Rob Ryan analysis

The artists is Rob Ryan. His speciality is paper cutting. It uses a paper cutting technique to do this kind of piece. The work has been created to be put on his own website to share with his viewers. I have chosen to analyse this piece because it used simple images such as birds, needle, thread and a message with a border around it. I would also like to use the same technique and do something similar to this piece of work.

The websites i have used to further my understanding of this work is http://www.misterrob.co.uk/ which is his own website and gives a lot of different photographs and paper cutting that he has done. It also has a link to his blog which gives a bit more description of what he has done and why he has done it.  I think the work has a theme and that is that the message (text used) in his paper cutting work is something quite personal to him. The message and meaning used could also relate to people in general which is what might make them connect with his work.
I can tell this is the theme because his work is to do a lot with nature and everyday life which might mean something to him and what goes on in his life.

The materials used was a paper cutting knife, a piece of card, pencil and pen. To do this he drew out the design on the card and then cut out the negative space to create this kind of work. The colour used is just one colour which is a light red and this is because it is hard to cut out card and add different colours and it is easier to just use one colour. The work is quite small because it is only to be photographed and showed on his website so there is no need to make is quite big as he is not advertising or putting it on a poster.  The formal elements used is colour and shape.

 I have chosen to analyse this piece because it used simple images such as birds, needle, thread and a message with a border around it. I would also like to use the same technique and do something similar to this piece of work. My first reaction to the work was how he got the precise detail and why he did it. I like how all his work has a border which makes it look a lot neater and something that you can hang up on your wall. It has inspired me to create something that means something to me.