I visited my local museum and found a huge amount of gems documenting the history and culture of the town Lostwithiel. This shoe made from pulped US dollars was a wedding gift in 1905. I was intrigued about the obliteration of the notes into object and souvenir. I thought of transferring this idea into personal […]
Talked about adding sound to the films – and problem solving how to feed sound into the pendulum of doorknobs – need to speak to Andy in AV what type of sound – was thinking initially of radio sound bytes – glimpses of the day – invert, slow down etc rather than feature films – […]
I had my collection of wax dolls arms that I wanted to used in a piece. I wanted to create a room of objects – I used a heavily textured wallpaper to give the piece a domestic appearance
By dipping my treasured Sindy and various other dolls from my childhood in wax – process of slowly building up layers of wax to morph the features into something odd and un doll like. Adding the cut up features of the face from fashion magazine – mixing up the “beautiful” and “beautiful” to create something […]
have been making a variety of of dolls – have also started painting/drawing with just the cut outs of eyes/mouths etc – most of the ones I have been working on are stills from films – usually a moment of fear/horror (Hitchcock). I am finding these really useful and allow me to think more of […]
I chose this piece as primarily I wanted to conclude it but also I wanted to see it as a single piece. I would also like to use the opportunity to hear views from my peers and to discuss whether the use of text would be a good idea – as I’m worried that the […]
Experimenting with wax, pigment and layers – inserting hair into wax as it sets, sewing into using heated needles. Carving and using inks looks messy but can adjust afterwards, tried acrylic but it looks too contrived and not part of the wax. The sewing with the heated needle only really works to attach or hang […]
Casting Finally managed to cast in wax today using alginite – I decided to use wax rather than plaster as I think it will work better with the hair and the properties feel more realistic and less lardy/clinical. I practiced sewing into the wax but wanted a surface mark to show under the skin too […]