Proposal for Project #3 -- Digital Mapping: A Creative Mapping of Cornwall
A summer spent in Cornwall gave me the opportunity to walk the rolling hills and the cliffs and beaches, to visit and get to know the Cornish people and learn something of their culture, and to observe and make sketches of the countryside, the houses, and the seaside. I came away from that experience enriched and inspired. Upon returning to the United States, first the West coast the Columbus, I set upon the task of recording my observations and impressions in a series of drawings and paintings, several of which, works in themselves, constitute the groundwork for larger mural-sized paintings which I hope to do in the future. Some of these studies were begun while I was still in Cornwall living in the small fishing village of Porthleven. Appropriately, my first study (about 7” by 5’) was done on fish and chips paper salvaged from out frequent visits to the local fish and chips shop.
For some time I have wanted to not only develop these studies but also to document them and my progress in creating them. The concepts and forms of digital mapping provide a perfect vehicle for such a project. Thus I propose to (a) digitally document some of my works through digitally photographing them and scanning them, and then (b) assemble and incorporate the accumulated images in Photo Shop to create a series of three works. These works will record and reflect the earlier pieces; they will also be unique works serving to map the aspects of Cornwall and the creative process of interpreting and communicating my experience of that place. At this point I plan to modify and superimpose images, reflecting the genesis of the original series as well as the development of my own process of learning to use digital recording devices such as camera and scanners and digital software applications, in this case Photo Shop CS3. I may also incorporate other images such as maps of Cornwall and my own computer generated compositions. The resulting digital maps will thus become a part of this evolving creative process and an expression of it, communicating this experience to others.
A summer spent in Cornwall gave me the opportunity to walk the rolling hills and the cliffs and beaches, to visit and get to know the Cornish people and learn something of their culture, and to observe and make sketches of the countryside, the houses, and the seaside. I came away from that experience enriched and inspired. Upon returning to the United States, first the West coast the Columbus, I set upon the task of recording my observations and impressions in a series of drawings and paintings, several of which, works in themselves, constitute the groundwork for larger mural-sized paintings which I hope to do in the future. Some of these studies were begun while I was still in Cornwall living in the small fishing village of Porthleven. Appropriately, my first study (about 7” by 5’) was done on fish and chips paper salvaged from out frequent visits to the local fish and chips shop.
For some time I have wanted to not only develop these studies but also to document them and my progress in creating them. The concepts and forms of digital mapping provide a perfect vehicle for such a project. Thus I propose to (a) digitally document some of my works through digitally photographing them and scanning them, and then (b) assemble and incorporate the accumulated images in Photo Shop to create a series of three works. These works will record and reflect the earlier pieces; they will also be unique works serving to map the aspects of Cornwall and the creative process of interpreting and communicating my experience of that place. At this point I plan to modify and superimpose images, reflecting the genesis of the original series as well as the development of my own process of learning to use digital recording devices such as camera and scanners and digital software applications, in this case Photo Shop CS3. I may also incorporate other images such as maps of Cornwall and my own computer generated compositions. The resulting digital maps will thus become a part of this evolving creative process and an expression of it, communicating this experience to others.
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