User:Jeanine Verloop

I L L U S T R A T I O N D E P A R T M E N T

Making is Connecting

Bonding

0889920@hr.nl

Technique

Historical technique

For my historical technique I chose to use clay. I really like working with clay, I can fully control the material and manipulate it the way I need.

For my first example I made the ears.First I made each ear individually, later I composed them on a piece of wood. I wanted to make some kind of freaky 3D painting. Afterwards I sprayed them 3 times with this color. As finishing touch I used varnish.

Secondly I made the head with the frog coming out. My approach for this object was different. I didn't want to use a lot of clay, because it wouldn't dry as quick and the result would be really heavy. Therefore I used a base of styrofoam. I cut the styrofoam to the shape (head) I wanted en then build the clay on top of that. For the strings coming out of the head I used skewers with several tiny layers of clay. The clay dries up in a grey tone, I sprayed it clear white. They again I used the varnish.

The reason I liked the varnish is because it makes the clay object look less like clay.

Pushed to the limit

First experiment

Stone

Online I saw many different applications of casting resin. The one that intrigued me the most was the tables with half wood, half casting resin. The polished feel of the resin and the rough wood seems like a combination made in heaven.

I wanted to try make something with the same feeling, rough and polished. I broke a stone from my parents backyard and made a mall for that. I made the mall from betonplex, wood with a coating, so the resin wouldn't attach to the mall.

It was a surprise tot the area where the resin and the stone touch, the two together made a crystallized structure. When the light hits it it looks really cool.

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Making new material

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