Size: 33 x 33 x 4cm (framed) / 29 x 29cm (actual image size)
Framed and ready to hang
Signed on the front
Style: Organic
Subject: Reef Life
I started looking at coral shapes, and the marine life in reefs, and also at microscopic images of plankton, reef vegetation and coral.
The individual cells are all kinds of incredible shapes which are more like images from a science fiction movie than anything I can liken them to that I've seen!
I got carried away doodling shapes to cut out and spent days doing just that until I had amassed a desk full of white card pieces layered and stuck together with tiny foam board dividers and plinths. I experimented placing the different pieces together and photographing them to see what combinations look best together. I often went back to cutting shapes to refine them until I was happy with my collection and could construct the final artwork.
The result is a striking white dimensional relief design revealing individual coral, plant and plankton like shapes on closer inspection, and casting interesting shadows depending on the direction of the light.
