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Experimentations summary:
The experiments primarily focused on exploring and testing the properties of various types of fabrics, examining aspects such as texture, colour, pliability and their reactions to different substances and processes. These include exposure to stains such as coffee, food colouring, paint, markers, as well as physical manipulations such as cutting, tearing, burning, unravelling, hardening, stitching, reshaping and exploring how light travels through different types of fabric.
These experiments revealed that fabrics respond in unique ways depending on their texture, pliability and retention qualities, displayed in the way the fabric lies in folds and creases. Fabrics responded differently to processes, for example, some fabrics did not respond to bleach, seemingly colourfast, meaning that the colour of the garment remained vibrant over time.
After eliminating other fabrics I focussed on using viscose and denim (for the properties they possessed) and created a viscose and denim library, displaying how the different strengths of coffee, as well as food colouring and bleach affected the fabric, for use as a guide in the final artworks.
Substances on fabric and comparison
Substances on viscose fabric and comparison
Substances on denim fabric and comparison
Viscose and denim library of stains used in final artworks
Making of Memory Spaces (2024)
A polystyrene base is used to fasten the structures to, the mountain shapes were created using mouldable splinting material, and covered with a thin layer of foam, to hold the specimen pins.
These pins refer to the fragility of memory and the act of trying to keep them from floating or flying away. The front of the mountain shape is covered with viscose and the back with denim, representing more solid memories though the denim and fleeting ones through the viscose.
The stop frame was photographed with a 50 mm lens, with a 16:9 ratio, and consists of 222 photographs with a 0.45 second frame rate. Afterwards the video is edited to incorporate slower and faster play rate.
Scape of recollection (2024)
Base shape created with mouldable splinting material
Base shape covered with thin layer of foam to hold pins
Base shape denim and viscose material and pins
Process video:
Lighting test - Decided to cover background with fabric
Covering background with white viscose
Decided against white viscose and covered with denim 2 to add contrast, final shot after stopframe, from above
Mouldable splinting material is used as the structure, formed around a brass rod, and covered with thin foam, to hold the specimen pins. These pins are used to keep the fabric in place and to represent the fragility and fleeting nature of memory. The pins are mostly used around the edges to merge the denim and viscose. The outside of the spiral is covered with viscose while the inside is covered with denim, pointing to more solidly consolidated memories on the inside and fleeting memories on the outside.
The stop frame was photographed with a 50 mm lens, with a 16:9 ratio, and consists of 397 photographs with a 0.45 second frame rate. Afterwards the video is edited to incorporate slower and faster play rate.
Spiral of reminiscence (2024)
Spiral maquette and first test
Spiral shape adjustments and forming with mouldable splinting material around cardboard and plastic structure
Lighting and composition check before covering base with fabric
Process video:
Covering with thin layer of foam on outside and denim on inside
Covering with viscose on outside
Final check before shoot
Using a polystyrene ball as base, placed on a brass rod and covered by wrapping strips of denim around the ball, representing more solidly consolidated memory. A thin layer of viscose is draped around the denim sphere using specimen pins to hold it in place. The viscose represents fleeting memories and the pins are a strategy to hold onto them. Similarly to the spiral, the viewer is taken on a rotating journey, through this memory space while the symbolic adding and erasing of memory takes place.
The stop frame was photographed with a 50 mm lens, with a 16:9 ratio, and consists of 395 photographs with a 0.45 second frame rate. Afterwards the video is edited to incorporate slower and faster play rate.
Sphere of reflection (2024)
Idea to pin fabric in float like manner, moved to a round shape and idea sketch
Covering the polystyrene ball base with denim 1 and denim 2 strips
Adding the floating fragment of viscose with specimen pins
Process video:
Rotation devise for making movement smoother and more controllable, built by my father
Changing the lighting setup for a cleaner background, and added detail to artwork
Changing the aspect ratio on the camera from 3:2 to 16:9 for better compatibility with online video player
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