Faye Placzek

Extended Diploma in Art & Design - Year 2 - Rochester

Theme

For this showcase, I wanted to focus on the best parts of my work from this year. Throughout this year I got to experiment and understand who I am as a person and an artist. I began by exploring my interests in spirituality and my love for nature. Although I range from using different mediums I have consistently explored the theme of spirituality in all my works…

I found a great deal of comfort in creating a memorial project based around a time in my life where trauma can be found. Instead of focussing on the trauma itself, I wanted to focus on the person who I have become not the person I used to be.

The idea of creating a fantasy world was so spell-binding to me. I loved the idea of creating stories that showed a real meaning behind them.

As I have explored spirituality, I feel like I have become more understanding of myself and the world around me. To be a successful artist one must understand themselves otherwise the work they make is pointless. This is something that I live by.

In my own time I work on creating my own artworks still exploring themes of spirituality and fantasy. I post this on my Instagram page @_lunamothcreations_

I also post my collage/uni work over on my Instagram page @uca_fayeplaczek

Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies
In this piece, I have created the first version of a character. This character is called Amina and it represents the human soul/sprit. This was made using brusho powders/pastels.
Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies 5
For this piece, I created a costume inspired by a moth. I worked with the idea of transformation. I made this costume out of fabric and paint.
Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies 1
In this piece I illustrated one of the characters that the fantasy story features. This character plays an important role in the story as it represents the human soul/sprit.
Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies 3
In this painting, I took a real-life story and illustrated it into a fantasy story. I decided to feature some characters. I used acrylic paint on top of a canvas.
Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies 4
In this piece, I experimented with lino and mono printing techniques. I apply my love for nature and experimented with different colours.
Faye Placzek | Pre-degree & Foundation Studies 2
In this piece I illustrated one of the locations that the fantasy story features. This was made using watercolour and gouache paint with added pen for highlights.
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