Thomas Mitchell: November 2010

Monday, 29 November 2010

40*

This photograph is of a sculpture I am currently putting together entitled Shoot.

The work is abstract,but features images cut from a handful of duplicate fieldsports magazines.

The idea of the work is to relate to some kind of fur and skin,with the paper being the fur and the crimson satin representing a skin.

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Sunday, 21 November 2010

39.5*

This is a closeup shot of my progress on a new piece of work called shoot. This specific image was requested by Andor Merks,who is an interactive VJ that's showing some work at the same exhibition as me on the 23rd at the Queen of Hoxton. more details on the exhibition can be seen here. Andor is also using this image in a piece of work being shown at a gallery space near brick lane.

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Artist's Profile

Multidisciplinary artist working predominantly in sculpture and mixed media. Taking inspiration from traditional construction and building techniques , I create objects and images that offset raw materials with vivid colour and crafted surfaces.

My current series of work is focused on the digestion of visual material. Creating collages from found imagery I meticulously paint a copy of the collage onto boards and finally create the work from cutting up the painted boards and building sculptures from the remnants of this destructive process.

The sculptures themselves bring into focus an ongoing investigation into the application of craft processes and materials in the creation of robust sculptural objects.