Umm - these videos were supposed to be much further down the post but somehow they have ended up here as well. I have no idea why and now I can neither delete nor move them, which rather spoils my layout, but I can't face doing the whole post again. I just hope they work - please let me know if they don't.
Exercise 1 - using a simple shape to make a series of 3d shapes. I started with a set of squares torn from watercolour paper and folded them in sequence. Photo 1 shows the way they were folded, photo 2 is one way of arranging them and photo 3 is the final choice with the pieces tied together - I omitted the last one as it didn't seem to fit in.
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| Photo 2 |
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Exercise 2 Graded positive and negative shapes. Photo 4 shows the cut shapes, which I repeated many times.
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| Photo 4 |
Photo 5 - the chunky shape curved by gentle rubbing and speared on a dowel in a spiral.
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| Photo 5 |
Photo 6 - another view with stronger shadows.
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Photo 7 - the skinny shape spiralling on a dowel - I took it outside to get stronger shadows which adds an extra layer. Photo 8 is included so you can see from a different angle how is spirals round along 3 or 4 inches of the doweland how the short and long ends create patterns.
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| Photo 8 |
When I was trying to photograph this one from above, it wouldn't keep still until I stuck it in the ground. However, as you know I love to have things moving and watching kinetic sculptures*, so I took a short video to see the effect - this could be fun with colour effects or with some kind of background that is glimpsed as it turns (back on animations and cogs again).
Exercise 3 Using colour and 3d shapes. For this exercise, I returned to the petal shape and used two photocopies of painted papers stuck together. Photo 9 shows the shape simply slotted together.
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Photo 10 a more interesting arrangement - it puts me in mind of dancers practising at the barre.
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Again, a short video to show how it looks from different angles and the effect of the colours moving around.
*you can see some
here and
here.
1 comment:
It is obvious that a lot of thought and work has gone into these pieces Jane. I love the curved shapes in photos 5 and 6, and the videos are great. Movement adds an extra dimension to the arrangements, creating interesting shadows and changes of tone.
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