🔨For my final work for this stage I have used one coat plaster as it is much easier to use, this is because it gave me more time to mould it onto the work and shape it to how I wanted it. Although I found mixing it hard as it took a while to get it to the right thickness for my ideas. However after letting the piece of work dry it had began to crack in the areas where it was the weakest, one coat plaster is not that strong so I layered over the areas that had cracked and were weak in another fresh mix. To create a solid and supportive back base of the piece, I used scrim. This is a net like material that holds the plaster together and it is made out of straw. For extra protection I put a plastic bin bag underneath it all so that the plaster didn't stick to the table, this had prevented me from hitting the table to get the plaster off and destroying the mould itself.
🎈Making the ink balloons was extremely awkward as ink is a very messy substance and it can also stain hands and clothing. Thats why I wore overalls and gloves when making them so that it didn't ruin my clothes or stain my hands. I used water balloons instead of normal balloons as I leart over the past few weeks experimenting that water balloons smash easier and splatter the ink onto objects more than normal ones. I made over fifteen ink bombs for all my plaster work, but this particular piece I used six. They were a variety of colours such as: green, orange, blue, black, pink and purple, the reason why I chose these colours is because they are very bold and contrast well against white paint. I didn't choose yellow as it was too light for what I wanted to do. Also because I mixed the ink with a small bit of water it changed the colour slightly and made it much lighter no matter what colour it was, thats why I avoid yellow as it is already a very light colour.
🌀After letting the white paint dry and all the plaster I took the mould outside and leant it against a concrete wall, I left it on a slant so that the paint would run down the whole of it. To experiment further I threw random objects at it instead of darts. For example, stones, wooden blocks and bits of cardboard. I also threw the ink bombs themselves at it as well to see if they splattered or simply bounced off, the plaster had sharpe bits on it so they did bursts and splatter and it created a very messy, colourful outcome. The blocks of wood in some areas cracked the plaster which gave it a very powerful bold impact, I like that it has done this as it has made the mould more relaxed and natural. The blocks of wood are in front of the piece in the image below, however when using the blocks it has transferred the ink onto the wood and stained it, I feel they look really arty and intense. I really like the area with the scrim on it as the blue and green ink has ran through it and created a vibrant section to the plaster work.
📒To link with more of my recent work I placed three A1 pieces of paper underneath the plasterwork so that the ink would run through the papers from when the ink bombs splattered on the plaster work. I want to capture every bit of art I could from creating other pieces of artwork. By doing this it makes a very random and artistic design to the papers, it also shows progression of the work I have done and how I got there.
🎈Making the ink balloons was extremely awkward as ink is a very messy substance and it can also stain hands and clothing. Thats why I wore overalls and gloves when making them so that it didn't ruin my clothes or stain my hands. I used water balloons instead of normal balloons as I leart over the past few weeks experimenting that water balloons smash easier and splatter the ink onto objects more than normal ones. I made over fifteen ink bombs for all my plaster work, but this particular piece I used six. They were a variety of colours such as: green, orange, blue, black, pink and purple, the reason why I chose these colours is because they are very bold and contrast well against white paint. I didn't choose yellow as it was too light for what I wanted to do. Also because I mixed the ink with a small bit of water it changed the colour slightly and made it much lighter no matter what colour it was, thats why I avoid yellow as it is already a very light colour.
🎨 After making the six water bombs and letting it all dry. I plastered the areas that had become weak again and added some more detailed objects inside the mould. I found some chains that I placed on the top of the piece and plastered them on as I thought this might look very abstract with the paint running through the chains. I also included more scrim on the middle section again for the paint to run through hopefully. Lastly I added a long piece of cardboard at the top right just to experiment what it may look like covered in ink. To make it look more appealing and linking it to my artist Niki De Saint Phalle I painted it all white so that the paint would contrast with the background when the ink splats on it.
🌀After letting the white paint dry and all the plaster I took the mould outside and leant it against a concrete wall, I left it on a slant so that the paint would run down the whole of it. To experiment further I threw random objects at it instead of darts. For example, stones, wooden blocks and bits of cardboard. I also threw the ink bombs themselves at it as well to see if they splattered or simply bounced off, the plaster had sharpe bits on it so they did bursts and splatter and it created a very messy, colourful outcome. The blocks of wood in some areas cracked the plaster which gave it a very powerful bold impact, I like that it has done this as it has made the mould more relaxed and natural. The blocks of wood are in front of the piece in the image below, however when using the blocks it has transferred the ink onto the wood and stained it, I feel they look really arty and intense. I really like the area with the scrim on it as the blue and green ink has ran through it and created a vibrant section to the plaster work.
📒To link with more of my recent work I placed three A1 pieces of paper underneath the plasterwork so that the ink would run through the papers from when the ink bombs splattered on the plaster work. I want to capture every bit of art I could from creating other pieces of artwork. By doing this it makes a very random and artistic design to the papers, it also shows progression of the work I have done and how I got there.
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