I am having great fun making maquettes out of flat band cane and have just received a delivery of 3 different sizes to make more with.
I am finding drawing/forming with 3d materials involves a balance of decision making and openness, that is not being prescriptive. I often start by making sure there is cane soaked ready to use as I might only have half an hour spare to make. This also focuses the mind and helps me make rather than think. As something works or doesn’t I can amend my starting point next time. So I bend and weave (to secure) the cane and then peg it to hold it while it dries. Then I un peg and assess it the next day. This time lapse is good as it allows ideas to breathe and I can keep a more objective view of the maquette. Making one a day, or as many as I can is a discipline and useful because it calms the pefectionista in me reassuring me that the one I am currently making is just one in a long line of them. They will be interesting to look at all together once I finish this stage.
