Considering GMO'S

One shoot I really want to do is Genetically modified food. I've just be going back and fourth with how to portray this on the body.

My initial idea was with needles running down the spine however. I was unsure how well this related to GM foods and could this been portrayed in art based way.

Second thought was pills on the face. After people to emma she thought this might look more like a beauty supplement advert and after speaking to her I now agree.

The next route we were thinking was the colour of fruits and could I manipulate them within a shoot? This was going to be my final plan. However after my presentation that teachers pointed out how with all my other images the impact or cause I had put onto the body and this one might look out of place in a book.

After reading articles against GM food I have a few more ideas I need to play around with.

One is how GMO isn't always marked on packaging but at some point we will of probably eaten a GMO.
Second thought was how are they doing this? I thought pesticide spray and Gene Transfer would be interesting to look at.
Third was what are the effects? The effects are as risky as tumours and new genes could result in bloody rashes or evem something the consumer is allergic too.

These facts I will be exploring more before making my final decisions to shoot.

Oil Spill Testing

I wanted to start with the oil spill shoot but needed to test what would be the best way to make fake oil. I managed to find one recipe online but involved ingredients I were unsure would work. So I contacted Green Peace and they gave me one they use when protesting.

Different Mixtures to try:
- Readymix paint and oil
- Readymix Paint on its own
- Molasses
-Oilpaint and Oil
-Readymix Paint and Oil Paint with oil

The readymix paint and oil didn't mix well together so caused patchiness.

Ready mix paint on its own was good, however it did dry and wasn't as shiny as the first picture.

Molasses was so thick! It was hard to blend out and wasn't the thin consistency of oil I was hoping for.

 This was oil paint and oil. This was closer to what I wanted but I didn't want the skin to show as much so thought about adding the ready mix paint underneath

Perfect!!! mixture of ready mix paint with the oil paint and oil over the top.

Moodboards

Speaking to Emma I had so many ideas and it was getting over whelming. After I decided to make moodboards for certain looks that I knew I wanted to do straight away So that I had a base to begin.


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