Continuing the theme of protest, I decided to look at the meaning of the words 'Don't walk on the rocks' which made me look at feet and I started experimenting with design.
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The 'heel' now has a fishtail and the 'toes' are beginning to look like rocks/reef.
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I started to arrange the shapes to find a pleasing design.
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This is the design I have decided to develop further.
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The finished piece will be approximately 50cmm x 50cm. I drew it to scale so that I got a real idea of the size.
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This time I have moved away from my favourite colour scheme of blue/orange and am going to use crimson/orange/green for a change.
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Although the colours are not correct yet, it has given me an idea of how to use them.
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I started looking at how to make the rocks, that will surround the design. Acrylic paint on tyvek and tissue paper.
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Tyvek and tissue paper after heating. The tissue paper acts as a resist and prevents the tyvek over-shrinking.
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I then experimented with adding highlights on the ridges. I applied silver leaf first. It showed up but was not particularly effective.
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Gold transfer paper applied. Again not very effective.
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Red and orange oil pastels skimmed over ridges. More effective but did not dry out well, remained tacky.
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Xpanda paint applied. It cracked loose when manupulated. Stitch applied. Not very effective.
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Trapunto toes! I began looking at the 'reef'.
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Rows of pleated faux silk. Too big as a single item but the pleating may be effective when broken down into smaller pieces.
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More experiements with the surrounding rocks. Silver paintstik rubbed over the ridges, very effective and it dried well, some hand stitching applied but still not right.
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I decided to experiment with coloured backgrounds for the surrounding rocks
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The rocks look good against the background, which could be seawater flowing between them.
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Shown on a darker background, with FME 'veins' through the rocks. The fabric was backed onto white felt. I hadn't expected the fabric to ripple but liked the effect and decided to develop this feature.
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Faux silk painted and fixed with ironing, then rolled round a tube, concertina'ed and tied the string before being daubed randomly with paint.
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The effect looks like ripples of water.
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Rocks applied and stitched using FME with a contrasting peachy pink thread.
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Very pleased with the effect!
