Knitting on a large scale.

So I decided that with my new found knowledge and skills in the knitting department, that I wanted to do something 3D and life size. The Shape and Texture in this is what I want to highlight the most. I've a feeling this is going to take a while, so I'll update it again in a later post.

 3 different kinds of wool put together thickens up the pattern and adds a variety of colour

 Drawing out the outline of the figure helps to keep to the shape that I want but also shows where to reduce and increase stitches.

Shredded fabric also works well instead of wool and make it thicker too.

Sequences - The different stages of a jump/flip.

I wanted to do a large scale 2D piece, so I put four black A2's together and researched what the different stages of a jump look like. What I gathered from the different pictures that I found was that it always seemed to have a sort of ghostly look, like each figure is slightly see through. 

So I went ahead and took the class's criticism and decided to add more colour to my work, but I still wanted the ghostly look that was in the original picture, so I decided to put down the outline of the figures and add in the colour where the light falls.

So I went from yellow, to orange, then to red and purple, finishing on different shades of blue and green.

Apologies for the delay...

Well it's been a while lads, but that's just means all the more material for you to see now :)
To sum it all up, I had a bit of a go at knitting, I've done it before and I knew the basics, but I needed a bit of a hand getting back into the swing of it all, and before I knew it I was knitting up a storm!
Luckily my mom is an expert knitter, and she gave me a few pointers. 

 Shredding fabric into a continuous line is something else you can knit with.

Prints prints and more PRINTS!

Let's make a movie!

Well, got the woman herself Shannen to bounce for me, and she did some prertty impressive moves :)

Yeah BUDDY! Monoprints 4lyf :)

So yeah, tried out a monoprint. The table was scratched cause me being the eijet didn't get som acitate, so it's a tad scratchy looking but oh well, it was fun.
Used white spirits to draw out the image, it was a lot different to woodblock because it has softer edges to it and I did it in blue ink, which seems kind of transperant compared to the black ink of the woodblock.
Reall enjoyed it though, has a lovely soft and flowy kind of look to it.

And many more to come!

And we've come full circle..

So turns out I wasn't liking my idea about the puppets too much. I didn't really enjoy making them and to be honest what's the point in producing Art you dont enjoy making? So I decided to go back to my roots with Limerick Senior and try some Print, something I've always loved doing. I was a tad nervous because it had been a while since I had printed, and I'd never done a wood block before but I loved it, and I'm really happy with the result.
I went back to my Gymnastics/Trampolining ideas, and got in contact with my friend Shannen, who just happens to be an intermediate Trampolinist, and gave me a few pictures of her, which I turned into prints.
I was told that the material on the skirt was as interesting as the body movement, but I think that the body movement was as interesting so I want it to be that the two points are represented equally.

Lets see how we go..