GLOW!

Found out I have to use the whole metaphor "A glowing review" and not just one word of it. As I did not have enough glow sticks to spell out the whole scentence I just spelled out glowing...(alot of the sticks didnt glow thats why theres some missing at the end of the word!) and turned off all the lights. I then took pictures but instead of keeping my hand still, I moved the camera up and across as I took the photos.

I was shocked by the cool 3D effect it gave! :D

Typography by candle light :)

After a busy day in college researching artists aand plenty of tea breaks ;) I went shopping and picked up a few packets of tea lights and glow sticks. I want to experiment with different light sources so these will be perfect (hopefully!)
Using the tea lights I spelt out the word "review" on the black kitchen counter top This time in single lower case lettering not joined on hand writing.. It took awhile and a few burns to the thumb to light each candle but the glowing effect it gave was worth it in the end!

I took this picture with the flash on and then tried it without the flash...

It worked out better than I had hoped! It looks like neon writing :)

Typography

As part of the Vis Com discipline we get to do a week of typography :) My project is based on the metaphor "A glowing review". As soon as we got our project brief and metaphor, ideas immediately springed into mind! I decided to use the word "review" and try out different ways to make it glow.
Firstly I researched different font types to find one that best suited the word "review". I thought a simple hand written font was one of the best suited as reviews can be hand written.
I also want to work with light to get the glowing theme across. So taking my font, I traced it onto black paper and cut it out carefully with a scalpel. I then glued this to an A3 sheet of acetate, held it up to a lamp and photographed it.

It is very simple but I think it is very effective and I am pleased with my first attempt! :)

:/ zzzzz.....

Finally got bored of trying to make perfect assemblaged shoes and spending so much time on them. I went back to my favourite sketches i drew of the shoes and decided to distort them. To do this I photocopied the image twice, one in colour and one in black and white. I cut one sheet into equal inch wide horizontal strips with a blade and ruler. I left an inch border around the other picture and cut inch wide lines inside it vertically. I then weaved the strips through the picture.
This took a bit of time but I was very pleased with the distorted result!!

I repeated this process with my other drawing but on a smaller scale which was a little more tedious but worthwhile.

I then repeated this process on a picture of a face I came across in a magazine just so see what effect it would give.

Assemblage

After talking to my tutors, it was suggested that I take a different slant on my project. By melting something its shape and form changes.. So by taking an object such as a shoe and making it out of something else (assemblage), the shape and form of that object will be changed also.
Before taking on the task of making a shoe, I did a few sketches of shoes using charcoal, pencil and pen.

To begin with, I cut a trainer shoe up along its seams. I then used these parts as a template. I traced around them onto a piece of purple paper and cut them out. I stuck the pieces together with double sided tape as glue would be very messy.

I wasnt happy with this shoe as the paper was very flimsey. I repeated the steps but with a cereal box instead to give my shoe a bit more strength.

I made another two: one out of card board covered in oats and one out of acetate splattered in paint. I also attemped making one out of straws and cans but they didnt work out for me. The cereal box shoe above is my favourite :)

Playing with wax :)

Moving away from crayons but using a similar material, I began melting wax to see what i could create. I got wooden boards and painted them in shades of blue and white. Im not too sure why I chose these colours, I just thought it would look nice!
Avoiding melting the wax over the hob incase it caught fire, I took to melting it in a plastic bowl over a pan of boiling water. You woud not believe how many times I boiled that kettle!

I dripped, ran, and splattered the wax over the painted boards to create these pieces.

Finally getting up to date with blogging!..

I kept melting wax crayons. But this time I was interested in melting the whole crayon completely to see what effect it gave.Again using the hairdryer i blew the wax away from the crayon in all directions. The reult was interesting as it appeared to be splattered on the page.

I did this in my sketch book and on a large sheet of cream paper as photographed above. As much as I enjoyed working with crayons and seeing the results it gave, the smell and heat started to get to me. But despite the headache, I used the remaining crayons to create something different. I broke a few grayons in half and glued the broken and unbroken ones on a sheet of acetate randomly. I observed them melt and the colours mixed into a marble effect in places.