My take on things... by Bethany Postle

Inspiration from Jacqueline Ryan~

I created two separate pieces, but also kept in mind a final structure that they could create when put together. I wanted to interpret the natural form that inspired me from Jacqueline Ray's work, and so tried to create a scale like effect on my long sculpture and then a kind of orange peel effect on my spherical shape. I used simple materials; foil, natural string and drawing pins. I included the silver foil on my second piece (the long sculpture) to try and create a contrast in colour and texture to my yellow gold drawing pins. Something I also appreciated from Jacqueline's work, whereas she used gold to contrast with the blue. I really enjoyed the effect the drawing pins gave when aligned next to one another.. Creating symmetry and depth on the sphere, and adding curve and body to the long sculpture. 

Apologies however to the poor quality of photo's. I only had access to my 3mp camera on my phone, and so had to make the best out of what I'd got!

  

Jacqueline Ryan ~Sculptor and art jewellery maker

Jacqueline Ryan manages to create these beautifully textured, handmade sculptures.. then turns them into wearable jewellery! From the photo's I couldn't tell whether one item was 10cm or 10ft tall. The depth and detail that is in each object almost makes them look as if they haven't been man made at all, and that the gold is simply a coating to preserve it. Some look like Jacqueline may have actually gained inspiration from natural forms such as coral, muscles, and sea sea anemone's. The second from top photo is the upper side of a ring, but to me actually looks like a cluster of mini fly catching plants!

Very beautiful and unique, its the kind of art/sculpture that makes you feel like you want to reach out and touch it! 

Gerhard Richter ~The new photograph~

Cindy Sherman ~Who is she?~

Cindy Sherman's photographs are all self portraits, however she's like a grown up playing dress up! Each one of her photo's are of elaborately made up women, each with their own personal form of identity. She seems to be portraying the most extreme versions of stereotypes but also a variation of different masks.. showing different transformations with make up, clothes, hair and editing. I think it she is showing how women can or have been seen or perceived, one portrait showing a cheap made up sex object and then the next a sophisticated conservative aristocratic woman. Each woman's emotions are also clear, being either vulnerable or powerful. Every portrait has its own back story, and Cindy Sherman manages to be a believable character in all of them! So, which one really is the artist? Or is she a mix of all of them..?

Cornelia Parker ~sculpture~

The suspended bricks and stones create a reality that could never be possible, making you feel like you're looking at magic -or just something of the sort.
Its a bend in reality, and her work is defying the laws of gravity and so stimulates the mind to think further beyond the rules of 'physics' and in doing so creates a magical space in which you could almost pretend that there is a greater power controlling the objects.
The first image in black and white makes me think about telekinesis, and that the man is in fact controlling the objects... an impossible reality, but one that Cornelia Parker explores and creates in her own space. Really mind blowing.