Outcomes

Recording outcomes –

For stage 3, I have been asked to consider the following;

Think about placement, colour and structure.  Do the joining materials and techniques add anything to the materials joined?  Compare the effect of joining 2 pieces of the same material to joining contrast materials.  If you made multiples or worked on scale, what conclusions did you draw?

Project 1, Exercise 1

For the first few samples, in particular joining the same materials, I dont think much was added.  However, I did like the opaque tracing paper, joined together using the beading wire; it was quite a neat example and even though there was a join, it appeared almost seamless.

Project 1, Exercise 2

The next examples are a little more interesting than the last.  For the black card, theres a good colour contrast with the white elastic.  Also, the metal paper clips joining the card, fit together in a neat fashion.

The tyvek looks rather erratically melted, but I think this adds to the look and gives a good effect.

Theres not much colour in the last 3 pictures of exercise 2, but at the time I was thinking more of technique than colour.  I’m really pleased with the melted plastic sample, although maybe coloured plastic would have been more visually appealing.

The cartridge paper sample had good interest with the addition of the large beads over the joining wire.

Project 1, Exercise 3

The lines on the corrugated card are so uniform, it seems a bit like an optical illusion having a neat curve cut and the lines just slightly out of sync.

The slightly flimsy nature of the hessian sacking ensures the spiral cut seems to have a gap around it, although in reality, there should be no gap apparent.

The felt and paper table cloth pics look rather plain but I like the curve cut out of the bubble wrap and the way I’ve twisted the garden wire to secure the structure.

I feel the last three pieces really come alive with the addition of the holes filled with other materials.  I particularly like the almost zig-zag effect stitch holding the smaller felt oval in place; looking like its white stitches are stretching out to the sides.  The metal washer in the paper table cloth suspends itself with the help of stitches to each side, looking a little spider-like.

Project 1, Exercise 4

I love the contrasts of these pieces; the smoothness of the duct tape against the uniform horizontal lines of the corrugated card.  Then the shiny crinkled foil joined to the plain-ness of the felt.  I liked the slightly uneven edges of the text book pages, against the wrinkled, but neat edges of the fused plastic.

The punchinella & lace sample seems to marry the new with the old; the black paper and lattice packing paper, seems to be opposites (rough against smooth); the bark and the card marries linear lines against random, irregular lines.  The rose petal and leaf marry nature together with the addition of a single, inconspicuous cross stitch and as they are both natural, they will also decay together.

I’m pleased with the leaf overlapping the fused plastic, contrasting the natural with the man-made.

The bold silver washers seem ‘grow’ out of the thinner punchinella.

Project 1, Exercise 5

These are some of my favourites as they are 3D, so have more depth to them.  The hessian and felt are not as stable due to the nature of the fabric, but I really like the plastic orange wrapper.  The next set of pictures aren’t quite so interesting, but I love the structure of the corrugated card and the punchinella together.

I think using 2 different materials joined together adds that extra element of interest, as opposed to joining the same materials together.

Project Development

I really enjoyed working on these samples and feel these are my best pieces of project 1.  It was interesting to construct the 3D shapes and experiment with using different materials and seeing what worked and what didnt.

For the pyramid, it was irrelevant whether the material was rigid or flexible.  As long as the shape had equal sides, the pyramid worked.  The 3 sided ‘sphere’ was a little trickier.  I didnt think the shape would be as concave as it was.  This made working with rigid materials a little difficult.  I had to bend the corrugated card, which made it crease in middle, but not too much to spoil the shape.  In contrast, the plastics worked beautifully, being nicely flexible.

In larger scale, the shape also worked well.  Although I didnt try it in a rigid material, I’m guessing the bigger size would have worked better.