Making Layers: My 'not Mushrooms'.

Following my drawings, which are inspired by mushrooms or other organic growing forms, I decided to make one of my designs. I don't want the work to reference mushrooms, that was never my intention, but I do think these pieces are very resemblant of mushrooms.

These clay forms I have made were meant to be layers of a long, tall, structure. I began making the separate sections first, so that once I poured expanding foam over them the clay can be knocked or carved out (if I did it all in one go it would be extremely heavy and not all the clay could be removed). I plan for the expanding foam the be covered in the flip paint, perhaps a little different to my last sculptures so maybe not with a black base, maybe a different colour or multiple colours, still keeping them quite dark.

To start the process of pouring onto the clay with expanding foam, I covered the 'mushroom' in sections of plastic sheeting - which I later discovered was a bad idea, as it would have been easier to pour straight onto the clay (as it was hard to remove the plastic as well as the clay.

These forms are by no means my final idea for the degree show. They are just as a starting point to lead me to something new but still sticking with similar materials and colours. Perhaps I will end up adapting this idea, or may keep it in addition to something else.