All the sketching work of Part 5 is now bound into a book ready to send for assessment. Before showing that I want to show the final few pages, not previously posted.

p5-sketchpage 077; 20160320
I wondered if this could be another way of presenting my photographs of objects – so many links to exercises in the course! The result wasn’t encouraging. I was working at small size and the vessels aren’t a common shape so there is no assist from the human visual system. The final straw was that my photo paper has the manufacturer’s name on the back – very distracting.
Below that is a printout of shape play. I’ve spent some time playing with photos to create simplified shapes, thinking of using them to experiment with compositions, or perhaps as stencils.

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photo on sketchpage 079; 20160326

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The plan was always to bind my Part 5 sketch work into a book. I’ve tried to bring together a few ideas from the course.

Sketchbook front
Shapes on the front and back are based on samples in Part 5. I haven’t used paints or collage very much, and was intrigued by Briony Fer’s discussion of Jackson Pollock, in particular Cut Out and Shadows: Number 2. Contradictory patterns of drips of the paint surface and cut-out shapes lead to all sorts of considerations about representation, figuration, abstraction, the nature of painting…
Out of that complex academic treatment I extracted simple ideas of dribbling paint and collage.

Sketchbook binding

Sketchbook front and back
I think the end result is attractive, appropriate, not particularly robust but sufficient for the journey ahead.
References
Fer, B. (1997) On abstract art New Haven and London: Yale University Press
Smith, K (1995) Exposed Spine Sewings: Non-adhesive binding volume III Rochester NY: Keith Smith Books.
T1-MMT-P5 Sketchbook completed
Textiles 1 – Mixed Media for Textiles
Part 5: A final piece
Sketchbook completed