For my final project, I wanted to create a series of works under the idea of Humans' "Faulty Memory" using skills learned from Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Laser Cutter.
Process:
Using Photoshop, I edited pre-existing photographs from my childhood.
I was particularly focused on distortion of the forms and figures in my photographs and using colors to convey feelings of nostalgia or create "dreamscapes".
Using Illustrator, I created forms that represented the idea of "neural networks" for the laser cutter.
I made sure to choose forms that would allow for alot of negative space so that once they were cut with the laser cutter, the holes would allow a lot of the photogrpah to be revealed.
My photoshop images were printed at the MML.
My illustrator files were cut onto watercolor paper at the BDW.
Using glue, cardboard, and a precision knife, I compiled all of the photogrpahs for display.
Since alot of the photogrpah would be covered up by the design of the laser cut watercolor paper, I decided to leave it detatched and allow veiwers to interact with the work and raise the paper flap to be able to see the photogrpah by itself.
Faulty Memory is a series of 12 interactive mixed-media works.