In order to make my work seem more like Hockney’s, I decided to make some manual joiners by printing off my photos and rearranging them in in a variety of ways in order to create a new and unique rock. It took some trial and error as some of the pieces looked out of place but eventually I collaged my images in a way I liked and stuck it down.

Some of my ideas and experiments:

Process + Evaluation :

I like how my final joiner came out and found the process of making it quite enjoyable but quite time consuming as I didn’t know whether I wanted my photos to line up perfectly and look like the original rock I photographed or whether I wanted to create something new and more abstract but I eventually positioned & angled the photos to create an almost round shape which I found visually interesting. I think the contrast between some of the images helps brings the piece together as it adds more character, the darker shadows blending in to certain aspects of the joiner whilst standing out next to others.

Overall, I think my attempt at making a joiner manually has been successful as I didn’t rely on recreating the original rock into a big photograph but instead created my own image, similar to how Hockney himself does with his own work. There are still aspects I could improve on such as being more careful when sticking down my images as I tended to glue down my photos at an odd angle which led me to have to re-shape parts of the image in order to make it not look out of place. This also led to me smudging a lot of the glue, making it look less professional and a little bit messy. However, I am content with my final piece and enjoyed the process of making it.