2.1 – Alexander's blog

After a discussion with my tutor I’ve decided to start all over again ; the process will be same as before and will start by posting pictures of flowers and then picking enough to create my drawings.

2.1 SELECTING

I’ve picked my stationary up and I’ve started working on drawings

I came back to the basics :A tulip sketch inspired by the picture taken

Using a twig of a tree and a feather as drawing instruments

drawing method

I’ve decided to move from the abstract drawings as I feel more confident now to use more materials and draw more realistically looking patterns.

I’ve cut the edge a toilet roll carton in order to create sort of ”fringes”

In this painting I’ve mixed water with acrylic color

A single tree; A sum of the techniques I’ve used on the previous paintings.

Exercise 2.2 Paper manipulation gallery

Looking back on my previous work I found out there are certain manipulation techniques that I can use for my ”take 2” assignment.

Firstly , I’ve gathered paper in different forms as well as pins and a cone of yarn.

vertical lines and scallops in the edge

squares on a A4 paper halfed

*Curly fringing* :I’ve tried to create a sort of cable using the fringing of the paper but it didn’t work out because of the nature of the paper(too stiff)

Using a hole puncher, I’ve created a pattern by folding the paper

wrapping paper being cut in an asymmetrical pattern

Hole pattern created after folding a wrapping paper

cereal box paper rolled ,crumpled and hole punched using a pin

I’ve used nails of different gauge to create holes in a rectangle shape on either side of a sand paper: Top left , fine gauge, bottom right the coarser one.

I’ve used this sanding cork block as a template under the paper

when I’ve seen it finished with the nails and I took a picture of my paper I thought it was to blunt; I’ve decided to do a bit of mark making drawing on it.

holes and a diamond design using yarn on a cereal box paper

paper bag piece using the yarn-look-a-like paper handle to feed through triangle holes

paper bag side folded and wrapped using a handle in a way it highlights the wavy tipping

wrapping paper folded and cut in a snow flake pattern glued on a side of a paper bag to create a layering effect.

different paper layering on a cereal box with pieces glued together

layering of processed pieces glued on an A4 paper.

Going through the same exercise again and using papers of different quality and texture I can say it was a pleasant surprise to me and I really enjoyed the process. Having more materials and trying to marry them was quite challenging and exciting the same time.

2.3 DRAWING WITH STITCH.

Moving forward to this assignment I’ve decided to follow a different route:

I ‘m cutting pieces from the paper manipulation assignment and then I will stitch them up.

First things first: I’ve gathered what I’m going to use ; A cone of yarn , some waste ribbons were I can extract yarn from and needles to do the sawing.

stitch crossovers with continuous yarns.

I have decided to use this piece of paper from my previous assignment as I didn’t include this in my paper manipulation take 2 version.

I’ve stitched it onto the carton paper in order to create layers.

I’ve done some stitching(in black and shiny white) on the lower layer

two different yarns used in this : acrylic tape yarn and hard polyester

I had to be really careful with this as it was tissue paper and it was very delicate. I’ve stitched a piece of ribbon onto it.

polyester yarn fed through the tiny holes.

Ribbon, tape yarn, all stitched together on a delicate wrapping paper.

Draw thread yarn stitched following vertical lines created from folding.

I’ve tried to stitch on top of the handle used as a yarn as well as stabilize it on the paper bag

I’ve folded all the layers together and tried to stitch them up

I found the back quite interesting as well.

Yarn stitched across in order to create to horizontal and a vertical line

ribbon stitched on the side and a flower created on the folded lines.

Black acrylic yarn stitched to secure the sandpaper and white tape yarn that goes through holes.

I had to use a large needle with a big hook in order to be able to feed the tape yarn through the holes of this carton paper.

tape yarn that goes across and it’s been distorted by an acrylic yarn.

It was quite interesting process of seeing how paper is been transformed by stitching.Took me a while to figure ways around it but I’m quite pleased with what I’ve achieved.

2.4 CREATING LARGER SCALE PIECES

As a first reference I use my dandelions: I wanted to create a round shape and as long as I was yarns for this I could achieve the soft and wool-like hand feel.

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ASSIGNMENT 2 take 2