Ripped Ring

For my second artist recreation—originally intended to be my first—I have recreated the style of Andy Goldsworthy via the use of torn pieces of paper, varying in small and large sizes. To do this, I simply took one sheet of A4 paper and placed it on my desk, and took another and tore around the edges so no sharp edges were visible. At first, I started to tear large pieces of paper for the outskirts of the ring, and then I gradually went smaller and smaller as the paper got closer to fully torn up. I then placed them in rings, starting very small, and gradually expanding in size as I worked outward.

 I took the photograph using my phone camera and imported it into Photoshop. I then adjusted the levels, the exposure and the offset to accentuate the shadows, make the dark spots darker and the light spots lighter, namely the corners and centre respectively, to create an effect similar to Goldsworthy's work, with the brightness increasing toward the centre, with the darkest spots being the edges, albeit in grayscale rather than in full colour.

 For the third piece, the Stephen Lenthall recreation, I will take the same approach as I did with Officium Parabolam, in which I will construct simple environments and decorate them with paper props, such as pieces of paper and tables or chairs. I may also attempt to create stairs by folding a slim-cut piece of paper over in tiny increments backward and forward, unfolding it to create stairs, which I will hold up over the edge of the paper walls.