Dungeness 1

So we went on a trip to Dungeness. It was err..strange. It's a pretty desolate place, looks like a nuclear bomb went off, and being there gives you that feeling that you're being watched. I'm surprised we all got home alive actually.
We had to take 24 photos (though I think I took around 100 on my digital camera and 50 on film), do 6 sketches, and find 5 things to bring back to college.

Here's some of my photos (I haven't developed the film ones yet):

Goodness me, what a pretty nuclear power station!

I like sepia.

A commode, in a box. Right.

Why would you want to live here??

Teeny tiny people.

And that's it so far! I've done loads of observational drawings in the last couple of days but I haven't taken photos and I don't know if I want to upload them anyway! My drawing has definitely taken a turn for the worse...

Matchbox Self-Portrait (cont.)

Every week, we have a tutor called Irene for two hours. Irene specialises in photography (more old school than digital though) and she loves it. She's a bit eccentric which I like, but she tends to go on a bit when explaining things... However, I find that teachers who love their subject are the best, so I'm really looking forward to other sessions.

Anyway, this week we were inducted into the print room (we have to be inducted into everything and learn all the health and saftey rubbish, it's ridiculous), and taught us how to create photograms. Photograms really aren't that complicated, you just put an object onto photosensitive paper then expose it and develop it.

Here are the not very interesting ones I did when I was working everything out:

Flat sweet wrappers (from Quality Street)

Screwed up wrappers and what appears to be an elephant.

String.

And here's some I did the next day once I'd got the hang of it:

Knitting.

Obsession 1: Cranes. Aiming to use these as often as possible.

The netting on my dress! I quite like it :)

The little wire bike.

Bit dodgy this one, didn't put it in the developer for long enough because I couldn't find the stopwatch (it's dark in a darkroom y'know...) It's cutouts of my morris costume and my choir uniform. Quite pleased with the different tones though, I wasn't expecting that.

Obsession 2: Buttons

September 3 - Paper Manipulation 3 - Paper Garment

This was my favourite of the paper manipulation projects. We were allowed to use black, white or brown paper and dresspins to develop a garment on a mannequin. This project was intended to be an accumulation of the two previous paper projects, and we used photos as inspiration. (There was also a matchbox project, but I've lost the photos and it wasn't that exciting anyway).

I used newsprint paper for most of my garment, as it's a lot easier to control and shape. I also used some textured wallpaper, which I originally used merely because we didn't have any plain lining paper left, but I think the visual and textural effect of the textured paper against the newsprint is definitely a bonus! 

I was intent upon creating some kind of hooped skirt, and spent around 4 hours screwing up newspaper and wrapping it round in a circle, it wasn't quite how I'd wanted it, but I think it turned out alright in the end.

Suspended with thread in case you were wondering!

I also had to include my little obsession of paper cranes, and I'm hoping I can reach my aim of 1000 this year. I should probably start counting or I'll never get there...

This is the final dress. We photographed them in the lovely studio, which is something I've never done before and I really enjoyed it. I didn't realise how simple it can be to produce professional-looking photos (when you've got the equipment)!