The project is at a point where I’m keen to get under the skin of some high-profile land/environmental artists, particularly those whose work has affected… Read More »Research: Andy Goldsworthy & Olafur Eliasson
The day came to install the water wheels, film them with the drone and absorb the sense of them being part of the landscape. It… Read More »Final outcome: Live event & drone filming
I chose to study a selection of installation artists to gather ideas for my own installation, specifically artists who incorporate a variety of media into… Read More »Research: Mixed media installation artists
Many photographs were taken when I was installing the waterwheels to provide material for showing with the installation. I was committed to showing a record… Read More »Final outcome: Photo choice for installation
Two days before the planned drone shoot I went to the river to test the full set of waterwheels for the first time. Even though… Read More »Final outcome: Full waterwheel test
A conversation with Julian centred on how to condense my outcome to its most salient meaning. He highlighted that I have accumulated a wide variety… Read More »Crit: Friday 29th May
In planning the presentation of my final outcome I firstly need to consider where the art resides. I’ve walked the length of the river, collected… Read More »Final outcome: Planning the space #1
One of my literary inspirations throughout this project has been the writing of Robert Macfarlane who is a nature writer (though he is much more… Read More »Research: Counter-mapping
Another set of paddles were laser cut using the Riks font I chose and the result was good, as can be seen below. The text… Read More »Final outcome: The final paddle build
I now need to finalise where to install and film the water wheels to achieve the most visually powerful outcome. The exciting news is that… Read More »Experiment: Finalising installation location
An issue arose with the laser cutting of my chosen font Ombudsman Stencil as below. The internal connecting parts within the letters were clearly too… Read More »Experiment: Font laser cut problem
With all the waterwheel design work complete now is the time to decide on the words to put on the paddles. We have 5 waterwheels… Read More »Experiment: Finalising words for the paddles