Final 3 weeks of Sampling- Mixed Media Week 2

Throughout my second week I have focused my practice on the development of collage, continuing to use architecture as a basis to expand and extract from. After my tutorial on Tuesday with Julie and Mark, I went away feeling very refreshed and enthusiastic about the possibilites and direction of my work. It was suggested that I begin looking at expanding the idea of collage, lifting it away from just paper and beginning to think about working in a more three dimensional way. This was a process quite foreign to me at first, but as we began to explore my ideas, I could begin to see how the introduction of harder materials, 3D shapes and laser cut samples, could begin to achieve a very unique response.

My first step after the crit was to begin gathering different materials and create a variety of 'prototypes. I began to view my foreseeable collages almost as a jigsaw,  a piece of art slowly built up through independent pieces and shapes, which i felt linked in well with my development focus of 'Positive and Negative'. Using hand cut techniques i began to translate the variety of shapes I had extracted from my primary research, introducing new materials to my samples such as cardboard, printed acetate and black electrical tape. 

My original plan was to book two laser cutting sessions, one this week and one for the following, in which I would develop the ideas I had created throughout my collages, using harder material choices and focusing on achieving solid measurements and bold shapes. However when i went to book, I was disappointed to find out that there was only one session left available next Friday, at the end of the project. This has unfortunately stunted my flow of ideas, as with my laser cut session being so near to the end, i have had to focus my attention back on the possibility of hand cut techniques and how i can still achieve the qualities and design ideas i had planned.