WX (Wakefield Exchange) MURAL ARTWORK
Commission for Wakefield Council
With the brief to provide a 2D digital image as a representative of the artists work, I decided to create a new artwork which incorporated my current practice and captured it digitally. The artwork was then to be displayed on the exterior hoarding of WX, the Wakefield Exchange, whilst it undergoes a refurbishment, turning it into an events and art centre.
Working with oven hardened clay, I created small scale standing stone-esque structures that are representative of my larger scale sculptural installations. I then created tiny 1-2cm tall blob like creatures which are recurring characters in my work, I call them The Foramen. They are very curious beings who like to take in their surroundings, observe and learn about new environments.
I wanted to create a new environment for them and so made a backdrop for the sculptures using more traditional 2D methods such as watercolour, gouache and crayons. This was then laid upright, and I placed the sculptures on top, positioning them into a scene as if it could be a still of a stop motion animation. This was then photographed and then further added to with image editing software to produce graphic lines and blur the line between painting, sculpture and digital image.
Emma Denby 