloured pictures are of my scenes.





 




 

 

Animation Project Update.

11/11/12.

Just finished my story board didnt put in all frames but hopefully did get the story across. Here are the pictures.

Next stage is to start doing the collage and take it one frame at a time. Watch this space.

Animation Project.

On the 15th October 2012 we got a new project and this was animation using an artist of our choosing. We have to research said artist  (initially I had two artists).

These artists were René Magritte and C.M. Coolidge. "The Son of Man" by Magritte and "Dogs Playing Poker" by Coolidge, on the 21st of october I showed these to my tutor Tina Byrne.

I was leaning towards Coolidge and "Dogs Playing Poker" even though there was far more information on Magritte. The reason being that I have three dogs and thought I may be able to incorpoate them.

History on C.M. Coolidge.

C.M. Coolidge, nick-named "Cash" by those that knew him well was born on september 18th 1844 to parents who were old time Quakers, in Antwerp,  New York. There isn't much known about his early life other than he went to different Institutes of learning and not much is known of what he chose to learn, other than when he left the last Institute he founded the first bank in his hometown of Antwerp in 1889 which was sold after a short time to John.D.Ellis and still survives today as the Jefferson Bank.

After this he did many things included being a chemist, founding a newspaper and being a cartoonist he also invented the plywood props with figures painted on them, seen a lot today in places such as Disney Land and amusement parks.

The paintings I am hoping to incorporate are the one's he painted for Brown and Bigelow printing company of St.Paul for calenders and other products. There were 16 in total known as "Dogs Playing Poker".

Today the 5th November I began by printing out some of  the "Dogs Playing Poker" and using one I made a mind map. I then cut the rest into pieces I could use in a collage and started to play around with these to see what I could do. I fixed them in place and with a camera took pictures changing the collage every time to give the effect of movement. Being my first attempt I was very pleased to see that even though it was very crudly done, it did indeed work. Examples of this I have inserted below.

Next I am going to refine this work and see what changes I can make to improve it. I will look at imposing some of my dogs into it and will it work or if putting human bodies and dogs heads would work, or should I leave it as it is and have a good story line with some good music that might add to the quality.

GRAYSON PERRY.

Who is he?

He is an English Artist mainly known for his ceramic vases and cross dressing.  He was born in Chelmsfordm, Essex on the 24th March 1960.

Growing Up.

His father left when he was seven, his father left the family because of his mother's adultery. Perry describes his father' departure as the event that had the largest impact on him in his life.

In his childhood Perry took an interest in drawing and building model aeroplanes, both of which were to become themes in his work.

To escape from a difficult family situation and his stepfather's violence,he retreated to his bedroom or his father's shed where he became absorbed in a fantasy life, involving a teddy bear (called Alan Measles) that had become a "surrogate father figure".

"Clare"

From an early age he liked to dress in women's clothes, and when he moved out of home began to go out dressed as a woman and called himself Clare.

Education.

He studied for a BA in fine art at Portsmouth Polytechnic, graduating in 1982. He exhibited his first piece of pottery at the "New Contempories" show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1980. He had pottery lessons in the Central Institute taught by Sarah Sanderson.His first exhibition of ceramics was in London in December 1983.

He choose pottery because he found it was the one way he could get across his ideas about gender and society.

Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. Perry often uses "Claire" his female alter-ego in his vases.

Recognition.

The Stedeljik Museum in Amsterdam mounted a solo exhibition of his work in 2002. It was partly for this work that he was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003, the first tome it was given to a ceramic artist. He attended the award dressed as his alter-ego Claire.

IN 2005 he was on a TV programe Why Men Wear Frocks, this documentary won a Royal Television Society Award for best network production.

Achievements.

An autobiographical account of his formative years, Portrait of the artist as a Young Girl 2006.

He is best known for his ceramic pottery and has had many exhibitions over the years.

How it's done.

His pots are made by coiling a traditional and are labour intensive. He uses techniques includind "glazing, incision, embossing and much more. Perry challenges the idea that his pottery is meremy decorative or utilitarian and cannot express ideas.

Much of Perry's work contains sexually explicit content. Some of his sexual imagery has been described as "obscene sadomasochistic sex scenes". He also jas a reputation for depicting child abuse although We've Found TheBody of Your Child, 2000 hints at emotional child abuse and neglect. In other work he juxtaposes  decorative cliches like flowers with weapons and war. He uses various techniques as a "guerrilla tactic", using the approachable medium of pottery to provoke thought.

Perry has worked in print making, drawing, embroidery and other textile work, film and performance. He has written a graphic novel, Cycle of Violence.

I made a paper mache pot as my medium to potray Grayson Perry's Mind Map as I believe this is what he himself would do.

References.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/aipe/grayson perry.htm

"Portrait of the artist as a young girl" co-written by Wendy Jones.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/grayson-perry

http://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/ 12/

Also the Grayson Perry DVD from GMIT Library.

My Mindmap.

This is the very first mind map I have ever made.  As long as I can remember I have been doing some form of art.  My interest was finally able to shine through when I began working at the age of sixteen and had money to spend on myself. I started with embroidery and over the years have done many other disciplines.

I when to art classes and art weekends but I still felt these were not fulfilling what I wanted from art. In 2010 as my last child left secondary school I decided it was time for me to make some plans for my future so I enroled with GTI to do a portfolio course. From there I got into GMIT but due to financial diffculties I had to defer it for a year. 

I have now started my first year in Art and Design and even thought it is going to be quite hard for me to start studying again after thirty six years I intend to try my very best and hopefully be one step closer to my dream of a craft shop on the south west coast of Cork or Kerry by the end of my college years.

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