Right. I have been considering carefully why I have been moulding these cups out of newspaper – rather than, say ( as course leader Alli Neal asked) out of the disposable cups i ‘m moulding on?
Well – I went back and tried working with the used cups – and it did nothing. They were just cups. Almost trash.
Something about moulding cups from a vulnerable material such as paper is appealing. In using newspaper I was using current affairs – partly wanting to signify current (passing)concerns, but mostly have the fragility of a thin layer of paper, instead of the sturdiness of the actual disposable paper or plastic cup.
This has set me considering other materials I might use. Came across a bag of my April to now receipts and thought, well, what about these?
Now I have a pile of receipt-moulded cups and they are a bit revealing..of where I shop and what I buy if people want to be really nosey (and the often do!) those are now drying.
I was kindly leant a glue gun by fellow student, Jackie, and I have done what I was dying to do yesterday (today) and got the newspaper cups beginning to flow out of a small ornate gold frame. Disappointed with the result though. I think, maybe, the frame makes it too contrived, but also there needs to be a large volume of cups cascading out.
I have also been thinking about my practice overall and what I want to do with this module that lasts until the end of January. Mostly I want to ‘follow my nose’ and I’m finding that my ‘listening’ is increasingly about responding to my surroundings and life. It’s a bit vague, but it does make sense (to me), even if it doesn’t come out neatly in words.
