Oxford Trip: Pitt Rivers and The Ashmolean Museum 4th Feb

A recent trip to Oxford was really beneficial and trips to the Pitt Rivers and the Ashmolean museums were a great inspiration and a chance to see different artworks out of Bournemouth and London. I found this trip much more helpful for a side project (Please look at other blog... www.emmasearsillustration.tumblr.co.uk for reference). However, there were a few objects and images that caught my eye and I managed to do a couple of drawings that apply much more to the detailing techniques I have been using in my imagery.

A wooden silhouette painted sign outside a shop in oxford. 

Moving wooden sculptures, were very odd when they started moving randomly and their eyes lit up red. I like the idea of interactivity through the movement of the images. This type of installation is particularly effective in the Pitt Rivers museum as all the other artefacts are still. Most definitely, I consider this attraction to be a performance.

I was drawn to this North American Artefact due to the presence it gave within its glass case. The viewer is immediately enticed to look at the centre of the sculpture by the wings and then gradually they can admire the detailing of the patterns on the wings. 

An event poster at the Pitt Rivers. A little bit of inspiration towards my paper cutting technique. The inclination of depth in this scene with brown paper cut layers was really interesting.

This horse's head sculpture was found in the Ashmolean Museum. The sculpture was constructed with a series of laser cut plastic shapes joint together. In effect a series of flat layers have been brought together to create a three dimensional shape. I also liked the transparency of the material chosen by the artist. The light shone onto the sculpture added colour to the piece. It sparked ideas about what avenues I can take my project in if I were to make sculpures for installation based outcomes.

Sketches from the Pitt Rivers museum. The limited colour palette along with the mark making make these interesting images. I'd like to transfer these into my project imagery whilst using colour pencils.