I’ve spent a lot of time this week, as I say in my title for this post, undergoing “trial and error” on my practical project. For the most part it has gone fine, I’m coming to some conclusions about the materials I want this piece to use, the lightness and paper like quality of the tissue paper worked very well, the resin I left t University to set ( not sure it will give the right feel for the piece) the main problem with the resin I think will be the “plastic” type finish (not something I wanted). Now when I look back on the work I’ve done in plaster it appears too heavy to me, too solid even when it’s cast as a thin shell.
I’ve been experimenting at trying to stiffen the fabric of the muslin enough to hold a shape, I bought some starch earlier today but I found it didn’t offer enough rigidity, the best seems to be PVA glue, but it seems to still have a flexibility to it which will distort the shape.
Other trials include incorporating the face in with the fabric sheet, added some shapes to represent breasts and pinned it up on the wall. I actually like the results, needs a little more refining I like the whispyness and ethereal feel…could look interesting hanging in the room , repeat is something I am still wanting to do with this, so I’m thinking of perhaps 12 or so of these “figure” floating , suspended in the middle of the room.
The latest, mixed media sculpture.
