Below I created balaclava using recycled material, an old jumper, and sewing the fabric together to create something that looks almost like a second skin. My flat mate Elysia let me take photos of her wearing the balaclava.
These are pre edit and have not been narrowed down yet. Using my combined themes of decay and fauna to create an almost Egyptian mummy style head piece. This will be included as one of my pieces for my 6 images.

Below I have included several images collecting using different experiments. Some are refractions of light, others are using liquid and light and just playing around with my phone camera.
These are pre edit and before I have narrowed down my favourites.

I used perfume bottles, shot glasses, tea and lighters.

Here I have included a few images I collected over some weeks to include into my zine. Some are experiments with light and liquid whilst others are reflections or things I found visually  interesting. Not all will be included in my zine and these are pre edit photos, but I wanted to include some examples of the way I was collecting images.

As part of our project one of my themes I chose to explore was decay. To do this I took a strawberry and let it decompose to analyse how it decays. Looking at the colours, texture and overall state. This experiment was not enjoyable but interesting nonetheless.

In the studio both collaboratively and individually we created blind drawings of our coursemates. This is one I created individually where we were not allowed to look at what we were creating. I enjoyed using a multiple media’s and losing some control by not looking. There was some freedom in this and will be a task I will use again.

One of the illustrations I chose to write about was Quentin Blake’s ‘candide’ illustration of the book by the author Voltaire.

Immediately there is a dark theme in Blake’s signature loose illustrative style with a combination of black ink and what looks to be black acrylic paint. The multi-media illustration is on a grey fabric which makes the introduction of the white on both the character’s features and the wooden plank pop. Both of the characters are in the centre of his work engaging with one another they have outward body language and simple yet expressive facial features Blake uses free, swirling markmaking techniques to achieve the look of rapid uncontrollable water. Whilst also using white to emulate sea froth and give the water depth. The black sky is in the shape of a messy irregular rectangle In this dark sky is a white line zigzagging until it reaches the ocean in the background far behind our central characters who seem to be mindlessly ignoring the weather around them.

Dark colours are central in this illustration. There are differing tones of grey and white which set the tone of work as gothic and extreme. It is bold and despite the two main characters there is an element of isolation and trepidation. Blake’s oceanic lines create an atmosphere of succumbing to the inevitable with his characters calm, immobile features. These are a clear contrast between the roaring sea engulfing them. One character reaches his hand up, nearly touching this black sky pressing down on them. There is an acceptance here between the characters and their environment.

The most engaging aspect, despite the muted colour palette, is Blake’s ability to create a narrative in one illustration rather than a series that would create a storyline. We are left pondering how these two characters got themselves into this situation, a glimpse of their relationship with one another. One appears more outgoing whilst the other is more reserved, intently listening to his peer. We want to know what will become of these two, if they will be saved.

In the background of the illustration there appears to be the mast of a ship with a single line acting as string flaying in the wind. Confirming a loss of control or an accident of some kind. We’re these two characters in this shipwreck? The mass is darker, we can infer this accident has happened a while ago for these characters to have floated so far from the wreckage. A rough timeline can be produced of events.