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Emily Scarlett Johnson Fine Art Student

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Offcut was born from a collective interest in using found material to construct work. Our work is created in situ responding to the formal aspects of a chosen space. In order to encourage an honest reaction to the space we work within certain limitations with time, space and material. Our site-specific work expresses our active engagement with the environment, often appropriating architectural structure and the forms created within.

This work responds specifically to the areas of intense linear detail in contrast with the large and empty central space. Our sculpture seeks to draw focus to these characteristics in The Majestic.

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Some experimentation before the Follies of Youth exhibition.

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A spontaneous experimentation with found material and a carousel projector. In their infancy at the moment, these works draw on interesting ideas about sculpture and dimension. Also limitations with this type of technology. I look forward to progressing with this work but think they also make interesting images by themselves. 

Theres a strange uncannyness about them, they're familiar yet there isn't instantaneous realisation as to what the materials are. This manipulation of material using technology and scale is something I'll be developing in future work but for the moment…watch this space.

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A recent collection of eggshells lead me to create this miniature tile. Dimensions - 15/10 cm

Following a recent interest in using recycled or found material to create work I began experimenting with scale. This went from being quite a large collection of perfectly smooth shells to a small bag of crushed fragments. I think the transformation of material is what makes this an interesting idea to develop. 

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OFFCUT collaborative's debut in the debut series! sculptural collage using found material.

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My work at The Collaborative Art's society exhibition- Host by Full Circle, Leeds. 

A piece consisting of architectural slides presented on a carousel projector.

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My first ever collaborative piece with Phoebe Walsh. We used found metal strips and spent two days experimenting with and manipulating the metal in the studio. This was not to create a piece but to practise for creating a site specific work in reaction to a location in Manchester. We set out with no idea where we were setting up our installation and with no clue about what it was going to look like. The result is a thin metal structure against a solid brick wall.

It was certainly a different experience working collaboratively and something I feel both of us want to continue this year. Watch this space.....

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