Material developments

1st and 2nd of March

Over the past couple of days I've been experimenting with texture and colour. I've really enjoyed it and its made me feel like like I'm getting more into the swing of things. Ideas are coming a bit more easily now. Here are some pieces I did as experiments in my sketchbook.

Will Alsop's work, which I saw some of over the weekend really inspired me to be more bold in my use of colour.



This second piece gave me some ideas for the development of my messaging centre. I liked using the scrim and felt it was something that i could easily manipulate. Yesterday evening I did some experiments, dipping the scrim in a mix of Pva and water, creating these gaping holes in it and leaving it to dry in different shapes. Here are some designs I developed from there.

I like these initial sketches, but I feel that they are prehaps a bit too safe. In an assessment I once had with Camilla, she once talked about the way I have a tendency to go down a route which is quite safe, and will always lead to something quite conventionally pleasing to the eye. With this project I want to do something that feels like my style, but also something which is a bit different and perhaps a bit riskier. This idea is quite similar to my Ernesto Neto inspired xmas project.

I'm still thinking about the blue plaques and different ways I can reinvent that style of messaging. However, working with the plaques perhaps limits my freedom when developing the space's overall form. the shape would have to be simpler, so the plaques stand out as a main focus.

The internet is being a bit weird and keeps on shutting down, so I won't write too much more.

For the rest of today I'm going to go and visit this other space at the Royal academy which has some more pieces by Alsop. I'm also visiting the Haunch of Venison with a friend from Camberwell.

For the next few days I'll carry on looking at texture, weaving and fabrics, but I'll also look at printing some templates for blue (or maybe, red, orange, green etc) plaques