Paper Making

BTEC Art and Design, 2 year College course that I have just finished. Thought I'd share some of the work that I had created while I was there. 

Paper Making and Print Making Unit

This had to be my favourite unit that I was given, it just seemed so different and it was great fun to make the paper. I'd never done this before so it started off pretty messy and wrong. The only thing that I don't like is waiting to see the result, letting the paper dry. We had to leave it on a board somewhere in the class room so it took roughly about a week for the paper to dry. I'd recommend doing paper making though! :)

I got a task sheet at the start, like every other unit. This was the main task:

The Crafts Council is planning an exhibition that demonstrates the versatility of paper as an art form. They are looking for works that push the boundaries of handmade papers – artists’ books, structural forms, assemblages – the Council wishes to promote works that move away from the traditional idea that paper is merely a support/ carrier for other media, and is asking for works that combine papermaking and printmaking in an innovative fashion. There are no size constraints on works submitted.

I wanted to make something very simple, like a book! So that is what I did.. Only once I got close to the end, I realized it was the simple after all. When paper making, you need to learn to make the pulp loose so it isn't thick. I made that mistake..

I decided to create these hangings instead, with stitched in photographs from my makeup designs and then with Alice in Wonderland and song lyrics to finish it off. To be fair, I actually prefer this layout more than what my book would have turned out like.

I decided to add coffee splashes and mug stains to the paper which was inspired by Alice In Wonderland, the Mad Hatter. I thought it went well with the colours in the paper. 

Cutting throw the paper to see what it'd look like, thought it looked pretty cool. 

Embedding photographs into the paper, this was something I was going to do a lot of but the time and difficulty of having to embed photos on both sides seemed to difficult. I did find that it looked great and I might go back to doing something like this again. 

This was a part of my final, cut throw the paper and added photographs. Similar to a photo frame, as I added a back piece to hide the back of the photograph.  

These are just a few bits from my Unit, I might add more later and maybe some other art work that I did on the course. 

Making a fake cut? Special Effects.

Step One - 

Placing latex over the arm and building up small parts of tissue paper on the top.

Four to Five layers will do.

Note: If your putting latex over any parts of hair, it WILL hurt when taking it off.

Step Two -

I placed brown eye shadow underneath but after I just placed red and black face paint over the top so I'd just create the cut with the face paint for a better effect.

Step Three -

I placed bruising at the side of the cut, just to give it a better effect but this depends what you are creating the cut for. I do feel that the bruising that I did, is slightly over the top but this was the first ever cut that I had created haha

 Step Four -

Add some FAKE BLOOD! It makes it more real looking and creepy haha

Step Five -

You don't have to do this part but I added some safety pins to my cut

Just to see what it was like... haha 

Special Effects - Cuts

Having fun with Special Effects

First practice with creating a sliced arm.

Done this arm with:

• Latex
• Tissue paper
• Foundation (That matches your skin colour)
• Red and Black face paint
• Fake Blooooood

I done this at college, liked seeing people freak out haha

Damn blood! Was going everywhere..

Anyway the reason I was doing this cut was for one of my College Units, Show Racism the Red Card. http://www.srtrc.org/

I was researching about how Racism hurts people ect and decided to create a fake cut and place some Racism comments into the cut but my Tutor thought about another idea which I preferred if I'm honest. 

This is my Final Idea.

Some facts on Casting a Face!

There is lots of Websites that you can find out 'How to make a face cast' So instead of writing out each step, I've decided to write out what I realized, some facts and overall what I learnt while doing these castings. 

Step One: Mixing the Alginate and water together.

If you've never worked with alginate then I'd start with casting you're hands or feet. Something simple and easy to work with just till you get used to working with the alginate. It's pretty hard to work with and you have to quickly place it onto the face as it dries very fast. 

I would start with the nose. Fact: I wouldn't place anything in the nose like straws ect. In case you knock it which will cause damage. I left it alone and you can breath fine :) Starting with the nose is much easier because then you can just place the alginate over the rest of the face once the alginate on the nose has been placed gently around the nostrils and making sure the model can breath. 

*Remember to have vaseline all over the hairs on your face because once the alginate touches it, OUCH! Its a pain to get off.

                                              Step Two: Placing Mod Roc onto the alginate. 

Start with the nose again! This means by the time you've finished placing the mod roc over the alginate, the nose will be the hardest built which is good because the nose is more fragile when taking it off you're face. 

I'd place maybe 3-5 layers of mod roc over the alginate so that its kept in place. 

                                                             Step Three: The Mold

The nose, its always the problem. I find this part the hardest, having to fill in the nostrils. 

I don't really have an easier way to doing this as I've not mastered it yet. The technique that I do is pretty bad so I'll just keep quite about that...

                                                               Step Four: The Casting

I placed a box underneath so that it was straight and easy to fill in the cast. 

I made roughly 5 cups of the casting power/water mix and filled in the mold each time one cup dried. If that makes sense.. I place one cup mix into the mold then waited till it dried and made another cup full and then continued till it was full.. I can't explain it haha

The easier way would just to make a massive mix then place into the mold but remember to get every detail so shake it a little and keep the back of it flat. 

Thats pretty much how I made all 15 face casts haha

Face Castings

Face Castings

I made about 15 cast faces which took me about a week to do then another 2 weeks for them to dry. These are a few finished designs I made for my Final Major Project, my final unit for College. From fifteen cast faces I decided to just have eight final pieces with each having a meaning. I was inspired by Tim Burton and my other units I did at College with my makeup designs, I quoted a lot of Alice in Wonderland and joined them to how I felt and connecting them to the face.

"Controlled"

"Smile"

"Beauty"

I'm not a person to be seen smiling every second of the day which led me to be inspired by people coming up to me and saying "Smile Amy". Each of the eight faces have a different smile placed onto their faces.

Made a nose!

14/06/2013

So I've finished my two years in College, yeey! Only I have nothing to do now so I decided to make a nose. I'm not sure why or how this came into my mind but it did so I went with it haha

I already seen a tutorial on how to make a nose a while back so I pretty much knew what I needed.

• Latex 
• Clay

And that is all. I grabbed the only clay I had which was: SuperSculpey, oven-bake clay in Beige and quickly made a nose shape. It never took me long roughly half an hour or less, depends how well you can handle the clay and the shape/size of the nose you are wanting. You don't need to harden the clay, I just placed the latex on top. It takes about roughly 6-7 layers of latex. I'd leave it to dry over night.

I used latex to place it onto my nose, carefully near the eyes. I also many times, cut and shaped the nose till it fit perfect onto my nose and hopefully it works! :3 One side of mine never so I decided to add a cut that I had created the night before. The colour of the latex is a yellow tinge so you need to work out how to get the right colour. For me, I just went for white facepaint as that was the easier way. 

It was my first attempt at making a nose and I think that it turned out pretty well :)

Alice in Wonderland

November 7th 2012

Alice in Wonderland Inspired.

This face was a lot complicated than others I have created, inspired by the Cheshire cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. 

This is one of my favourite makeup design I have created from make-up. This photo has been edited but just the lightening, making it darker as I felt it fit. 

Products: 

AVON, COLORTREND - Black eyeliner pencil

RIMMEL LONDON - Black liquid eyeliner 

Pink and Black eye-shadow 

(Dark pink eye-shadow or red)

BB Cream, GOSH - Foundation, Primer, Moisturizer

And a GLUE STICK :P

(For covering the eyebrows to make new shaped eyebrows)

Makes pretty good photos when you shake you're head too haha