Ta Da

i can't say this has been easy but here it is!

 

Oh the windmills of my mind

i have started making windmills working out that it is probably best to make several in a strip before separating them. before starting this i saved the recording to use at a later date. i can get 10 in a strip and so far i have made 4 so only 2 more to go but i did decide to do this for myself didn't i?

attaching the tape to the Lutrador is quite therapeutic i tell myself.

i have used different words to secure all the layers together. this one says 'silent words'

i have chosen various colours of tissue paper to attach the strips to keeping them quite bright and seasidy.

so onward, need to have something to show at Summer School......


 

Addendum to last post

having posted my ideas i went away and had more thoughts!

windmill behind linen thread net

 i was wondering whether this net was too coarse looking and although i would dye/paint it to be more in keeping i still wanted to investigate a more transparent net.
i decided to try machine stitching a grid with clear nylon thread using newspaper as a support which i would then wash out after.

finished net sample

 i am really pleased with this but realise it is not hugely original and quite delicate so wonder how it might stand up to a windy beach? 

sample details together

 is it also too similar a technique to the windmill? Ideas anyone?

Return to PAPy bread

short recap on my proposal and where i am going with it.

Budleigh beach in East Devon

 Plan is to make a site specific piece for this beach based on graffiti but silent. see previous post here

windmills

i have finally chosen my graffiti sound, a sound totally out of place to a hopefully cold and quiet beach. i intend to record the sound of my son on the computer and his inane banter he has with his friends on Skype. with a c 60 tape; 1 hour to those of you who don't remember cassette tapes. i have worked out i should be able to make 60 windmills! Oh i love repetition.

various nets

i have been investigating how or what to attach the windmills to. originally i was thinking of having them en mass sticking up from the beach and i know Siân had mentioned to me Anthony Gormley's beach bodies is a 'whole' piece and not physically linked but as this really is a 'single' piece i have been thinking of ways to connect them.

i like simple so after going off at a tangent with windmills in boats which i decided was not in keeping with the idea behind my initial thoughts i have been investigating fishing nets. the idea to attach the windmills to a net so they can spin. i have tried various samples using paper thread, fishing line and finally cotton Perle.

i have taught myself to make fishing net thanks to the power of you tube! i made my own shuttle and done various experiments. fishing line did my eyes in though i love the idea of the transparency of it.

making new rows of loops with a spacer

experimenting with resin

Perle is quite floppy and i was thinking i would need something more rigid so i have played with soaking the finished piece in resin which has the desired effect.

However i have had an epiphany and think that because the use of the Internet and Skype is essentially an 'enclosed' activity i want to collect all the windmills into an enclosed net, so bits of 'noise graffiti' will leak out.

and this is for you Siân!

i came across this here some time ago when i was putting my proposal together.