Now my completed piece was dried and ready to be picked up. The mirror had added to the weight again and it had once again become an long and ardous journey from the workshop to my studio! Once I had the work back I wanted to try and frame a patron picture of my own with me full frame sitting within the eye of the mirror. This was a little harder than intended, as the act of photographing myself centrally in the mirror whilst also catching the rest of the image well enough was quite a tricky task. I tried at first to eliminate the camera element, however doing this compromised the strength of the image, and as this was a piece of my own making, the modernised format of the mirror selfie brought up interesting suggestions of myself as a new age patron of the arts. It also highlighted aspects of my identity as an artist as very much a modern age young adult trying to raise awareness for and be respectful to our ageless, precious earth in the way I know how to best.
I also really liked this image because of the presentation of the sketch at the bottom, showing the initial idea all the way through to the end product, and exacly how far an idea goes from conception to creation.
I was so happy with how this piece had come out overall. The thoroughness of my contextual research and awareness was really coming through thanks to my visits to both the Archive and the Gardens of Heligan, and my use of symbolism was careful and considered (for a full symbolism breakdown see this reflective journal entry) but also delivered in the right way through the conduit of the patron images, so as not to be too didactic. Much like in real nature, the signs and symbols are there however they require interpretation and understanding, to quote the overused; "Nature speaks, we must learn to listen."
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