A Level Art - AS Exam

Mock exam sketchbook portfolio with final piece for year 1 AS
All the handwriting was done with a quill I made myself and a pot of writing ink.
The exam question was "Decay"
I looked at different artists who used recycled materials to create their pieces and tried to create pieces of my own which built up and idea of what I wanted to create for a final piece.

Photographs of response pieces shown at the end for clearer detail.

Overall grade for Year 1 (AS) [C]

Artist Research - Joseph Cornell

Artist Response - Joseph Cornell

Artist Research - Rosamond Purcell

Artist Reflection - Rosamond Purcell
Reflecting on a similar piece I had made previously

Artist Response - Rosamond Purcell
Creating a new response of a decayed bird inside an ornate man-made cage. The door is open to symbolise the escape of the natural being after death

Artist Response - Rosamond Purcell
More photographs of my response

Artist Research - Valerie Hegarty

Artist Response - Valerie Hegarty
I created a response with roots and roses bursting through a framed cross-stitch piece with wax leaking from the puncture holes.

Artist Research - Tim Edensor

Artist Response - Tim Edensor
This artist is an urban derelict photographer so decided to take my own derelict shots, incorporating past works into the shots and editing the values in photoshop to create the right atmosphere.