Studies of the twig sculpture

After making the the twig sculpture, I thought that it would be really interesting to use it as a source for creative process. I began to draw the twigs using pencil. I decided to focus in on a section where the twigs crossed over each other and to do this I used a view finder. In order to capture the texture of the twigs I drew using the side of the pencil.

 

I had previously studied the twigs by sticking arrangements of them into my sketchbook and looking at the  way the twigs sat against one another. I then began to tie sets of two twigs together with thread. I like the way that the white of the thread worked with the natural browns and greys of the twigs.

                        

After making the sculpture I began to look atb it and one of the things that interested me most about it was the negative space inbetween the twigs. I made a drawing of this negative space and then experimented with ways of developing it! With the original drawing I cut out the negative space. I then took rubbing of this and experimented with different kinds of paper and media

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