Final 3 weeks of Sampling-Mixed Media Week 3.

For my final week within this project, I have continued to explore the process of collage, as well as creating digitally drawn designs that I plan to translate on the laser cutter using harder materials.

I have really enjoyed the freedom that this last three weeks has given me, working with collage has allowed me to portray abstract and free flowing qualities throughout my work, characteristics I really enjoy but don't always give myself a chance to express. When viewing my current work as a whole during our weekly crit session, I decided to  take a step back and create collages simply by layering 2 or 3 elements together, and focusing entirely on the cross over of the lines and shapes. This was a different way of working to what I had done in the previous two weeks, however it allowed me to see elements in my samples that had sometimes got lost when i created my more busy, multi layered collages, creating a diversity within my collection.

(Simple 2-3 element collages)

My laser cutting session isn't until the end of the week on Friday, so I will just have to discuss my plans! Extracting some of my bolder designs from my collages, I have began creating drawings that I will translate through the laser cutter. I mainly want to use the cutter so that I can expand my material choices, using textured and harder surfaces such acrylic perspex and thicker fabric. Once I have my laser cut pieces, I plan to combine these with my other material samples, hopefully having the time to create a series of new collages.

I am actually quite sad that this project is over, as I have really enjoyed the work that i have produced and can still see many avenues that I could expand into. The techniques  that I have learned not only in these last three weeks but in the whole of the sampling unit, will definitely be processes that I will re-explore in the future.