John Hancock BA Studio Practice Research

(22/11/22)  On this day I wanted to add more colour and through line / continuity  to the painting. So, I added more squares in the colours I have used for the painting I used burning on. Through line in the respect of the colours I am using, for example I added a large pink square / rectangle to this painting to be more a part of the other paintings because this one has felt more of an outcast finding it’s own path. But I want to add more of the same colours I’ve been using as well as possibly some burnt elements. It remains to be seen what could be burnt onto it. But never the less adding the colour has brought this painting closer to the others. This painting still fits with the research I did on De Stijl, but adding different colours to distance itself form traditional De Stijl. (Below pictured is the painting with added pink). On this day I also began a new piece using filler , silver spray paint, oil paints, pillow filling, spray adhesive and burning. I have attatched a ...

(8/11/22)  I walked into the studio on this day with the intention of burning the latex and adhesives I had arranged on my painted board. I found that the latex I placed out had changed colour slightly and dried out more, which I’ll aid the burning of the material so there are no wet areas to burn out first. (Picture before burning below)  After inspecting the materials on the board I gathered my bag of tricks I needed to go outside and begin to burn. I set meself up out back of one of the college buildings with a bucket of water to hand just in case the fire got out of control. I used spray adhesive as fuel for the fire which gave some burning power, but also the adhesive contributed a very interesting texture when it burned. (Below is an image of the burning in progress)  As I burned I added wax and oil crayons and oil paints to add subtle colours to the piece.  When I got as much of the latex burned as I felt appropriate, I began to add more of the pillow stuffing...