My Brighton Portfolio

Manav Patel
Grade 12 - Kodaikanal International School
 Support & Strength
Stencil + Installation (6 X 2 feet)

This is an installation which displays

my characteristic of being supportive.
The chair with the missing leg is
supported with bricks which have my
face spray painted on them. Hence,
portraying my supportive nature and
willingness to help others
irrespective of time and situation.
 Spray painting process:

Process

Hand stencilled piece.

The location was chosen behind

bright wall so the chair would
stand out.

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 Saturday Morning Drill
Spray paint + Lino

The Saturday Morning Drill is a spray

paint piece which displays my hiking
experience in Kodaikanal, a place where
I lived in for seven years. Hiking every
saturday morning created golden
memories which will be remembered
forever. The colors black and white
portray the memories of the past while
the color yellow is used to show the
everlasting golden memories that will
stay with me forever.
Process

For the Lino print

process, I had chosen
Hand stencilled picture of kodaikanal postures of hikers in
for more details various positions,
which was then
engraved and cut on
into Lino.

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Before printing the final Lino
samples. Print were made by on
yellow paint as a base colour so the
black colour of the print is visible.

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Human doings, Demon doings
Stencil + Installation + Glass paints

This is a artwork on the issue of

pollution . As seen that the various
colours of the glass painted hands depict
different ways of pollution, such as blue
being water and red being fire.
 Process
Several positions of the
stencil and hands were
made in order to get
different outcomes and
views of the artwork.

The set up of the work was

done through use of a wooden
The clear hands were made with glass paint, it was done through use of box which was open on the top
accidental art techniques. done by placing the paint on top and letting it onto which the stencil and
flow. hands were stuck. Along with
this the light was given from
below.

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ஞ डચા
This clay installation shows the
Clay + diversity
Installation

in India. Through the use of various

letters from some of the major spoken
languages in India being stencilled on
the masks portraying the diversity in the
country as it is one of the most
important things that it is known for.
Process

Cylindrical shaping
and adding the
detailed facial
features.

The process of making the letters

was done by cutting out stencils of
Sand dusting the masks
the various letters on paper and
which was done in order
then drawing them onto the clay
to make the mask
masks.
smooth.
 Colour Control
Wire + Installation

These wire figures are colour coded with their respective expressions and convey the
strength of symbolism that colours hold. As every wire mask is moulded to a different
expression with the colour being symbol of the expression.
 Process

A nail board was used

to shape all the mask
These masks where then knitted with several
contours.
different patterns and colours that relate to the
expressions.

Many different
backgrounds for
the masks were
tried out.

Parchment
paper filled
12 camera
coverings for
colours.
 Within
India.
Pencil + Charcoal + Acrylic + Water colour + Soft Pastels

This is a series of 7 art works being unique

in materials such as acrylic, watercolour,
pencil and charcoal. Each of these artworks
convey the idea of how villages in India
display its culture and daily living.
 Kodaikanal
Ceramic

This ceramic piece is a summary of

what kodaikanal is known for, its
beauty. The piece is fragile,
vibrant, and elegant conveying
how the place is a wonder of
nature.
Process

The ceramic bowl was first moulded and other

elements in the piece were stuck. This was done
with different techniques such as pinching, rolling,
and threading of clay, which gave different textures
and looks to the work.
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 After assembling and sticking I
had glazed the piece as per the
features such as water being blue
and trees being green.

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 On Indian streets
Pen sketch

This pen sketch portrays the

natural yet complicated life that
one can find one Indian streets.
Process

The process of making the pen artwork was separated into three main steps.
 Global Warming
Mixed Media

This mixed media artwork shows

every aspect of global warming.
Being a street style artwork. The
piece uses wide ranges of stencils
and colours mainly to criticizing
Donald Trump for not believing in
global warming.
Process
There were many
stencils over
lapped upon which
the painting was
made in the end.

The mixed media work

began with a glass paint
wash for back ground.

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Please go to this link in order to view
the artwork.
https://vimeo.com/380552133
Colour coded Memories
Digital Media +Installation
This digital installation is a
experience of the colour
mesmerising sky in kodaikanal. It
is in the memory of my last year in
kodaikanal as this patch of colours
symbolise my last few days with
the most valued people.
Process

All the digital work was

done on my phone and
laptop.

The colour gradient scale was made 25

with an extracting app called as
pocket palette
Process

The final presentation is made as PPT. Where the different

formats were tried out along with the audio.

The different gradient were cropped and assembled from

the final presentation.

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Sketch book, Artist Research, and Experimenting:
Thank you