STATEMENT

This project aimed to explore and create work that is influenced by death, be it in now outdated religious dogmas or personal reflections on how death affects us all and in different ways. Death is not the easiest topic to choose because a lot of different opinions are casted onto it; take the ‘skull’ for example, perhaps the most iconic relic of death. It can be an extreme image to some, downright morbid to others, while others still embrace it as a reminder of our own mortality, to choose life and live better for knowing that life is short so to make the most of it while we’re here.

 

 Mitchell Watson

Distortion

       Distortion (2014)  16 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.

vintage photographs, paint, ink, hessian, on canvas

Unmasking Heath

           Unmasking Heath (2014) 12 in. x 9 in. ( photograph 4 in. x 2 1/2 in.)

                     vintage photograph, paint, ink on canvas

Russian dolls

                                       Russian Dolls (2014)

5 in. x 3 in., 4 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in., 3 in. x 2 in., 2 in. x 1 in., 1 in. x 1/2 in.

                             wooden nesting dolls, paint, ink

The killing moon

                 The Killing Moon (2014)  13 in. x 7 1/2 in.

     Wooden Box, Wood, twigs, paint, light bulb, paper,

                               skull beads, playdoh

Girl exposed

                        Girl Exposed (2014) 12 in. x 9 in.  paint and ink on canvas.

Hollowed out bible

 

                                            Hollowed Out Bible (2014)  5 1/2 in. x 4 in.
                                                 bible, skull beads, paper, ink

Hollowed out bible

           Hollowed Out Bible (2014) 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.
           19.c bible, skull beads, crucifix pendant, glue.

Hollowed out bible

 

                                             Hollowed out Bible (2014)  5 1/2 in. x 4 in.
                                19.c bible, skull beads, religious statue, ink, paint, clothing tag.

Consume or die

                        Consume Or Die (2014) 9 in. x 6 in.
 wooden box, paint, manikin head, Jean Paul Gautier aftershave bottle, comb.

Christina's world's ending

                           Christina's World's Ending (2014) 13 in. x 7 1/2 in.
wooden box, various cut outs from well known paintings, paint, bottles, skullbeads,key,
                      bullet shrine, wire, ink, paper. vintage photograph.

sculpture project

This is a piece i made for the three week project in sculpture, i chose "dark" and "light" and also "hollow" as my options from the handout sheet.

i focused more on the dark, with morality as the main theme i tried to convey.
the skull symbolises death; the extinguishment of life, what once was full of life and light is now hollow and empty. I tried to emphasise this by filling one of the eyes with used matchsticks.
i used vintage bottles and put used match sticks and cigarette stubs  into them