Amelia B
Project 1
Amelia’s Project 1 was created in response to the starting point ‘Fantasy’. Inspired by the work of Ciruelo Cabral and Gonzalo Kenny, she followed a creative design process to develop her own original mythical creature. Throughout the project, Amelia explored a variety of different features, forms and characteristics, experimenting with a wide range of media and techniques to refine both the creature’s design and the way it could be represented within her artwork. Her experimentation across both two-dimensional and three-dimensional media allowed her ideas to develop progressively, ultimately leading to a final outcome consisting of two complementary pieces: a mixed-media artwork depicting the creature in flight, alongside a large-scale sculptural representation of its head.
“I chose to look at fantasy because I was an avid reader of fantasy books such as wings of fire, dragonology and how to train your dragon, all of which include beautiful dragon illustrations and covers that inspired me to begin drawing”
Project 1
Amelia’s Project 2 was created in response to the starting point ‘Woman’. She was inspired by a range of female artists who have used their work to challenge conventions and explore feminism in different ways, across a variety of social and historical contexts. Amelia became particularly interested in the ways women have been represented throughout art history, exploring changing perceptions of femininity and the beauty standards associated with women across different time periods. As her project developed, she began to explore feminist symbolism and consider how traditional symbols of femininity could be incorporated into her own work. This led her to experiment with combining flowers and portraiture, using these elements to develop her own visual response to ideas surrounding women, beauty and femininity.
“During the renaissance period women were portrayed as either saintly or sinful often depicting them as religious figures, witches or temptresses. Many paintings placed women in passive nude poses as subjects of the male gaze, emphasising sexuality and passivity. In my self-portrait I am looking at the viewer and my chin is raised. I appear defiant. I appear strong and beautiful. I am feminine and feminist all at once”
