Virtual Fine Art Placement | Lauren McArthur

Bibliography

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Presentation

The Booth Museum presentation

Bug on Display

For display purposes I really want to have them in bell jars. The bell jars are typical of what you would see in a Victorian parlour on or a museum, I feel displaying them like this links in to more of the booth museums style. It allows them to have an enclosed environment creating a…

The Final Result

Adding to the diorama feel I took some photos off my pieces in a micro environment, adding some moss, bark and sticks. To have a more of a life like feel.

Found bug

On a walk around Brighton I found this dead bug on the floor its got a a iridescent shell that looks beautiful, I decided to pin its wings out to have more of a look that it would have in a glass case. I pinned the wings out in a position that I liked and…

The Making Process | Butterfly

The Butterfly was the easiest one to make a wire body with beads and a tracing paper painted wings together.

The Making Process | Beetle

Following the process of making the beetle. I started by making a clay body and painting it black. putting a iridescent power on it. Adding a head wings and legs. The first head I used did not look right it was to round for the rectangle body. I made another head out of clay which…

The Making Process | Spider

following the images you can see the process of making the spider. I started with the body with two much larger beads and joined them with wire. in the gap in-between wire wrapped around to create legs. filling the wire with beads following a similar pattern to Bourgeois spiders legs.

Final piece plan

To conclude the placement I’m making one final piece of art. I want to make my own tiny dioramas with man made insects inside. I want to make about 3 different insects out of materials such as beads, wire and clay. Inspired by the bug that I found I want to use a similar colour…

Bugs in Art

Before developing ideas for what I want my overall summary to this placement to be I want to explore how other artists have used insects and bugs in art. Starting with Louise Bourgeois who is well known for a large spider like sculptures. Spider is a giant sculpture of an arachnid that stands with all 8…