Evaluation of development

When doing the experiment cor my exquisite corpse project, i tried to make sure that i covered all of the areas.

Here i decided to try and make parts of ivy and brambles from fabric and wire.
I really like how it has turned out, this i could use to wrap around my sculptures body and then drap it onto the floor.

The next thing i have decided to do was create some roots/branches to show the main body of the sculpture i have tried creating this through using air dry clay, painted wire hot textiles and fabric.
My favourite ones out of all of them is the air dry clay and the fabric, to me they are the ones that look most like the original source.
The next thing i could try is combining some of the ones i have used seperately to see if i can make something more unique.

Oil Painting

For this workshop we were told that we were going to be making a oil painting on either a board or a canvas.

The first thing i did was to prime my board, I had chosen Brown because the main colour in my animal was brown.

Once I had done that I drew the initial outline of the animal, i had decided on creating a hybrid bird that was mostly bird like but had goat like legs.

The next thing to do was to pain the main body shape in the first colour, when I was mixing my colours they ended up being wrong, and when green but it didn't matter because i could go over it later when I added the next coat.  

I decided that I wanted to work on a piece of board because I haven't painted on one before.

In the image above it shows the first layer of my painting, just under the beak I also added some white now so that when I wanted to blend it later it would be easier.

The next step was to add some of the shading and the main bodies correct colour, once that was correct I was able to add the details, this i had done with a dry brush and a shade darker than the main body and gradually went down the body getting bigger and more faded as I went down.

Once I was happy with the details, I just needed to do a bit more blending and shading this mostly took place at the head of the animal. I made it so the feathered pattern only started after the eye and that the eye was standing out more than it previously did.

Disciplines

Some of the disciplines I could look into is textiles with 3D and textiles and photography.

For textiles I could look into: Felt, Hot textiles, dissolvable fabric, appliqué, machine stitch and hand stitch.

For 3D I could look into: wire, clay, paper mache, plaster, mod roc, casting

Mr Finch

Polly Verity

'The Sharp-Beaked Hound of Zeus' 2009

Creates wire and paper sculptures, this is one of the techniques I am going to experiment with. 
                                             

Shibori

Synthetic fabrics or man-made fabrics are very different in structure to natural fabrics. They absorb dye differently and usually have a different surface quality, have more 'spring' to the touch.

Synthetic fabrics include polyesters, viscose, lycra, acetate, microfibres and rayon.

These fabrics can be used in a versatile medium for textile artists. Fabric can be wrapped around objects and set with heat to distort and manipulate the characteristics of the cloth.





The art of wrapping and tying fabric derives from the japenese technique called Shibori. This method has been used for centuries to create intricate patterns. With the introduction of synthetic fabrics Shibori can be used for sculpting fabrics using heat.

Hot Textiles - Health and Safety

- Work in a well ventilated room.

- Hold heat gun 25mm away from materials.

- When using a heat gun to distress materials make sure you work on a tile of a piece of glass.

- Keep hands away from materials when using the heat gun.

- Use a metal tool to hold the materials when working with the heat gun.

- Take care when using hot irons.

- When using a iron to distress materials make sure the material is placed between two sheets of parchment paper.

- Let materials cool before handling.

 

Wrapping and Coiling 3D textiles

Coiling is a basketry process and has been used by most cultures for centuries.
Coiling strengthens the fabric so it can be twisted and manipulated to produce 3D forms.

How to begin:

- Cut a length of fabric roughly 30cm long.

- Choose a thread that is not too fine.

- Lay the fabric down, then place the thread about 30mm on top of the fabric.

- While holding the fabric and thread fold it over and then start to wrap.

- Once you have wrapped as much of the fabric as you want

- To finish off tie the end of the wrapping thread to secure.

Steamer - Health and Safety

- Clear work area where steamer is situated.

- Fill bottom reservoir with water between 'min' and 'max' levels.

- Replace containers with lid.

- Turn on at the mains and set timer for desired length (about 20 minutes is usually sufficient for fabric.)

- When sample had steamed for desired time lift lid, keep hands and face away from open container.

- Remove fabric with tongs or other suitable implement - NOT fingers.

- Be aware items that have been wrapped maybe very hot, leave sample to cool down before removing wrapped objects.