Day 44 - more hedgehog and discussion on 'Public project'

 As we had not yet received the  'Ciment Fondu' which will allow us to make a mould we continued with the project of carving clay

Here are the steps my 'Hedgehog' went through ahead of the tacks being removed and it going to be dried.




The underside with some excess removed




Tool used to help take away clay




Experimenting with tacks for spines



Plenty of tacks but all removed ahead of drying!

Ute also described some issues around Landscape schemes and reminded us of the importance of keeping in mind what we enjoy.

Model making can be part of the process along with drawing in space it is useful when applying for art projects.

Using public engagement (the community will feedback on what they might accept) and Education (to access other funding resources. A danger with public projects is a default to 'safe'.

Ute also presented some visual information on the use of Colour in space to soften some schemes  (e.g. plants), the colour wheel can be our friend here. 

Light is complex and natural light changes through the day - with Northern light being more blue than is southern parts of the world.

Different tones to a single colour add to comfort for the viewer - a single monotone is not great, also cold colours recede and warm colours move forward (experiments have confirmed this).

Ute mentioned a free  Colour App from Adobe .

Also we were introduced to 
Nina Bilbey  - sculptor

Magnus Irwin - performance and other forms
and 
Bobbie Fenwick - Sculptor


Public Art Project


Managed to talk through some thoughts on an intervention within Kew Gardens, earlier in the week I had visited and collected some information and started ideas around eating areas - one of the ideas was an Alice in Wonderland theme with eating areas under large Mushrooms.

A place for picnics?







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