In Action

 

This piece is one of the three I made as part of my final piece for my AS Art exam project.
This is the second jigsaw i made, the idea behind this was too explore a soldiers life whilst in action.
Within the piece I included drawings and paintings. I wanted the piece overall to look burnt, like it had been in a fire to represent the soldiers lives degrading. I painted the jigsaw with black and white acrylic before placing it under a Bunsen burner to create a smoked effect. The decision to make the piece inside a jigsaw was to represent the idea of their lives becoming jumbled and slowly become lost as the war goes on The piece also represents the lives of other citizens involved, the burnt effect shows what the conditions were like after an explosion or fire.