Development of Felt Doll

     When working on my last sketchbook, instead of washing off left over paint i used a pallet knife to scrape it onto a scrap piece of paper. This started with the colours blue and green, then added a layer of purple. Lastly i was able to add yellow, red and black. I was worried about covering up too much of the white gaps as i liked the negative space between the paint lines that also showed the paint fading.
   However, i now have this contrast of the black and red corners compared to the other more empty side. I believe this shows the downfall into daydreaming constantly. The empty side shows the appeal of dreaming with the bright colours and empty gaps representig a space to breathe. Then the dreamer falls down into the fuller side where the dreaming begins to take control as the colours turn darker with black and red.
    To develop this i would recreate this on a canvas and do a series showing the same colour combination but try different ways of creating it. Such as pouring paint in layers so it has a smoother appearance as the colours mix.

   Using this as a background, i took the felt doll i created earlier this year and poured a mix of white paint, water and PVA glue. I let the mixture drip down onto the paper to see what shape it would create and to show a connection between the two pieces. I decided to use white to show how the dreamers fall into their dream world made them lose their identity and become a ghost in their reality.
   I found that i really liked the texture of the felt where the mixture had poured and dried. It pushed the felt together on the skirt, losing the fluffy touch and became thin and solid. It felt rough to touch like part of the doll and been made into a fragile statue.
   Additionally, through the mixture i could see purple lines from the felt, creating a scribbly layer within the paint, reflecting the scribbling drawing technique i chose. I adore the texture/material created by adding this mixture to felt and could develop this by shaping this material to create a solid sculpture or other fabric materials.
   The way the mixture dripped onto the paper showed the fall into reaming. as the thinner drips pour down into large thick groups on the darker side showing how easy it is to start and how difficult it is to stop.



 

   I stuck the felt doll onto the piece of paper with her head next to the darker side to show how that has consumed her mind the most and beginning to take over her life. I think to develop this i would stick her down beforehand and then pour the paint on, also make a thicker mixture so it dries a brighter white on the felt doll.
  I created holes in the paper and threaded through a wire, wrapping it around the body to create a cage with a piece of netting. Re creating an old final piece idea with a rope cage and abstract hung materials to represent the dancer. To create more impact i think i would need to build up the wire wrapped around the body so it is more noticeable and shows how she is trapped more strongly.