Artist Study
and Key Words
Learning objective:
Look at the work of an artist or culture that has produced work
using recycled materials.
• Choose one or two artists to research
• Create an imaginative artist study in your sketchbooks using
colour/texture/layering
Artists/Starting Points
• Elizabeth Birrien
(Grandmother was Welsh!) http://www.wirelady.com/
• Giacometti
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1159&page=1
• Pitt Rivers – Transformations The Art
of Recycling
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/TRANSFORMATIONS/
• African Recycling
…More artists
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Bridgette Ashton - Makes art objects from recycled and 'novelty'
objects – www.bridgetteashton.co.uk
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Mike Badger - Uses tin cans and found metal objects to create 3D
sculpture - www.mikebadger.co.uk/sculpture.html
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Lucy Casson - Sculptures using recycled tin, copper, aluminum and
found - www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ArtistID=10
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Sharon Porteous - Makes hand-woven fabrics from plastic carrier bags
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Robert Race - Makes toys, automata, and sculptures from found
materials www.robertrace.co.uk/gallery.html
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Justine Smith - Makes sculptures made with recycled comics
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John Dahlsen – Environmental artist using recycled plastic bags
www.sharonporteous.co.uk/gallery.html
http://www.justinesmith.net/sculpture/
http://www.johndahlsen.com/
Page Taken from the book Transformations
The Art of Recycling from Pitt Rivers Exhibition 2002
Points to consider when writing/researching
your artist.
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Background informationWho made it? When was it made? Where was it made?
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What can you see?
What is it made from? What colours, forms and shapes can you see?
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Meaning
What is it about? How does it relate to your project?
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How has texture, form, line, tone, composition and colour been used?
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What materials and processes have been used- e.g. feathers, plastics, wire,
fabric, paint
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What do you think of it and why? What do you like/dislike?
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How might you use some of these ideas in your own work?
Do
Make your artist study look bold.
Include personal opinions.
Do experiment in the style of the artist
Choose an artist that informs your own ideas
Don’t
Cut and paste from the Internet.