Skull-pture

After being inspired by the spine, I had an idea for a sculpture using the finger knitting that I had done during the month of November. I got some bamboo, then hammered it so that it would split in half and then had a frame made by the technitions. I filled the frame with clay and smoothed out the surface of the clay. I tied 2 pieces of bamboo together using string. I did this in order to get the bamboo to bend in the shape of the spine. I then stuck 3 pieces of the bamboo into the frame and bent them into a type of curve, the inspiration for which came from the shape of the spine. To get the shape to hold I had to tie the tops of the bamboo together using fishing line. I then began to wrap the raffia finger knitting around the 3 poles. I wrapped it in such a way so as to recreate the bumps of the vertabrae. I eally enjoyed making this piece! It was great fun and I'm also pleased with the result!

 

Sticks and Stones . . .

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I started to think about the similarites between twigs and branches and bones, I wanted to begin to use them as a media. Both twigs and bones are natural substances, something which I have been kee to explore through out my project. both of these object provide structure to other things also, ie. the bones give structure to the body and the twigs give structure to the tree. So.... I dragged my sister outside to help me to collect some twigs around our local countryside. The twigs that I got were ash wood, which is very flexible.

I then tied the twigs in a "V" shape, trying to tie two twigs of similar size together. I seccured them with thread, cream in colour. I really like the effect of the cream on the brown wood.



 I wanted the piece that I would make to to take inspiration from the spine. I looked at how the vertabrae locked into one another in a "V" shape and decided to slot the ash "V"s that I had made into one another. This created, in my opinion, a very interesting pattern and shape. I really like how the ends of the branches naturally stick out, recreating that pointed element of the spine also.