Taking on board that I have to re create yarn out of different substances using techniques applied before, I have decided to work with used materials , giving them a second life in a different form,twisted with ribbon mainly to show a yarn formation.
Following the assignment instructions I’ve uploaded pictures of the whole process, the whole transformation.
In some cases I have also tried to capture the same object in different environments and see how colour works under different lights:
I’ve stapled the strips together in order to make them longer and then I’ve used origami technique to twist them.interesting how colour is perceived when film twists as well as when its photographed on a different surface.used wrapping film with ribbon to show the transparent along with binding effect knotting to bind elements togetherused wrapping strips again along with ribbon. With a help of a hole puncher I’ve made holes to feed the ribbon through.I would see that as a marl-twisted yarn using a ribbon as a bonding elementused a cable this timeI’ve removed its ends just to keep the main body of it. Loved the colours! I’ve also found a transparent fruit tray to replicate the glasscut the tray into strip and by using a hole puncher I’ve fed the wires throughplastic filmtwisted around to give a semi transparent effectit’s interesting how all these wires merge to form a ”twisted yarn” I wanted to capture black along with transparent materials this time…used fence wire this time along with yarn , which I’ve pierced through to waves and a creasing look.I’ve attached plastic film to add more volume and body onto the wire.photographed on a natural environment looks like the wire is floating on the grass! used a semi transparent plastic bag to cover it up and see how the whole concept looks like and how daylight looks through photo lens in a different background. Works like a colour filter! shows only white. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– blue is the colour that captures my eye here.used the remaining strips of the plastic food tray and an electric cable:again, wanted to add volume and texture by using the wire as a base to build onto.semitransparent film is always helpful to use wanted to wrap just part of the wire to see how it looks and how light works this time. waves.semitransparent along with transparent texture . Light works in different ways!same materials , different formationblue again is the dominating colour.used black tape to part cover and replicate the black surface on either side of the picture.neutral col yarn as a bonding element all components twisted together
Using transparent plastics in different forms (film , bags , food trays) and converting them by binding them together into a yarn formation I’ve tried to replicate the glass and the way light reflects on as required from 3.3. To my great surprise it also helped me understand how certain elements like wire is perceived (which is the main material in some cases) and how simple techniques like piercing through or binding on different substances transform or hide its properties by making it look less stiff and heavy as well ,as mentioned before ,it’s form has been changed from smooth and shiny into textured and bodied.
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