Kites: 2 (Installation Maquettes)

I was exploring working with a given space: two 8x4 ft chip-boards at a 90 degree angle.
These are scaled down maquettes trying out possible installations.

None of these made the final piece but I enjoyed playing with ideas and working with the models.

Walking down Oxford Road, I saw an original copy of the Manchester Evening News announcing the death of John Lennon. I bought it for a couple of pounds, photocopied it and incorporated it into one of the models.

Noticing how the kites have a crucifix as part of the structure. Symbol of ascendency? 

Kites 1

For my final term project I was working with the motif of KITES. Not so much the actual construction of flying kites, but the sculptural and symbolic aspects of the basic kite shape.
Here I am playing with coloured cotton and withies, using a 'mexican god's eye' weaving pattern.

My process tends not to come from a pre-conceived notion or image of what the final piece will look like. The way I work is to propose a starting point and from there to be open to an intuitive, organic process. That process might have dead ends and back loops, but my experience shows there is an imaginative logic that works its way out towards a creative conclusion.