Sketchbook Archive: October 2016 – April 2017
Term 1 (Experimental work) 2016:
Sketchbook – 48 Hour Project:
My 48 Hour Project was inspired by this summer installation created by a fellow student at Bath Spa University.
Closer details to observe with notes of what is successful in the piece.
Black duck tape texture experiment.
Black acrylic paint with torn rips.
Acrylic text painted page showing the effects of claustrophobia and the feeling of being restriction.
Collage of black cotton fabric, white acrylic paint and white electrical tape.
Continuation of white electrical tape on sketchbook page, presenting a rough surface texture.
Mark-making created by twine and acrylic paint.
Photography of my hand wrapped and restricted by black cotton thread.
Black cotton strips installtion presented on studio wall.
Square Sketchbook – Project 1 experimentation:
Black fabric sample collage and black paint impasto on sketchbook pages.
Designs for black fabric installation piece.
More designs for an alternate fabric installation.
More designs for another black fabric installation, presented in my studio space at university.
Spray painted metal technology component presented in my sketchbook on a double page.
Spray painted metal nails presented on a sketchbook double page.
Experimentation of encrusting nails onto technology components, then spray painting them black.
Experimenting with spray painting techniques. Using rough paper to capture different patterns and tones.
Solid black square painted in sketchbook to trail flat paint application on paper.
Documentation of my burning canvas piece.
More documentation of my burning canvas piece.
Comparison against natural formation of black and the artificial coloured tape.
Comparison of creating negative and positive mark-making in my sketchbook using black ink and paint.
Parallel linear studies of paint drips in my sketchbook.
Black Paper Sketchbook – Project 1 experimentation:
Black acrylic paint impasto on black paper sketchbook.
Black acrylic paint impasto in square format on black page sketchbook.
Heavy black paint acrylic impasto in rectangle on black paper sketchbook.
Thin black vertical line on black paper sketchbook.
Recycled masking tape from the black thin vertical page, presented upon my sketchbook.
I photograph of my hand dipped in black paint.
Using PhotoShop, I manipulated my original photograph to create an eerie image of silhouette hands.
A hand cut out off my sketchbook page, overlaid over patterned black paint.
Black acrylic paint painted on primed canvas then torn and glued inside my black sketchbook.
Experiment with black ink letter stamps on white paper.
Word experimentation in black ink on white paper.
Black acrylic paint on black paper with black ink stamp.
Circle of black acrylic paint on black paper.
____________________________________________________________________________________________Term 2 (Developmental work) 2017:
Volume of Materials Sketchbook
Looking at volumes of materials
Soaked paper experiment.
Creating a black plaster material.
Making Black plaster continued with notes of ways to destroy a canvas with non-art materials and processes.
Plans of covering a test canvas with plaster.
Results of over canvas test coverings.
Using my black plaster recipe on test canvases.
Continuation with pouring plaster on canvas both white, grey and black.
Problem solving with plaster issue.
Looking at different paint finishes.
Creating a limited surface texture on the canvas.
Looking at creating a very thick surface texture on a canvas.
Evaluation of thick texture on test canvas.
Plans of creating a contrast between two pieces.
Notes taken about the uses of salt in cultural traditions.
Expanding foam on canvas experiments.
Volume experiments, deciding ratios of exposed canvas.
Plans of creating ‘Growth Split (2017)’.
Method of spray painting the surface of expanding foam.
Colour experiments after crit feedback from students and tutors.
My manifesto for term 2 work.
Harriet Holder 