not much posted recently.. oops!

I have been looking at paper sculptures and developing them further. Here are some different outcomes I have created and i think the progression shows improvement with the material.

^Focusing on creating maximum effect by looking at shadowed areas^ 

^ More organic form, still playing with highlights and shadows^

^Using paper to convey ideas drawn on paper, less random^

We were then told to develop our work to create a prototype which would match the brief, I enjoyed the cutting aspect of the first session to create lots of negative space, therefore combined this with the lighting and bending aspect I had learnt today and this was my outcome. It is my favourite piece I have created from this medium :)

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((Playing around with it and shooting from different angles and distances))

Today was a useful and successful session on my paper project, I have refined my skills using this material. I am enjoying using paper more as I have more control, my next intention is to find a theme..

PAPER!

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. "- William Wordsworth 

On Friday we were lucky enough to have the talented paper sculpturist Richard Sweeney, where he explained and demonstrated his skills. He is a delicate experimental artist who achieves such beautiful sculptural work through trial and error, creating dozens of prototypes which he develops and tweaks as he works. 

 The task he created was for us to create a 3D form from a single sheet of A5 white card, with the restrictions being only using the one sheet, cutting, scarring and ripping and using no adhesive. At first it seemed an epic waste of time but after a while I discovered you can create some delicate crisp forms which I would have never been able to think of unless built.

^First Prototype - crisp with twirled orbiting swirls^

^Second prototype, less excited by..^

^Same piece as before, angles can make all the difference^

 ^Curved almost-symettrical sculpture, interesting light patterns^

 ^Close up of above, distorted oval central, using slots to join pieces^

^In progression of creating a more intricate of before, looks like lasagne :)^

^Close up of further developed model, linear meets curves^

My family of developed pieces, all modified but similar

I enjoyed this task, never worked in this way before and am impressed by the intricate outcomes, paper is over-looked as a medium. Working with a professional artist was helpful, inciting and interesting. :)

watercoloured abandoned post office - fitzalan sq, sheffield

added a bit of colour for tastyness, used watercolours but i painted on a photocopy of the hatched drawing so i could throw it away if it was rabbbish, printer paper sucks but i think it worked well with the three colours, purple red and bluuuue :)

GPO sketchhh

Looking at architecture mon the steel city, this is the old freaky abandoned post office opposite my flat on fitzalan sq, centre of town. This is also my first time using hatching, not bad me thinks :)

crazy ramblin about file types for bloggidge

when preparing an image in photoshop, go to save in web and devices which saves it as a profile which compresses it, this makes the website respond faster and make the quality 100%

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i have no idea what is gonna happen if i press PUBLISH, suprise meeee!