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Project Four

Drawings

Title: Materialization of a hand II
Author: Omar Reyna 
Date: 2019
Place of production: Yukon, Canada
Materials: Cotton paper, Sketching Crayons and charcoal
Technique: Drawing
Dimensions: 90cm by 1.5 m.

The drawing process was quite exciting. Going from the drawing board to the working table and then back to the drawing board, and so on, allowed me to experience a workflow of constant action. Even though thinking was part of this workflow, I worked way more with my body (especially my hands) without mentally processing and thinking my next moves. It was like putting theory into practice instantly. It is not that I haven’t worked this way before; however, this time, the length of time between planning-thinking-sketching and the actual production was virtually non-existence. I am going to use this way of work more in the future.

The below galleries show the order in which I made the drawings. First, I sketched and used these images as a construction reference. After the sculpture was made I drew it. Some of these drawings are just a depiction of it but others are base on the sculpture and represent a step further in the development of the piece.

Large sculpture 1 (Sound)

Large sculpture 2. (Shape shifting)

Small sculpture 1

Small sculpture 2

Small sculpture 3

Small sculpture 4 (Unique)

From sculpture to drawing and back to sculpture

One of the most fantastic things that happened during the drawing process was to create a sculpture from a drawing. I cut a drawing into pieces, and then I reshaped it into a sculptural form. I have to say that I ‘m happy with the results. I did not imagine that this was such a fantastic thing to do.

Exercise 1

This below gallery shows in just three photos the process of going from a sculpture to a drawing and then to a new and different kind of sculpture.

The below gallery shows the construction process of this sculpture.

Exercise 2

The below gallery shows in just three photos the process of going from a sculpture to a drawing and then to a new and different kind of sculpture.

Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D

Hello, my name is Omar Reyna. I have been using photography as a medium of representation for some years now. I have reached a point in which I feel the need to add to my art practice a new element from which to grow, and for me, that becomingness is trough sculpture.

The above image is part of the visual research of my latest photo project, “Perishable Corporality.” This image did not make it into the final selection of the project; however, it represents the beginning of sculptural objects in my art practice.

I developed “Perishable Corporality” while studying Contemporary Photography at NODE Center, (fantastic learning centre, highly recommended). This course “Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D” is offered by OCA and it is my first course with this very-very promising place to learn, so I’m quite trilled.