maker as a timeline, and comparing it to my journey as a creative

January 11, 2023June 26, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

The content focuses on the evolution of art and the artist/designer/maker's role from Modernism to Postmodernism and Post-Postmodernism, exploring movements like Poststructuralism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism. The struggle against a grand narrative, influence on the artist's evolution, and societal impacts like the Covid-19 pandemic are examined. Various artists and thinkers are referenced, offering a comprehensive exploration of art's evolution.

Individual Major Project – The Joy of Repetition

July 24, 2022June 26, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hi all, and welcome to my Individual Major Project. In this post, I will be going through my design process as I start a project making first and conceptual thinking later. I will be discussing all the branches of research the concepts I explored before landing on the final idea and how I was consumed … Continue reading Individual Major Project – The Joy of Repetition

Evoking Emotion: Can augmentations of a piece of art alter how it is perceived?

July 21, 2022June 25, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

The dissertation discusses the author's independent inquiry into affect theory, aimed at understanding emotion perception in art. It includes a study on key thinkers of affect theory, perceptions of emotions, and applications of affect theory in art. The study involved three case studies - color, greyscale, and narrative, and an analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed intriguing trends, challenges, and insights into perception and emotional responses.

Lighting Project

January 13, 2022June 25, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hi all. In this post, I will be going through my thought process when given the live brief and explaining my journey from start to end. Firstly, I will be discussing research and various concepts I developed until inevitably finding the process that led to the final outcome that I produced. Types of Lighting - … Continue reading Lighting Project

Rebel/Gift – Mission Gallery Live Brief

June 16, 2021June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hello all. In this post, I will be going through my process for the Rebel/Gift live brief showcasing the step-by-step process of how my project evolved and taking you through all the practical experimentation I conducted. What is Rebel/Gift? When given the brief, I wasn’t sure what pathway to take when deciding between Rebel, Gift … Continue reading Rebel/Gift – Mission Gallery Live Brief

Netting – Repetition

January 14, 2021June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hello all and welcome to this odd little project. Honestly, I know I had a lot of fun with this one but it also took place in a very chaotic time. I mean it was the middle of a pandemic and a lot of moving and changes made it sadly very foggy in my mind … Continue reading Netting – Repetition

Magpie Collections

January 13, 2020June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

In the summer when I was transitioning from the foundation to the BA course, I was given a task to showcase myself as a Magpie Artist which is essentially an artist who hoards whatever materials they can find concerning their craft. This involved keeping a Magpie Diary and categorising all of the materials I had … Continue reading Magpie Collections

Intro to Design Craft

October 24, 2019June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hi all and welcome to my experience of the first week of the Design Crafts BA course, an induction week filled with various experimentation and drawing techniques that had no connections to the beginning of my next project but had to be documented somewhere so that it is not lost to the sands of time. … Continue reading Intro to Design Craft

Baby Steve’s Adventure: A Week In The Wild

May 19, 2019March 18, 2021 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

After completing my "Collections" Project, I was tasked with with the opportunity to take one of my Steve's outside of the studio and out into the open world for a week. This challenge was inspired by Ingrid Murphy's Ceramic Dog Project where one of the dogs travels around while the exhibit is active. During this … Continue reading Baby Steve’s Adventure: A Week In The Wild

Packaging Project

January 10, 2019March 18, 2021 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Now this is what I call specialism. I'm back in the realm of 3D and for good this time. Going from a 2D driven mindset to a 3D driven creative process is quite the change but it definitely is something for the better. Although I love illustration and developing my own narrative in my work, … Continue reading Packaging Project