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 Final development of plaster cogs:


I decided to move away from simply piling my cogs on top of each other or on top of a light source, it didn't feel right to me and when looking at the different options I had it all seemed lacklustre and boring. while doing research I was inspired by artists such as Andy Goldsworthy and his land art working with stone stacking, Michael Grab, as well as my own experience of finding stone stack on hikes and more famous structure such as Stone Henge. 

Firstly, I experimented with simple stacking without using precarious and odd angles, just piling different sized cogs on top of each other, I thin used the parts of a broken cog to test out the super glue that I had and see if it worked and was strong enough which it was.






I use super glue to attach the cogs together, The way in which they have been stacked is random as I wanted the structures to feel authentic, like they could be found naturally in a landscape. I started with one cog laying flat as a base for stability and then stacked them upwards in different position and angles with some leaning against each other. I did this due to the rust and discolouration of the metal rings inside the cogs, they looked like old scarp parts and I was inspired by movies such as 'Robots', particularly the 'chop shop' scenes and wanted my cog piles to be reminiscent of junk yard scrap metal. While asking my course mates what they thought of my structures and designs they all spoke about how they reminded they of robots and one person in particular said they they were reminded of the movie 'WALLE'. 

when looking at my finished pieces I do believe that they are reminiscent of robots, I think that the machinery aspect of the cogs as well the way the they can be slotted together. There is something cute and animated about them, as if they are characters from a story book coming to take the viewer on an adventure, they have a personality. I think that the way I have stacked and positioned them allows each piece to be open and inviting as well as unique. I think that the discolouration and rust causes each piece to eel down to earth and more natural allowing the viewer to connect to the piece more. I believe that this causes there to be more tones within the piece, and against the white of the plaster the rust seems bright and vibrant. Overall, I think this is a very successful final piece that I am proud of.





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