Recently I have been very interested in form, shape and space and wanted to do a project that examined this realm a little bit more. I decided I wanted to create an image that explored space and depth by expanding a 2D image into a 3D space and then compressing it, once again, into a 2D image.
Finding a proper location to expand was alone a bit of a struggle. I needed, at least, 3 distinct planes (a foreground, middle ground and background.) After a day of location scouting I finally found a beautiful location with 4 distinct plans.
After processing the image I printed it 4 times, one for each plane, and mounted each image to a harder stock. Image by image, line by line, I cut out each of the 4 planes with an Xacto knife turning my flattened image, once again, into a 3 dimensional space.
Before I was ready to take my sculpture out for a photo shoot I needed to design some sort of stand. I was able to buy a wood base from a craft store and with some help, cut 4 grooves into the wood to act as a slot to hold the images.
I had already scouted the location for the final shoot and went around the same time of day I shot the sculpture image, to get a similar light. For the final image I wanted to try and line up the mountains from the sculpture to the hills in the new setting. I also wanted to emphasize the depth created in the sculpture with light and shadow. I used nature light and a small silver reflector to bounce the light right onto the sculpture.
A Sculpture and A Hill
I am very excited with how this project turned out and am planning on turning it in to a series.
Look out for new work soon!
Thanks, Christina.