Week 5
During my tutorial the other week, I decided that as I was working with ideas of the urban environment, that I would try out making some work with building materials. I got hold of some cement and plaster and spent a few days playing around with them. I’ve been using them as a paint at the moment, mixing with pigments and my old friend rabbit skin glue. I’ve ended up with some interesting colours and washy textures. It seems all quite dingy and bleak. Thin washes look and work more effectively than thick plastering. I’ve ended up with quite a flat and industrial and very worn and used look. I’m just doing stuff at the moment and not trying to make any work.
I was also introduced this week to the Wimbledon way of making stretchers, which is a really good way as they are much stronger than the way I’m used to making them.
Friday involved a trip to Liverpool to the Biennial
