Exploring more techniques to boost AO2 which I could potentially use in my final outcome

I have looked at combining two techniques that I have used previously in my sketchbook to refine my creative making. I was impressed by how vibrant the colour is that ink provided to my experiments. Therefore, I have applied ink the paper using a loofah to make eccentric and uncontrollable marks to portray the idea of someone being a free spirit. I have used a loofah before to make marks and I chose this item as it was easily accessible to me and so is cheap and one of my artists, Shaun Kardinal, tends to make his visual art as cheaply as possible. I have used a red and yellow ink as these colours are warm and have connotations of happy experiences for most people when used together. For me, these colours remind me of summer and long days. Where I have overlapped these colours, they have mixed and formed the secondary colour, orange which creates a harmony between the two primary colours and makes the composition as a whole look more balanced. I have then used a cotton bud to apply bleach to the surface, writing words which have relevance to my subtheme of stereotyping. Using bleach ensures that I am still using a reductive process in my work and adds a subtle message as the contrast between the ink and bleached area isn’t a very stark one.

Again I have looked at ways that I can portray more subtle messages and so have used a delicate material, wire. I have experimented using wire to form words that are relevant to my subtheme of stereotypes. A thin wire is easier to maniupate as it isn’t as strong but in terms of forming the letters it is incredibly fiddly. The delicate nature would be able to provide a subtle message to my final piece. However, as the wire is grey, I think that it would stand out a lot compared to the array of colours that I will be applying to my final outcome. 

I have tried felting to see how colour is portrayed when using this technique. To do this I have used a pink and yellow felt, wet them with water and rubbed them with soap. I then added an orange piece of thread as I have been using this is my other experiments. Using this also means that there is line present in the overall outcome. I have then rolled the felt in cling film and pushed the excess water out and left it to dry. Once dried, the felt sticks together as one whole piece. I like how the outcome of the experiment looks like an explosion of colour and really emphasises it’s own presence due to its soft but rigid nature. Furthermore, I also like how the felt isn’t in one solid block and so there is space beneath the felt that can be seen. This sense of space adds to how an individual is presenting themselves in a raw manner amongst a society that sterotypically remains inside social boundaries.