Narrative Unit

3D Model- Making Workshop: I signed up for this workshop purely on a whim, producing 3D artefacts is not something I find myself interested in. Maybe it’s due to my hatred of ‘knick-knacks’ and other similarly, vile objects to be found in christmas sales in department stores. I chose to use this workshop as an extension of my other practical work. I modelled a very ugly head based on a character from Silverfin. They’re not something which many people, including myself, would buy at an arts fair, but the results were interesting. I tried a range of coloured resins, later I tried using only white with a black swirl, trying to recreate the idea of an eel inside the mans skull. It didn’t work. I also got to try some expanding foam as a way to replicate the mans head. I can’t forsee any situation in which I would use this, but knowing it’s possible might open up a few ideas in the future. I think this workshop was a great, positive lesson, I think that I would very much like to incorprate some form of 3D work in my drawings in the future, i.e: drawing over photographs or using them to paint onto. As the next unit is a moving image unit, I will probably find myself drawn back to using 3D objects.