Cut –out Lampshades...

After the previous post, I decided (once and for all) to do a few experiments with artificial light and the effects of the light and shadows cast on the surrounding walls. With a plain paper lampshade I decided to stick with the straight lines that I have been looking at since I used them on the windows last term. The overall effect I thought was rather nice – the star-like sunburst pattern on the ceiling directly above, and the lines of light almost draping or dripping down the walls around, the light getting less intense as it goes down and eventually fading out.

In the third photograph, I like the relationship with the rays of light and the bars of the stair banister, almost bridging the gap/difference between the intangible light and the tangible banister, the lines and shapes echoing each other. This relates back to Lucy’s work, making something which isn’t actually 3 dimensional into something that you can touch; so in her work that was literal space and in this case it would be light. The nature of the light, the varying intensity, the rays of light all around you when you stand in this space, is of course a completely different experience to looking at the photo – this is something that I will have to think about when it comes to formulating something for the end of term exhibition.