SLIME- Video Experimentation

With my slime, I wasn't too sure what I could do with it other than combine it with my tarmac sculptures so I began playing around, thinking about different surfaces that would potentially create this sense of unease or uncomfortability that I aim to create with my sculptures. From going to W.R.A.P I was able to get loads of this fake astro turf grass. I experimented with pouring it onto this and how it looks when it gets trapped in the grass, kind of like chewing gum on carpet.

Annoyingly it looks really nice. The vibrant colours combined looks really interesting rather than disturbing. I filmed myself pouring on the two colours of neon slime aswell as pulling it all off. The pulling off of the slime was more uncomfortable but these videos weren't very good as my whole arm kept getting in the way and the slab kept coming up as I was pulling at it which makes it look messy.

Here is the finished video that looks more satisfying than anything, much like a lot of ASMR related slime videos that help people who are experiencing anxiety.I used premier pro to edit.

Tarmac- PIPE

In another attempt to get the tarmac to do what I want it to do, I have used this half pipe to tightly bash together the granules, slowly tipping it so that it doesn't collapse up the sides. My intentions with this one is to paint it with resin to a) see how it will hold b) see if I like the shiny finish. The shiny finish could be a wet raining day? as beads of water collect on the surface of the road.

The tarmac is holding stronger with the resin but quite a few coats is needed before I can remove it from the pipe. I will try to do the same with the paving slab. Im not too keen on the finish but I may try mixing the material with resin in the next experiment to see the finish and durability of that.

SLIME

Making Slime! I have recently done abit of research into the most cost effective and practical ways to make slime and this is what I found out...

-Either mix borax solution (borax is rare) or contact lens solution with bi-carbonate of soda, glue and neon paint.

-OR mix glue and neon paint with this already mixed additive made by Elmers called "Magical liquid". You can probably guess which one I went with.

It was really fun to make the slime and a great stress relief tool. The colours are so bright but also has made me realised that the properties of the slime isn't very practical as if I want it to look dripping from a sculpture it will not hold or stay, eventually all of it will end up on the floor.

Wowieeeeee