Mark Jenkins

I have been looking at washington DC's artist Mark jenkings and the sculptures he produces . when i have my main design ready i think that the technique of the cling film and tape casting could work well for a life sized scale of my piece of work because its cheap , simple and time efficiant and can be modified easily . Theres a video underneath of him talking about his sculptures and what his work is about .

Mark Jenkins: Go Figure! from Gestalten on Vimeo.

Out and about , Possible locations

I have gone and taken pictures of possible spots i think i could work with my sculpture around the area i have chosen . I was quite please with the areas found because they have somethingto offer all individually . I could either go with something on the beach ( kids playing on the beach ) or i quite like the idea of having some characters sitting on the wall nobody can get to , the ' look but cant touch ' feeling with a new , different piece of work i think could be very appealing and leave viewers more intreeged with the work. 

The chosen image / Character

This is one if the images of the character im going to be working with . When i have Chosen an area around folkestone to display some sort of 3D sculpture i will need to start drawing up full images of what i am potentially going to make along with small scale models . 

Welcome and first initial ideas

Ive started this short blog to document a project for part of my second year of my visual arts degree at Canterbury Christchurch university. I have been given a brief outlining that i need to create a site specific work in any chosen environment needing to develop and see how far i can take my ideas with what i want to do .

Having a general interest in street art and the unique styles alot of the artists have to offer , over the past few years i have been drawing a character in a style of my own and have Incorporated it into many things such as paintings , drawings , stencils and ' paste-ups ' . When i was given the brief for this project i wanted to stay around the folkestone area , which is where are studios are based and create something for the harbour area to be enjoyed by all ages . I immediately thought of my character which Ive titled ' Aztec child ' and want to take my 2D images and make them into a 3D sculpture to push the boundaries of my own work and the character i have been using . Folkestone is currently going through the process of re-generation and i feel that bringing something new and fresh to the people around should create a ' buzz ' .