National Gallery of Scotland

So a trip exploring another building full of culture, art and design this time the magical National Gallery's. There are two parts to the gallery the main part and the exhibition building. And I just fell in love with the exhibition, showcasing graduates art students work. Modern, creative and diverse. This place was amazing if your bored and want somewhere to hang out for an hour so, go here.

artiest at work in studio

I will only talk about 3 items today but there was so much amazing work. First up a shoe boxed size model portrait of "artiest at work in studio" by  Blake O'Donnell selling for £2500. This work was so detailed and colorful and creative and eye catching, just incredible. My picture doesn't do it justice but I can only imagine the time he must of spent getting such detail and character into this tiny model. I aspire to be as patience and careful as he must of been.

nest by Barbora Krninsdka

Next is a colorful sculptor of a the nest by Barbora Krninsdka. I did try to stalk this artiest on insta to find out what else she has made but with no luck. This beautiful piece first jumped out to be as coral and I assumed that the plastic straws reflected the pollution to the ocean. But upon finding out the name, "the nest", it made me steer away from the widely talked about ocean pollution and just of generic pollution and littering in the streets. My room looks right across a canal and on the walk to uni each morning I am faced with discarded bottles, takeaway boxes and my pet hate cigarette butts. I feel by not having the name of this piece on the display it allows its audience  to think for themselves and interpret their own thoughts. The piece certainly provokes thoughts  and for an inanimate object to cause such feeling is wonderful.

Jodi Le Bigre, "plaits" 

The last piece I will talk about today is a pencil drawing by Jodi Le Bigre called "plaits". she has took something so simple and elegant and changed it to convey meaning and beauty. By placing both plaits side by side it shows where she got the idea from and how the final plait was inspired. I love working with pencil and see beauty in the small pencil strokes. The wheat plat shows how you can make different things with one object. It shows a dedication.