The subject of the work is about dancing in a forest in the full moon to shake off your frustration. The theme started from drawings made for a T-shirt project in Prague. I found out that the subject and way I was gathering ideas by scribbling are similar in principle. While experiencing one or another you can forget about time and space, your head can be completely empty from thoughts. The intention was to create a 3d moving installation out from drawings to refer the idea of moving yourself or your pen on paper to clear your head and open yourself to inspirational experiences.
Jumping Jack 2.0
Tutor: Nithikul Nimkulrat
I did some research as well to explore other artists’ works. Fred Penelles and Legomans installation ‘Mechaniques Discursives’ showed that moving installation doesn’t have to have complicated systems. Illusions can be created using different media. One easy moving system is the jumping jack puppet. When it comes to puppets, as Cecile Perras dolls are inspirational due to the usage of mixed media.
Inspiration
Materials used in work vary from plywood to soft tricot fabric. The main technique is silk-screen printing, however, different variations are used: pigment, puff, flock and foil. Silk-screen printing is used both in fabric and in plywood. The colour palette is rather peaceful, bluish colours and some copper accent. In addition, light bulbs, springs and copper wire are used. To find the perfect base to print on plywood experiments were needed. Transparent base diffused, at the same time white base required a lot of pigment. By mixing different bases together new base was made. To create right shade for the flock, the glue had to be coloured and used together with the translucent white flock.
Materials and process
Jumping Jack 2.0
Experimental textile project
Photos by Paul Urbel