Planet Ruby Starrs

A week of tieing up the loose ends of the Skills for Making project.  Mounting the final pieces takes for ever, sewing them onto card and trying to get them in the right place, straight and looking professional, I've never been a good finisher!!  The annotations take quite a bit of sorting out too - how not to ramble but make sure relevant material is included... I think this project has been the most challenging I've done so far as it took me so long to find my way with it.  Nothing really flowed and it was beset with various problems from the start. I expected to be pleased to see the back of it but in fact I'm just starting to see its potential - opportunities which will be applied to the next module hopefully.  I do wish I had a couple more prints though as I'd quite like to try some applique and a few ideas that have popped up! C'est la vie... next time maybe. Four boards mounted, a technical folder stuffed full of experiments and ideas, and accompa...

I need to start focusing on my summer brief for college.. It is quite simply to use own images taken of inspirational objects to produce some visible studies to work with later in the year.  These studies need to reflect line, detail, texture, tones, colour and need to be executed in as many different mediums as I am able.   Some of the pieces I have been working on through the summer will contribute but I would like to concentrate on working with more texture and detail.  I didn't do enough drawing and prep work on my last module and the finished samples reflected this so I want to try and draw as much as possible - not just with or on conventional materials  but with the sewing machine, print, natural objects and whatever comes to mind.   We visited some friends in Wales who have a wonderful collection of interesting objects collected over many years from all over the world.   I started by drawing a collection of masks - some carved in simple wo...