Tunnock's Eagle
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£320.00
£320.00
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- Frame - 32 x 43 cm
- Artwork - 20 x 29 cm
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Robert Mach
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Inspired: 'Tunnock's Eagle'
- FSCP: 'When looking at the small portraits you've done I think it is difficult for the viewer not to come away in a state of awe and subtle confusion. What I mean by this is that it seems so odd that a very recognisable and clear face can be created by conveying very few notable features with a substance that when focused on is actually quite simple in its pattern and design. How do you manage this?'
'Oh I'd say I manage with great difficulty, the process of making the small foil portraits can be an extremely infuriating one and often takes a very long time to get right. Normally I start from an initial photograph of the subject and draw over it, highlighting pertinent details of the image. I then cut through the photo with a scalpel to produce a template. The template is then laid over a pre prepared sheet of foil and I slowly set about cutting out the shapes. At times the pieces cut can be so small I can barely focus on them and it’s more done by feeling than seeing. This, combined with the fact that the foil does not like being cut, it clogs and drags and tears, results in periodic fits of hair pulling-out profanity.'
- FSCP: 'Well at least all that hard work and struggle was not for nothing as the act of doing so has blossomed into a very well known series of small portraits. How did it all start, what was the catalyst behind the very first portrait?'
'Yes it is strange how these things happen, I certainly never set out with the direct intention to create this series, it really just happened off its own accord in the natural artistic manner; through a combination of inspiration and experimentation. I'd say it all started with production of my first Che Guevara picture. I was inspired to make the first Che simply because the star on a Tunnock's Teacake wrapper brought to mind the revolutionary’s beret. The Tunnock's wrapper has a marvellous Soviet Futurist look to it, with its striking geometry and bold colour. When someone unwraps a Teacake and smooths out the inspiringly decorated wrapper I can imagine them thinking, ‘Comrades, with this teacake I will strive to make the world a better place, and drive onwards with my fellow workers”. So yes, it was these thoughts that first began the whole process and somewhere between starting and finishing I must've realised that this particular style of portrait creation would lend itself to other notable figures not just Argentine revolutionaries.'
- FSCP: 'What are your plans for this series, where do you want to take this?'
'Currently I am expanding the series with a space-suited Yuri Gagarin and Laika the first dog in space while also utilising different coloured and patterned foils. The use of the different foil will, i think, invite a broader and more diverse range of subjects including those who would like to commission their own portrait.'
- FSCP: 'When looking at the small portraits you've done I think it is difficult for the viewer not to come away in a state of awe and subtle confusion. What I mean by this is that it seems so odd that a very recognisable and clear face can be created by conveying very few notable features with a substance that when focused on is actually quite simple in its pattern and design. How do you manage this?'
'Oh I'd say I manage with great difficulty, the process of making the small foil portraits can be an extremely infuriating one and often takes a very long time to get right. Normally I start from an initial photograph of the subject and draw over it, highlighting pertinent details of the image. I then cut through the photo with a scalpel to produce a template. The template is then laid over a pre prepared sheet of foil and I slowly set about cutting out the shapes. At times the pieces cut can be so small I can barely focus on them and it’s more done by feeling than seeing. This, combined with the fact that the foil does not like being cut, it clogs and drags and tears, results in periodic fits of hair pulling-out profanity.'
- FSCP: 'Well at least all that hard work and struggle was not for nothing as the act of doing so has blossomed into a very well known series of small portraits. How did it all start, what was the catalyst behind the very first portrait?'
'Yes it is strange how these things happen, I certainly never set out with the direct intention to create this series, it really just happened off its own accord in the natural artistic manner; through a combination of inspiration and experimentation. I'd say it all started with production of my first Che Guevara picture. I was inspired to make the first Che simply because the star on a Tunnock's Teacake wrapper brought to mind the revolutionary’s beret. The Tunnock's wrapper has a marvellous Soviet Futurist look to it, with its striking geometry and bold colour. When someone unwraps a Teacake and smooths out the inspiringly decorated wrapper I can imagine them thinking, ‘Comrades, with this teacake I will strive to make the world a better place, and drive onwards with my fellow workers”. So yes, it was these thoughts that first began the whole process and somewhere between starting and finishing I must've realised that this particular style of portrait creation would lend itself to other notable figures not just Argentine revolutionaries.'
- FSCP: 'What are your plans for this series, where do you want to take this?'
'Currently I am expanding the series with a space-suited Yuri Gagarin and Laika the first dog in space while also utilising different coloured and patterned foils. The use of the different foil will, i think, invite a broader and more diverse range of subjects including those who would like to commission their own portrait.'
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