I really enjoyed the synecdoche task and, as always, found the workshop after the briefing a good pre-cursor for the project ahead. It was nice to think of the silly sayings I have developed throughout my life and reminisce about things from home (my neighbour, Eyeball Paul, other neighbours, The Clampets and Bendy Bobs - the stray cat that comes to visit who has a broken tail). It was also nice to talk with a fellow mature student and peer about some of the things he has nicknames for that describe aspects of something, so it was a great conversation prompt as well!
From my initial sketches, I enjoyed drawing my hamster Lily (who was, hand down, the love of my life and sadly passed away a year and a half ago) who used to go completely flat as a pancake in the palm of my hand when I stroked her and gave her kisses. She was the most loveable little critter and I dubbed her 'Lily Pad' as she reminded me of a floaty leaf in the river!
I am extremely obsessed with my violin at the moment, which I have recently taken up as a hobby and something I've always wanted to learn - despite it being one of the hardest instruments and the fact I can't see to read sheet music! It is a gorgeous instrument made from solid hand-made, figured spruce and maple antiqued woods dried for a minimum of 7 years, a split back piece, true ebony fingerboard, pegs and fittings, a hand-carved French Aubert bridge and a carbon fibre bow made of Mongolian horse hair. She is truly a thing of beauty, imported all the way from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and jumped at the chance to illustrate an aspect of her!
I employed limited colour, simple shapes and forms and mark making of scribbles and dots to convey the tail piece and maple of the body. However, I think I may have reduce the form of the maple too much as I gave it more curved edges, instead of the pointed hierarchy of the maple leaf, which was hard for my tutor to understand until he clicked that my violin was made of maple wood. In future, I need to have consideration not to reduce things too much and turn them into an entirely different-looking form so as to communicate my intentions more successfully!
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