2.6 Pareidolia

A collection of inanimate household objects, photographed:  

Part of a shower, basket handles. 


A glass of drink, a razor, a brass bin, a vintage money box, a toilet roll, desk drawers, a tall lamp, textures of wall tiles: 



Justin Sutcliffe

'Objects are people too' A collection of photographs exploring facial pareidolia. He states that he did not set up the shots, all photographs were of faces "unexpectedly observed in life". 

Bold and brilliant. No editing or embellishment. The faces are so obvious in each photograph. Yet in reality, one could easily miss the face as one would probably not be looking for it. He  managed to capture a phenomena, most of us would miss. 



Keith Larsen 

Colourful illustrations of characters, created out of everyday objects. 

Very cleverly, Larsen not only copies the object, but brings it to life as a real, living thing. 

The colours are enhanced. Bold and confident. Fun and playful. 

Sketchbook Pages

Mixed media sketches of the faces found in my collection of photographs. 

Referencing the work of Sutcliffe, I have tried to capture the natural shape of the face in each object.

With reference to Larsen, I have used crayons to create a bright colour. I have also tried to capture a playful, start of a character in each sketch. 

For the basket and the wall tiles, I etched the surface with crayon or pencil and then drew in the faces I could see with a black line. 








Reflection

An incredibly creative and enlightening exercise. 

The phenomena of pareidolia is newly learnt to me. Once I started looking for the faces in inanimate objects, they then started to appear in seemingly everywhere I looked. The more I did, the more easily they were found. 

Taking lessons from Sutcliffe and Larsen, I felt adding the start of characters an easy task. With little effort, each sketch soon came to life. 

A theme has already started to take shape, with so many faces found in bathroom objects, the toothbrush, the razor, shower and toilet roll. The toilet roll being my favourite sketch at this stage. With just a few basic lines with a crayon, and the basic face found it it's texture. A character emerged. 

With the razor, I pushed the character idea further with the addition of legs and antenna, creating a creature. The razor sharp teeth found initially, seemed to fit perfectly with this idea. 

To continue this development, I could use Larsen's bright colours and use a different media perhaps with a bolder and brighter finish. I could also add more character to the objects, much more than just the simple lines of a face I have created this far. 

Etching over surfaces proved a good way of finding the faces in texture. 

Reference: 
justinsutcliffe.com, 'Objects are people too' 
@faceswithinplaces, Keith Larsen Instagram 

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