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Taking on board the tutor’s comments from Assignment Two, with the sketchbook work for this assignment, I considered in particular: Scale and how the work could be worked in different sizes for different effects Potential for development of the sketches Ideas for building on earlier assignments Critical analysis of the success or otherwise of the […]
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface The moulding relief paste was far and away my favourite medium for this exercise. The paste combines well with textiles, takes crisp imprints, remains maleable and can be coloured, stitched and worked into. It is also accepts embedded objects well. The variety of pastes available (pearl, matte, gloss […]
It is perhaps too narrow a description to refer to Rebecca Fairley as a textile artist since her work incorporates, but also extends beyond, the traditional textile media and processes. Using textiles as a tool for surface design, Fairley imprints and embeds patterns into concrete and other non-textile substrates. This juxtaposition of the harsh, brutal […]
For this sample I selected a range of wool and other fibres to create a felted piece. Some of the fibres were chosen as being specifically feltable (wool) and others not (synthetic). The purpose being to see how the different fibres affected the outcome of the piece. I anticipated that there would be additional texturing […]
Relief paste was also something I experimented with in Assignment Two where I used it with a stamp and bubble wrap to create very successful impressions. I mixed relief paste with Brusho for colour, keeping the colours marbleised by not over-blending. I spread the paste thickly over a heavily textured glass vase. The remaining paste […]
I had enjoyed using moulding paste in Assignment Two and I thought it would be interesting to work with to created moulded surfaces. I tried 3 samples: On synthetic fabric, with lace and using a stamp onto bondaweb. The paste was coloured with Brusho. None of the samples was particularly interesting. The paste wasn’t firm […]
For this sample I used an old plastic bowl which I covered in clingfilm to assist with removing the finished moulding. After cutting strips of waste lace fabric from an old curtain I applied the fabric to the mould using dilute PVA. To make the piece more interesting, I added Brusho to the PVA, varying […]
For this exercise I organised a range of materials to make impressions on/embed in air-drying clay. The clay is natural grey and does not obviously lend itself to colouration (possibly painting post-drying?). For the first samples I therefore selected remnants of a rough cotton rug warp in a natural stone colour to harmonise with the […]
Victoria Ferrand-Scott is an artist who works in multiple media, including fine art, photography and video alongside sculpture. Ferrand-Scott works extensively with what most would regard as ordinary, mundane materials – concrete and other mouldable, pourable building compounds. These are transformed into extraordinary, fluid, tactile forms using latex and flexible fabric structures. It is this […]
George Segal (1924-2000) was a prominent figure aligned to the Pop Art movement. Born in New York, he was an artist and art tutor (alongside spells working as a poultry farmer to support his parents and family). His first sculpture in his iconic style was inspired by a student at an adult education class who […]
