Richard Sweeney

Earlier in my blog I mentioned the work of artist Richard Sweeney. He makes absolutely fantastic pieces of work by using paper and folding it in different places to create the final piece! He also does a good bit of photography work and I found him though recommendation from one of my group 3 tutors, Elaine. He has taken some very interesting Macro shots of different bits and pieces but probably what I find most interesting about his work is how you really have to examine it and look closer to get an idea of what the subject might be!

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I really like the pattern that's going on here and also the fact that he's taken the image in black and white which I thing really highlights the texture and the negative and positive spaces

 This image really interests me for the reason that I am still trying to figure out what it is he has capture. To me it looks like some type of insect, although it seems more like a macro shot of Velcro or something of the sort.

Here (below) is a macro shot of a seed pod and again I love the use of black and white. It can really give depth and life to an image!

  

 

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There are some other shots he has taken of more man made objects but I'm more interested in the natural organic pieces for my project. I would love to see some more of his work like this but unfortunately its not easy found as he seems to prefer taking shots of his beautifully intricate 3D pieces.