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Representations: Skin detail sketches




Body Map 7, Body Map 4, Body Map ? , Body Map 1, (2009). Skin detail drawings from rileypile



































I'm particularly interested in representations of skin. Images or creative interpretations of a subject say far more about cultural attitudes, trends, and the artist than the depiction often does.

Featured here is the student work of rileypile which I find particularly engaging for its diversity and fresh, raw intersections of materiality, object and line. Yes. Fresh and raw, and sort of meaty...


Stitches Thumb. (2009). oil on board.


Geoff: scab day 5. (2009). Pencil and carving on wood block.



Tattoo scab. (2009). Oil and acrylic on board and foam core.

Geoff: scab day 3. (2009). Mixed Media.

 

2 comments:

  1. Hey Tarryn (if that is how you spell it?, just wanted to say thanks for the great post, you have managed to 2reinspire" me back to my college project. I am studying Textiles but doing a project that focuses on skin under the theme of "beneath the surface". Your blog is a gold mine for inspiration for my project and I just wanted to say thanks. I have started blogging too, and I'm not particularly good at it either. I am now following you, would you be able to follow me too? I would love to hear comments that you have (I already know my english is bad, but I am working on that). Thanks again. Nicole Graden @filledepennylane.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. Hi Nicole, great to hear that you've enjoyed looking through the posts and it's been of use. Hope your project was a success!

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