Transforming a location

I went scouting out possible places for my location in breaks between ear sculpting. I knew that I wanted an outside space as I think it would provide me with a wider range of textures and interesting architecture to play with. These are some of the places from around uni I was considering.

Sheds behind the main building

Behind the canteen

Next to the college shop

WCA House 2

In the end I went for the location between House 1 & House 2. I think it would provide me a lot of technical drawing skills to learn and would make for an interesting space to transform.

As I only have 4 metres in any direction I had to decide whether I wanted the door and windows part or the part with the base of the stairs in it. I thought that using the section with the door would give me more options when it comes to transforming the space. The buildings look like they could have been built in the Victorian era and the fire escape a more modern attachment - I will keep this in mind whilst I think about how I might want to dress this set.

Ear Sculpting Project

Today we started our new project - enlarging an ear in clay.

We have to scale up an ear 1:3 measuring the dimensions accurately.

Simon Stringer, a sculptor, came in to help us on this two week project. We had an introduction lesson with him where he taught us how to measure the wax ear cast with calipers and scale it up to make sure our clay ear was to scale.

This is what my ear looked like after 1 hour 30 mins of sculpting. I'm very pleased with how its looking so far as I've never sculpted accurately in clay before. The experience was also quiet relaxing and therapeutic. Taking photos has helped me to see more clearly what I need to alter.