VISUAL ARTSAGLAIA LITO PAPAGEORGIOU

Cruella de VillThis project is based on the basic graphic design principles. I selected a picture of Cruella

de Vill, the well-known Disney character. With her picture I made a series of paintings using different techniques and media each time (tempera, emulsion paint, ink, stencils, stamp, col-

lage, pen etc.). Many materials are used in this project such as insulating tape, silver foil, and threads. Furthermore, the project has a construction part also. I took a Barbie doll and trans-

formed it in Cruella de Vill (using tempera paint for her hair and sewed a dress of feathers). In addition to this, I placed some of my de Vill drawing on a clothes horse in a garden and some

others were hung from the lights of a pub.

Cruella de Vill mixed media techniques

size 35x50cm

Cruella de Villmixed media techniquesize 35x50cm

Cruella de Vill Cruella de Vill construction

part of the project. First picture placed in a pub. Second picture

hanging from a clothes horse.Barbie Cruella

Graphic BoxGraphic box is a study of graphic design exercises. I constructed and covered the box

(45x29x23 cm) with mottos from newspapers and magazines. On the inside of the box there are three posters (29,7 x 42) portraying anger, happiness and tranquility. It also contains the

following: a study of Helvetica font (crop a part of the letter but still understand which letter it is and then make my own drawing to the missing part of each letter). Photographs taken during a walk in nature, each one showing a different letter of the Greek alphabet. Pattern designed with

the number 7 on a rise paper. Flip book. Geometrically designed Drawings of the number 5 in two different versions

Two 3d constructions. The number 5 made with toothpicks and the number 4 made with Lego bricks.

on the left:Graphic handmade box 45x29x23cm mixed media technique

on the right:Posters 29.7x42cm visu-alising anger, happiness,

tranquilitymixed media technique

on the left:Study of Helvetica font 29.7x42cmcolor pencil and pastels

Alphabet photographs 29.7x42cm

on the right:Number seven pattern

designed with ink on rise paper16x15cm

on the left:Flip book.Ink on paper 10x5cm

on the right:Number five geometrically

designed drawing mixed media technique on

paper 21x29.7cmNumber five 3D construction

with toothpicks 21x29.7 cmNumber four 3D construction with Lego bricks 21x29.7cm

Dali storiesDuring the history of Art course I made a study on the life and art work of surreal painter Sal-vador Dali. I read a lot about the surreal movement and about Dali’s life and work. I was so

impressed by the movement and Dali himself. I collected my favorite Dali paintings learnt their analysis and suddenly an idea came to me. I decided to write surreal stories inspired by Da-li’s paintings. My stories are a surreal dream...it all starts when a door opens (the door of the

unconscious) and then one dream after another, sometimes a nightmare, leads to the morning light. Through the dreams I describe Dali’s paintings (each dream refers to a different painting).

However, the general sense of these stories is how the conscious and unconscious rules our lives and inspires our art and our dreams, in the same way as surreal painters worked. The

book has three parts.The first part is the stories, second comes a brief about surrealism and Dali’s life. In the third there is the analysis of the paintings I was inspired to create.

Dali stories Recycled paper bookcollage and markers

size 10.5x14.8cm

CrucifixionDuring my second year in the History of Art course, I made a study on the crucifixion theme

from the Byzantine years to the modern art period (Byzantine period, the Medieval period, the Renaissance, the Baroque era, the Romantic Movement and reaching modern art). The Cruci-fixion is an issue that preoccupied artists throughout the years. This project has two sections.

The first part consists of a handwritten notebook (21x29,7 cm) including my notes, the painting analysis, comparisons between paintings from different periods and my sketches. Something

like a sketchbook – research diary. The second part consists of a mixed media painting on can-vas 50x70cm, which depicts eleven Christ drawings.

Crucifixion Mixed media technique on canvas

50x70cm

Christ sketchesColor pencil and pen on paper21x29.7cm

NOTEBOOK Handwritten notes

explaining Cruci-fixion paintingsSketches made

with mixed media technique

21x29.7cm

The dancersA construction project influenced by a detail in the sleeve of the ancient Greek statue of god-

dess Igeia, dating to 4 century B.C. This statue is made of Pentelic marble. The sleeve’s detail reminded me of the body’s position that ballet dancers have during a performance. After mak-

ing a variety of sketches I decided how my final proposal would be. I made two maquettes. The second one was closely related to my final project. The final project consists of a wooden base

sized 50x70cm, and other smaller constructions of different thickness wire and lamps stuck with silicone.

