The word ‘ out of a hat’ I was given to research was ……GRASS..! My first thought was..very appropriate, as my husband is obsessed with Grass!! Why?… well because he is a farmer and he is depending on grass to feed all the cows that are on our farm..therefore he looks after the grass all year round..he even measures the grass now and again to see if he has enough grass for various reasons (silage, for the winter and for the calves).
I began the project by jotting down whatever came to my mind when I thought about grass – which became my mind map. See a copy above
The next task was to use digital photography, image manipulation techniques and the idea of juxtaposition – the act of positioning close together(or side by side) for contrasting effect.. to produce a series of 3 composed digital images based on words taken from the mindmap – Grass ……. ah….
It took time for me to understand this work – and to bring images in contrast together ….. but on the ideas I was not having problems…. just hopping I was doing the work correct – bringing two words together to do with Grass.
For my first picture – two words are home/grass
second picture – memories/ground
third – patchwork/green
