Lesley Halliwell

I watched 'James May: My Sisters' Top Toys' on BBC2, where he looked at all the toys from his childhood found in his sisters toybox. One of which was the spirograph where he found it it hard to use without mistake but also mentioning the work of Lesley Halliwell who uses spirographs to create large colourful pieses with the small spirograph patterns. I thought this was an interesting way to use somthing as redundant as a childs toy to make the dynamic monochromatic ink drawings.

http://www.lesleyhalliwell.co.uk/pages/exhibitions_james-may.html

Cut Out Maps Shadows

Having my cut out maps layered together i saw that it created shadows between the cut out roads. I looked at small sections and drew only the shadows to create the image of the layered roads.

Taking inspiration from Tord laser cut pieces I've looked at making more shadows with my cut out maps by shining bright light onto maps giving a off a shadow pattern of the roads.

Melinda Gibson

Looking briefly at Melinda Gibson's style of work I've attempted to create my own using one of my own images. I cut out sections in the pictures like parts of the dress and table legs. finding patterns online i placed them each on a layer behing the cut outy image. I also used this technique to cover the table completely with a copy of the tabble clothe so it looks covered over as the table wasn't fitting with the style of the picture.