Evaluation.

After sitting and looking at my work for a while, i have calculated that i have created work of a substantial standard, but looking even closer, i have found a few areas that could use some improving.

For example, My tablet, although successful, could be more realistic, as i recently noticed that some of my fingers were out of proportion, which given the chance again, i would change. On a more positive note, i personally feel that i excelled myself on my paper experiments, including my 3D paper hand, which is a personal favourite of mine, as i took a great deal of time and consideration as to what the size and structure of the hand it self would look like by looking at various pictures i have collected of hands, and my hands themself.
I think my work does relate to that of Mark Rigby's as we have both not only used specific areas of the body, him using feet and myself hands, and most of all kept them in a simplistic manner, which is a crutial part of the assignment brief. I also feel that i have explored external resources particually well also, this includes the in depth look at the movement of fire and flames, which i used within my ceramics piece.
Overall, i feel that i have done a benign project, and with the slight mishaps i have encountered resolved, it shall soon become a great deal better.

Modrock.

One of my more enjoyable experiments was my 3D Modrock hand.

To obtain this experiment i placed several layers of sopping modrock onto my left hand, whilst keeping my fingers in place.. (with the help of others) to resume the reaching out position...

After applying a few layers onto my hand, i then, using scissors, cut a small line up from my palm to my thumb, slowly wriggling my fingers and remaing hand out of the small space...

After i removed it from my hand, i added a few more layers, enough to cover the incision i made, dampening the modrock frequently to smooth out the rough creases.. leaving a tidy finish =)

like so...

Once dry and hardened, i added a lick of paint to make the hand look more realistic =)

Paper work - Applique

For this experiment i used a sheet of ordinary black paper and cut out my hand shape, but for a twist i cut a thin strip away from all the creases in the hand and stuck the hand shape back onto a sheet of brown paper, placing them back slightly apart from the normal shape, leaving a negative applique effect, This is a simple method but i feel it is effective all the same =)

Paper work - Printing.

Another experiement i used was a form of printing where a picture it cut and peeled away from a piece of multi-layered card, leaving raised areas for the oil based ink to get trapped into... once i got the picture i was after ( in this case a hand and flames) i rolled on a thin layer of the ink and placed my sheet into the rolling machine, rolling it tightly to the paper

Leaving me a printed picture like so....

Paper work - Embossing.

Using the handmade paper i made a few weeks previous, i used some thick card to cut out shapes (relevant to my project) ... once i recieved the correct shape i wanted, i then layered the card on top of my handmade paper and rolled tightly through the print roller.. leaving a pressed shape on my handmade paper...



If you look closely at this picture, you will be able to make out a faint hand shape within the paper which has been gently embossed into the handmade paper using card...

Unfortunately, i do not think the card was as successful as i would have hoped, so as an idea, i chose to use a thicker material such as cardboard to emboss my next piece....

Like so..

In my opinion, this experiment was much more successfull, and the imprint of te cardboard has left texture as well as my shape, which i feel is much more effective =)

Paper work - 3D

For my 3D paper experiment i decided to create a 3D hand, from bending and shaping paper and taping into place with some masking tape... (this was only a rough experiment of the reaching out position)

Rubbings.

We took a trip out of college to visit an old local Abbey, meanwhile, as well as enjoying the spectacular views, We took some rubbings of some old monuments and gravestones in the local graveyard... We were aiming to gather some primary source of related Grecian patterns and writing..