My Cultural Identity

Art is the window to a man’s soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man with in. I used the windows as a gateway to express who I am. I incorporated my ancestral history, what makes me? Me? and, also the freedom of expressing myself.

Time Plan

Final Piece

Edited images done in the FMP

Last Minute

most of today I have been looking around for some wood for my shelves , I went to 3 different shops to ask for some MDF wood but the didn't have the right size I needed. I finally found some chip board wood and brackets in B&Q, tomorrow my plan is to hang my final piece abit early than others, so if I need to make any last minute changes I will have time.

last minute changes

Before

After

Before

After
I made the fingers on the wood piece's more dense because I decided to include them in my final piece instead of just as experimentation work.

My interview for Pitt Rivers Museum

My interview for Pitt Rivers Museum

http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/bodyarts/index.php/multimedia/video/176-henna-the-plant-that-binds.html

Culture clashes

i want t include the culture clashes i have as a british kenyan, so im lookin for ideas of how to represent the subject. so far i came up with using the two different flags:

or using butterflies to from each country to represent me.

Setting up final piece

Freedom of Expression

I decided not to go just dedicate a window just for the family and friend, but instead to include them some how in each of my works. I had a free window left so themed this piece on freedom of expression because I've always had problems in my life when people are not as supportive as I would like, I just want to prove myself to them in my work.

Banksy

Using Banksy way of painting I am going to symbolise my friend in his style by highlighting bold colours and leaving the rest of the image black.

Work in process

Me, Myself and I

In this piece I have expressed different aspect of my self in it. I need to find 1 more piece to complete this window.

Robert Raushenberg death

http://www.takepart.com/news/2008/05/14/robert-rauschenberg-dead-at-82

Blog entry with quote from Robert Raushenberg.

"I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable."