Videos of Process

So I have been experimenting with plaster and chicken wire since these are both materials I am not to familiar with using; here is video of me doing it. I also tried different dying techniques and if other fabrics worked with the plaster.

Processes

Process of starting a larger loom, since I want to continue what I have been doing so far. I want to have a lot of these to be hanging from the ceiling all different lengths, sizes, and colors, so I used a large painting I had..(isn't it lovely) 

Adding some different textures and materials, playing with them, deciding where I want to go with this piece.

Added some rope that I found, and removed that white fabric on the bottom. 

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I've also been working with plaster, first I made a mold of my foot with alignate, and casted it in plaster, which I then plan to hang from a chain. Which is why I added another layer of of plaster to the top of the foot  trying to make it look like bones, so I can drill into and put in a hook.  

(plaster in the mold)

I still need to sand the feet to get rid of the bubbles and bumps. 

I haven't decided if I should add blood to the feet or not. I kind of like the simple white. 

I also tried to mold of my hand but was a failure and all the fingers broke in the mold, I tried fixing them by reattaching them with plaster but since all the fingers were different sizes and didn't sit straight so they didn't attach perfectly in place. So I think it would be easier to make another mold, when I get more alginate. 

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But for my larger piece I'm using two of my materials, chicken wire and plaster. So I plan on doing the plaster layup process. Which I have done once before and failed horribly, so I really want to work hard with this, I'm not to great with plaster so it's been fun exploring the material. As well as the chicken wire I would love to do just a chicken wire piece but since it is see thru I would need many layers and don't know if I'm able to afford that much chicken wire. 

For this I did want to change the color of the plaster, so I started out putting in food coloring in the water, and then added the plaster. 

I thought I added enough color but once I started to mix the plaster it became very light, and pinkish. 

I don't mind it for the undercoat, but I would like to make the more finished piece darker in color. 

So I will be exploring other ways to dye the plaster with out it getting to light in color.

Adding the plaster to Burlap and then putting it onto my meat formed, chicken wire.

Was unable to get a good picture of just the chicken wire because it is see thru. 

But this is the start of my process. 

Visit to Craftsperson

You are required to visit at least one craftsperson/business that relates to this week's material, and to document your trip. The goal of this exercise is to begin the practice of developing relationships the will help you to grow technically. and to execute your ideas. This is a common thing artists do outside of school.
On your blog, please document with photos and a brief description. The goal and outcome of your visit. Due Feb 28th (before class).

I visited an old family members workshop, he is a very knowledgeable man, he taught me a lot about making molds, welding, metal making, and working with concrete and plaster. He gave me a lot of  molding materials to use, and a whole tub of plaster (which I used all of and made tons of mistakes) he also gave me some nice old chains, which I plan on using soon. Since my materials are chicken wire and plaster he gave me an old bucket to make some molds in which I then put plaster in. With the chains he  gave me I want to make a meat like shape out of chicken wire hanging off the chain and then do the plaster layup process, I plan on doing that later this week I don't know how long that will take considering I have to wait for the plaster to dry in between layers. Also gave me a lot of tips to make a bone like shape with the plaster, which is what I wanted to do. He also has a lot of other equipment that is great for future artworks, including a table saw, a ban saw, drills, tons of wood, plaster, burlap, wire, and so much. 

 My first mold filled with plaster, and as you will see below it was a huge mess.

Ideas

• I have been working with all of my materials so far, but mainly I guess I was working with the soft sculpture, I never worked this way before and had a lot of fun exploring it. I want to continue to make more of what I have been making, I want to have a large collection of them hanging from the ceiling. I feel like a large number of them would be very interesting and dramatic. 

• My other materials are Chicken wire and Plaster; so for my next few experiments I will be working with them. Most likely combining them to make a strong, large structure, I also want to experiment with dying the plaster so it doesn't look like plaster anymore. But also want to keep somethings all white.

Critique 2

Process and Experimenting

 Playing with the material to make my human rug.

Working on dying it to match head color, tried many different techniques like tea, and coffee. All fails.

Critique 1

Forgot we had critique luckily brought a lot of my stuff to work on. 

These are pictures in the classroom I took some better pictures at home I will post underneath this with more of the work I made and didn't bring yesterday.