cutting fabriano

Rather a daunting prospect, I started cutting out shapes in the large drawing I've been working on. This is creating some really interesting and complex shapes, but also means the piece can be viewed from both sides. I hope to hang it away from the wall and let people walk behind it with the shadows of the patterns cast through.

glassbox exhibition

book!

Bound and finished the book today, and am really pleased with how it looks. Also, am amazed that it is all hand made, including the text and the cover! 

restraint

This is the brace image finished, which will go into the glassbox exhibition. I have also finished my 'book' which will also be displayed, alongside the slides. 

auction

We had an auction on the 26th of February to raise money for the degree show(s).

I put in this series of drawings, which proved popular and sold for a respectable £80.

brace

This is an A1 size piece is intended to go into the exhibition at the beginning of march. 

The brace was measured, and I created a grid using these measurements then drew the image over it. The pattern is then filled in and cut out, leaving the original lines of the drawing intact. As I'm not filling a massive area, it isn't as time consuming as I thought it was going to be, however it takes twice the concentration. I would ideally have another one to display alongside, but time is the main factor in what is and isn't possible.

preparing for the exhibition

Have been playing around with the photographs and edited them so they fit in a microscope plate. Each strip measures 6x2cm, which is bigger than I had originally wanted. I might resize them again and play around with how small is too small. However I have sorted out magnifying glasses etc. so they can be viewed at a very small size.

I also need to print them high quality if people are going to be looking closely, otherwise it won't be effective. 

bringing shape into cutting

I wanted to start using my journal entries more in the larger work, and wanted to integrate it with the cutting process. This experiment below involved enlarging an image in the journal, then creating the pattern over the top (the pattern being made up of the original image itself) and then cutting these shapes out. This piece I felt was taking too long, so I have moved on to an A1 sized one which, if successful, will go in the exhibition in a couple of weeks time.

continuing

During my last op I used my journal again to document various things that happened, so returning to university this week I started working on the large piece again. I wanted to wait until I had more imagery so I could create a more narrative piece; to show the events as a story.

I have a lot more to do but over the next 5 weeks I can start filling the paper and see what using these patterns will create.