Experiments with plaster

For these experiments I chose to use plaster because it is easily breakable and crackable. For these I wrapped polystyrene balls in cling film and dipped them half way in the plaster. After they had dried I took the polystyrene balls and cling film out, if they wouldn't come out because I dipped them in slightly too much over half way I used the heat gun to melt them out. They were very successful and fit my concept well. I then experimented with light and they produced amazing effects due to different thicknesses across the plaster.

Experiments with plastic sheets

With plastic sheets I scored them with a craft knife and then molded them with a heat gun into a soft, flowing shape. I then burnt the shapes of microscoped tears into them using the burning tool. After that I explored what kind of shadow they produced. I am very impressed with the shadows they produced but I think these shadows could possibly be a bit to strong and bold so wouldn't fit my concept.

Shadows

After experimenting with porcelain and burning into a variety of papers, this lead to combining them together. By using the burnt paper that was influenced by the miscrosoped teardrops and the broken pieces of porcelain, it produced a completely different piece that worked very well. Turning the lights off and shining a torch onto the piece, then holding each burnt piece of paper produced amazing shadows.

Burnt Wax Paper

To do these test pieces I explored with doilies, waxed doilies, tissue paper, waxed tissue paper and burnt into them using a hot stencil cutter/pyromaster. This produced great results and instantly gave off a fragile, insecure state which fits my concept. After exploring what the pyromaster can do, I used my research of teardrops and the shapes they delvelop when under a microscope and burnt that shape into the paper as best as I could. I also found that photographing them on top of a white piece of paper gave of a relaxed, calm ora and when on top of a black piece of paper it have of an angry, dangerous ora.