Talking Colour / Talking Pattern – Issey Hignell

REFLECTION
throughout the duration of this project I really enjoyed the creative freedom it allowed me to have and the way it led me to explore who I am as an artist by experimenting with different medias, techniques and ideas. 

I first started to base this project on the view out of my bedroom window however it soon progressed to being based on my thoughts, imagination and opinions in moving to London. I wanted to capture the surreal experience of moving to London for university and how it’s affected me. My works are colourful, sometimes peculiar, with surreal elements incorporated within like the red man from the road crossing sitting on a traffic cone rocket. I chose to add these elements as I feel it captures the magic bubble I’ve been in since moving to a new city and pursuing the dream I never thought would come true. These elements portray the idea that never in my wildest dreams would I move to London and since moving here, even the mundane like crossing the traffic lights, is exciting and new. 

This idea soon developed further as I started to experiment with patterns as opposed to just colour. I wanted my patterns to imitate what you see when you close your eyes. The red and circular patterns replicate the shapes and lights you see when you go to sleep. I incorporated swirls and dots to imitate the patterns that appear behind your eyelids when you are trying to sleep, the last things you see before you start to dream. I really just used this project to see where my imagination took me and let it grow into wherever it led me which was fun to watch happen.