the.penny.tales

Basically back in June I decided that I would start to collect pennies. Yes, probably quite a random task to set oneself, however, there is reason behind the madness.

It all started with one little penny. On walking back home one afternoon I took a detour through Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, which has become somewhat of a ritual of mine after stumbling upon it and the mass of bluebells that flourish among the graves each spring, I caught sight of a glimmer of bronze on the pavement.

I picked it up and in my hand sat an aged and scruffy penny which after closer inspection dated back to 1971, the year of British decimalisation. My imagination began to run wild with ideas of where and what this penny had been up to and seen in the decades that led it to this point. To the moment it found me in June 2010.

Five months in I have managed to collect 24 penny coins. I love how these pennies don't only show a lapse of time, they also depict the subtle changes in the Queen's profile over time.

london.springtime

if.muhammad.can't.go.to.the.mountain.

Final Photoshoot

Hair, Makeup and Photography: Zoe Hopgood (me)

Model: Kirsty Robson

draw.transfer.mark.make

To form a connection between my floral fabric manipulations and the letter from Lawrence to Ida I decided to begin experimenting with different methods of printing. Some have worked more effectively than others.

ImageMaker Transfer

Lino Printing

Multimedia - Lino, Stencil, Fabric Crayons, Block Print, Monoprint

Monoprint

Monoprint with water

Monoprint

Monoprint Negative Transfer

Monoprint Negative Transfer

Hand Embroidery

the.written.word

the.darling.buds.of.may

My first major material experiment which I produced to see a) how a floral design could be manipulated out of fabric and b) how a floral design could work on the body. The design is very generic though and it was here that I realised I would need to explore new contour silhouettes. I began doing so using my plaster caste bust form with graduating success.

The below shots are just of a brief experiment I did with rizzlers, water and drawing inks. Fun and when wet quite lovely, but the effect loses its visual effervescence.

Here are a number of continued flower experimentations I carried out in my attempt to determine how flowers could translated visually onto the body, as well as to see whether a new contour design could be produced.