Task 1- Initial development & Ideas progressing into Final sculpture

Using the skills from the workshops and the term repeat I created this that became the mock for my final Sculpture for task 1









I used this to create a large version made from white paper,
I made the base,

And then Using the idea of repeat I made lots of identical paper strips and glued them at opposite sides to the base to create arches that overlapped and then using a split I joined all the arches in the middle.

I then Used the weaving techniques that I experimented with earlier on in the project to weave in and out of the arches to create a cage type sculpture and to finish it of and add a bit of character and purpose sticking to the Origami theme I tied a butterfly inside with cotton.

Helen Musslewhite

I found this artist when researching paper craft/sculpture,
I really like the way she turns paper into something quite abstract but also meaningful.

I love the colour she uses on these owls,
 

Her more experimental and abstract pieces are also very interesting and different to what I have previously researched in this module,

Photographs of Lily's I used to create my Final GF smith paper poster

I took photographs of white Lily's and uploaded them to Photoshop to work on a poster, But when I tried to get rid of the background using levels and brightness as the Lily is white it almost faded away completely, So I made a Black Lily and photographed on a White background and reduced the amount of brightness and contrast to get rid of the Black background.

GIANT LILY :O

Sticking with the theme of flowers (Lily)
As an idea and starting point for the design of my poster, I got a big piece of paper and made a big Lily.

This Idea wasn't as effective as I'd hoped, so from now on I'll use smaller Lilys for the development of my final poster.

Making Origami Lily's personal and unique :)

Everybody can read instructions and make something out of paper
but this project is about paper manipulation, so I have taken the Lily's that I have been making
and cut into them and folded them differently to create different variations of them.

With this one I cut the edges of
the petals of to a point,
to create a completely
different flower altogether. 

With this one I simply cut of the sides
at the joint to reveal a gap that makes
really interesting images.

With this one I cut of the edge
like in the previous but then
folded the crease back on itself
 where the gap was created.

Forms

In Fridays session, Looking through Richard Sweeney's Sketchbooks inspired me to relate my sculptural work to forms, And as I have recently been looking at flowers,












I looked into and researched flowers and the way they are presented.

Examples of Roses that I took photographs of,

But seen as I've been looking at Lily's I researched on the internet (google images)
The way in which Lily's are presented and their form and structure.

Lily's are presented in many ways
and are very free and loose.

Its all about Pleating (Richard Sweeney style) :)

In todays session I thought I'd try my hand at a new technique in paper manipulation,
Richard Sweeney creates many wonderful and creative designs,
but my personal favourite is his pleating of paper.

Pleating paper is really simple,
but can be manipulated in many ways to create many forms of sculpture and visual Graphic art.