I initially looked at the idea of retirement, then realised the many other possibilities of the word; such as shy, lonerism, to be worn out. I used all of these ideas in my initial sketches.
I finally settled on three ideas; firstly: a piece which spelt out the word using items of a retired person, secondly: the word made out of play dough with the letters sagging and cracking and a small G 'retiring' behind the N, and lastly: a photoshop piece with 'retiring' written in white on a white back ground and only the shadow visible. The words are barely visible as if shy, on their own, and not wanting to be seen.
See images below of my work station, progress pieces and final pieces.
In the second week of the project we had the same brief but had to use images to portray our given word. I definately found this week harder and struggled to find a coherent conclusion. Given more time I would have liked to have explored my 2 final pieces in 3D. See below for the 2D result:
It was suggested to me after presentation that I used my word; 'retiring', along with these images.
