The Country Child

Here are a few early developments on a poster I am working on for the production of Alison Uttleys', 'The Country Child'. The production will be happening some time next year in Derby. Uttley was from Derbyshire (Cromford) and wrote some very well loved books - she was said to be Derbyshire's 'answer to Beatrix Potter' (which I don't think Beatrix Potter liked very much!)

Anyway, onto the poster...

The poster is going to be a mixed media piece, and so far I've worked in Ink ....and of course my favourite; PAPER!:

Ink drawings for the poster background

3D paper sculpture with some digital extras added in!

Silouette of the sculpture

The ink drawing was done to mimic the style of C.F.Tunnicliffe who illustrated many of Uttleys' books. There is still quite a bit of work to be done, I'm still at the fun fun fun stage of making and experimenting.

To be continued...!

Paper Sculpture - my favourite medium! (Tutorials coming soon!)

If I had to pick one thing concerning my creativity that I would NEVER give up, (it would be extremely difficult to pick) but it would be my paper crafting and sculpture. It covers so many areas such as quilling, folding, decoupage, cutouts, etc. I love to work with paper so much - the different weights, textures and colours and how each respond differently to manipulation. I may be weird but it gets me going - but each to their own, eh? If I could be paid enough to do nothing but paper sculpture, that would be ideal. One day it will happen!

I will be posting often on this topic, so I wanted to use this as an introductory post on the subject and show some works I have previously done. I am working on a big project at the moment and taking pictures along the way, so when it's done I will give a write up and tutorial for anyone who wants to try this amazing art form.

The way I work focuses heavily on layering techniques, and very importantly - lighting, to convey emotion and show the work in it's true form or the way it is meant to be seen.

Some previous works; the first few pictures are from my final self directed project during my degree - the theme was Imprints, and I took the memories of a good friend after interviewing her and making a series of paper sculptures.It's actually not finished, there is alot i want to do with it, but here are some images as they stand now:

Introductory / typographic sculpture

 

 

'Nanna' and 'Poppa's' wedding day

A close up of the bouquet, made with wedding confetti!

Watching through the window

Daffodils

Another piece I made for self promotion (they went on business cards)

A very recent piece, done in practice for my new secret project!

Without Lighting, still interesting and beautiful

Lighting makes all the difference

A closer and more detailed / high contrast view

Anyway, I hope you see why I love paper - so versatile and so beautiful. All of the sculptures are made with nothing but paper, maybe glue, 3d tape, knives obviously, scissors and like the last image some jewels used for decoration.

Hope you enjoyed this! More to come, so stay posted!