Beach Trip

I had a few comments about my large sellotape structure saying that it looked like coral so I decided to photograph it on the beach to test out the resemblance and see whether it suited that environment. I was also keen to photograph it outside to see how it worked with light, and made sure it was sunny before taking it to be photographed.

I was really happy with one shot, where I thought the structure looked right in that setting, as if it was a coral or plant that had grown on the rocks and had been exposed by the receding tide. The work draped over the rocked so that it moulded to that specific location and looked natural. I thought the light also worked very well in that situation, illuminating the plastic and reflecting off its surface. The colours seem to work well with the rocks and the sky, the yellow of the sellotape echoing the yellow of the rockpool plants.

 

Although I thought some of the photos showed the maquette working well, in others I thought it looked quite out of place and at odds with the environment, too bright and bold. I also photographed one of my new maquettes with the inverted adhesive, positioning it in crevices and entangled in seaweed. I thought this version looked more fitting in the place because of its more natural, less uniform structure.