Module 2 Chapter 5

I am going to run these pictures together so that you can see the developement of some of the pages that either worked well or not, as the case may be. 

This is some of the recycled papers I collected.  While on holiday I managed to pick up a couple of free chinese newspapers and a german one from the airplane.

These are some of the general pages I made and coloured.  I like the sponged ones, the black one looks a bit like an animal print.

This was the first page I did.  I sat watching TV and tearing up paper and bundling it together ready to glue the next day.  However, I realised I was getting very specific, all these articles related war and battles but in 3 languages.  I needed to get more random so I stopped putting the paper into batches and just tore up loads of paper.

 

These are using headlines and large lettering.  Now I have put these two pictures together I realise that I could have done much more with these two.  I was too cautious not to hide the letters.

 

All the papers on this page have been scrunched up before gluing on.  I used gesso for the background and Koh-i-Noor paint.  I then rubbed over the top with an inktense block to highlight the creases.  I like this page and might just keep it to use as a book cover.

The picture is Robbie Williams.  I didn't really want to loose the face but again I have probably been too cautious and I could have done something over the top without loosing the image.

 

 

On this one I have used all the very small bits and scraps that I tore off the other scraps when trying to make them fit on pages.  I might get some good lettering on this one in the next chapter.

This is my plaited strips.  I might be able to do something interesting with this one too.

This one I am not going to paint, I think I will print straight onto it.  It is made from strips of card I cut off when making some tickets for a show in the village hall.

These are the ones I have stitched together.  The first is a grid using straight stitch and then I cut shapes out of some of the squares.  When I came to paint it, I had some numbers cut from bondaweb so I glued the backing to the page before painting it.  I thought there might have been more wax on the bodaweb backing to create a bit more of a resist.  The other two pieces I have just used a pre-set pattern and some free machining.

 

This is another one I am pleased with.  It is papers trapped between two sheets of tissue paper (the bottom one is a bit thicker than the top).  I don't think I gessoed it and I painted it with Koh-i-noor using a fairly course brush so that it tore through some of the paper.  When dry, I rubbed a light coat of Treasure Gold over the top.  The whole paper is completely changed, I then realised I had painted the other side to the one I had photographed first. I think I am loosing it!

 

 These pages are from my sketchbook.  First is just a straightforward gluing in strips of paper and painting it.

On this page I tore our 2/3rd of the page and stitched in some different pieces of paper.  In all these pages I have used either strong magazine paper orleft over bits of handmade paper.  The third page has thick thread couched down.

 

On this last page I used small pieces of paper, glued down but the thread from the previous page made boxes so I have cut through some of them to reveal the picture on page 2.

The painted versions of these pages.

 

 I looked at the work of Will Ashford and found this web site that gives his instructions on how to produce this picture.  I decided to have a go but using my own pictures.

The print and photograph of a liner are from a cruise brochure.  I looked at the words to see if I could make a sentence from them.  When I found some I outlined them I then traced the ship and placed it over the writing and coloured it in missing out any words I had outlined.  It should read from the top - One journey epic experiences sailing towards the water's edge and home.  I think I missed the word 'of' which should have been the second word and is right on the side of the ship.  An interesting technique though.  I like to try them out as they stay in the mind better that way.

 

Chapter 4

Take a Letter

I found a nice letter K in a caligraphy book I have and made a template of it.  This first picture is the letter facing the same way each time.

This picture is flipping the letter from side to side each time.

This picture is flipping top to bottom.

This one is flipping top to bottom and side to side.

 This one is rotating the letter clockwise a quarter turn and going round the page.

All these patterns are very similar but they do create some interesting shapes.

Extra Activity.

I chose these two pictures of Rosalie Gascoyne's work.  I particularly like the 'Schweppes' one,  I like the colours and it appears to be old wooden signs that she is using.

This is my first attempt at this.  I have coloured every shape and space but my letter K is starting to look different.

This one has spaces without pattern in and is very interesting.

Activity 2.4.2  Rotational Patterns.

I have continued with the same template as I wanted to see how far away from a letter K the patterns could get.

This is straightforward drawing each letter in each triangle and then again in each corner.

This was the small square inside the larger one

This was three circles

This was trying overlapping letters in a circle and a rectangle.  I haven't quite got the join up correct in the circle otherwise it would have been quite good.  Very complex.

I then scanned the drawings into my Paintshop programme.  I managed to work out how to colour each shape but for some reason it did not like this one letter.  It is something to do with matching pixels I think but I don't understand it.

I had the same problem with the other pictures so I have done something different with them.

I then tried using some of the special effects on offer.  This is what the above picture would look like if I cut it up and wove it together again.

This is a kaleidoscope effect, it makes a really pretty design.

I have loved doing this chapter and realise that what I have done is only the tip of the iceberg, you could go on forever producing designs, especially when you get onto the computer as well.