The dancerswood, wire, lamp

size 50x70cm

SKETCBOOKcontains research, two mixed media maquettes,

constraction photographs

Decorative Screen I designed a piece of furniture for the entrance of Vienna Secession Museum, which is a dec-orative screen. The screen was created in order to celebrate 110 years of Secession Museum

in Vienna. The Vienna Secession (German: Wiener Secession; also known as the Union of Austrian Artists) was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the

Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna secession building. This movement includ-ed painters, sculptors, and architects. It is an exhibition hall built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Ol-

brich as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession. The building features the Beetho-ven Frieze by Gustav Klimt one of the most widely recognized artworks of Secession style (a

branch of Art Nouveau). Inspired from an art nouveau painting (head with hair turn into o floral pattern). Wood painted white, print on canvas and at the top there is very fine fabric stuck to the

canvas.The different pieces -building blocks- are joined with metallic compounds.

on the left:mixed media maquette scale: 1/20

on the right:Notebook illustrations

size 21x29.7cm and some ma-quette pictures

Upcycling LampsI had a large plastic container and I thought of transforming it into a lamp. The materials I need-

ed were an economy lamp, a cable, an intermitted, a plug to the socket, a socket on the lamp, and a cable to screw the socket. I took the plastic container and with either a drill or a wash-

er-saw I opened a hole in the side to place the cable. I made the connections and screwed the socket on. I also opened a hole in the bottom of the plastic container so that air can enter and not allowing high temperatures to develop which could cause a fire. I connected the socket to the economy bulb (this is what I wanted, choice of bulb is according to individuals preference) and our ‘plastic container lamp’ is ready! This construction idea comes from the movement of

upcycling or otherwise reuse of products and materials.

Do it your own sketcbooka brochure explaining how to make your own lamp by using a plastic containersize 14.8x21cm

Photograph taken at Vakalo art and design college exibition, 2012

Plastic container lamps photo-graph

Blue print scale: 1/50

Art-workIn this section there is a collection of my visual artistic work during college and post college. There

are many different materials used in each project. Also the dimensions of each project are not alike.

Landscapegouach on paper size 30x30cm

Landscapegouach on paper

size 30x30cm

Landscapegouach on paper

size 30x30cm

Landscapegouach on paper size 30x30cm

On the left:Africacollage on paper, inspired from National geographic pictureSize 35x50cm

On the right (clockwise):Untitled: color pencil on paper, size:

35x50cmUntitled: water pencil on paper, size: 14,8 x

21cmUntitled: pencil on paper, size: 35x50cm

Untitled: carbon on paper, size: 35x50cm Untitled: carbon on paper, size 35x50cm

On the left:Munsee d’ Orangerie: carbon on canvas, Size: 70x100. Inspired from a photograph I took when I visited Paris some years ago, while I was waiting outside the museum of Orangerie. I was impressed by the shad-

ows on the wall.On the right:

Bronze tree: a cardboard construction with plaster, wire and fluids cooper, size:

25x15x10

On the left:Lazy: pen on paper , size: 14,8x21cm Untitled: watercolor on paper, size: 14,8x21cm Untitled: collage and pencil on paper, size: 14,8x21cm Untitled: pen on paper, size: 14,8x21 cm

On the right:The Ballerinas: pencil, pen and colored pencil on paper,

size : 21x29,7cmWaltzing along: water color and colored pencil on paper,

size: 14,8x21cmGirl under chair: collage and oil on paper, size: 29,7x42

On the right:Human body observa-

tional drawings: pen with color pencil on paper, size: 14,8x21cm

Colored pencil on pa-per, size: 35x50cm

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On the left:Human body observa-tional drawings: pen on paper, size: 14,8x21cm Pencil on paper, size: 14,8x21cm

Dracula castle:a series of perspective sketches of my ideal the Dracula castle. Pencil on paper , size: 14,8x21 cm

On the left:Untitled: pencil on paper,

size: 35x50Untitled: color pencil on

paper, size: 35x50Untitled: color pencil on

paper, size: 35x50Untitled: pencil on paper,

size: 35x50

Clockwise:Mother portrait: carbon on paper, size: 35x50cmSelf portrait: carbon on paper, size: 35x50cmMusician’s portrait: carbon on paper, size: 35x50 cmBrother portrait: carbon on paper, size: 35x50 cm

Origami teaIn this course, which refers to Product Design, I designed an innovative idea of tea packaging. My proposal is origami tea. To prepare the tea tray we are going to use the origami technique. I made an example using the origami Star box, but any other origami shapes can be made by

using the proper origami paper, which is water resistant and not harmful to people’s health. This paper has a extensive variety of colors and patterns but for my module I used a white one. In-

side, the tea is placed and the upper section is covered by a kind of industrial cotton (like Lipton tea). At the bottom of the Star Box there are some pinholes helping the tea to come into contact

with water. The top is tied with a thread in order to enable consumers to put and remove from the cup. This product is disposable. For the final presentation of origami tea, I created a ma-

quette and three different illustrated posters. In the first one I showed how the origami star box was constructed and I included a small introduction on the historical source of origami art. The

other two posters advertised the actual product.

Origami tea postersFour posters 29.7x42cm.First two posters are handame with collage technique.Second two posters are two-sided created in Adobe Ilustrator

Origami tea maquettemade with origami paper