16th - 19th 

For the last few days I have been continuing with the scrubs brief. Having never used a sewing machine or practised pattern cutting before there have been countless problems I have encountered due to my inexperience. Every time I reach one of these moments, such as making my sleeves unequal in length and misunderstanding the instructions on how to assemble the collar correctly, I have felt ready to quit. However every time I experience this feeling I think of all the key workers and how many times a day they must want to walk away from the complete chaos of each day and just be with their families. I have never experienced this kind of a drive to complete a project. This time its  not purely for my own selfish benefit, but to provide a little comfort to the people working on the front line. 

That is why after only managing to complete the top of my scrubs successfully, due to messing up my trousers completely and totally running out of material I decided to reach out for some help. 

One of my friends is professional seamstress and I communicated my frustration with the challenges I had faced. She explained to me where I had gone wrong and suggested I make my templates from material for initial accuracy. She also asked around and provided me with more fabric and accurate measurements for a size Small scrub. She also suggested that because I am so new to using a machine I begin by making wash kits for the NHS workers, which are also in short supply. The wash kits allow the workers to take off their scrubs place them directly into the bag and put them instantly in the washing machine without much contamination. 

I really didn’t expect I would enjoy shooting my garment as much as I did. With all the uncertainty the has surrounded this project and especially within the period of me constructing my piece, there were frequent occasions I was sure I wouldn’t get to complete my process of development and certainly not to a high standard. However, being able to capture the finished form of my “Micrology” topic has provided a feeling of completion and satisfaction that against all odds I was able to produce an outcome with both limited resources, workshops… I think for this reason it is the most satisfying finished to a project so far ( which is actually quite a shock to me).

I also feel strongly that (perhaps because I’ve had to get extra inventive with available resources and limited supplies) this piece is the greatest demonstraiton of my creativity which has been forming throughout the duration of my foundation course. I feel through this project, something has almost certainly clicked and I feel I have touched on a piece of my own unique style. I will continue to nurture and progress with this piece as I begin my BA course. 

Observing the finished images of the garment. I began to consider which elements I would deem communicated the research and development I have undergone throughout the project. I also asked myself which elements perhaps weren’t as strong or were lacking from the images. And what effects shooting my piece in the garden had on communicating my theme.  

What lacked from my piece after observing my images was experimentation with more than one material. Although I didn’t have another material to work with whilst in lock down, In future  rust printing onto other surfaces or materials may be interesting explore. Having printed or even just manipulating other matters within my garment who have added even more depth to the piece. Although I believe my exploration of “microscopic surfaces” has been presented within my outcome, my initial interest in Microscopic beings is harder to infer from my outcome. Although the circular pudding like pads on the right shoulder of my garment have been inspired by “rotifers” ( beings), to and onlooker this is not communicated very clearly. However there were may positives I felt I had achieved concluding my project, which came even clearer shooting them in a natural environment. For instance, within my “Natural Inspired By Nature” image ( found in my digital outcomes folder) I managed to capture the shadow of a plant lying onto of my garment. I was surprised to see how my stitching and natural process of printing was complimented by the delicate vein like shadow appearing on the top. I reminded me of my earlier “vein like” sample. I felt this was a success, not only because my earlier research and development was communicated but because I had decided to shoot it within a natural environment it meant there was even more to observe .

8th and 9th 

Both Wednesday and Thursday have consisted of continuously adding stitch to the jigsaw pieces of rust printed mesh I created earlier on in the week. As I mentioned before each of the prints compliment each other beautifully and when observing them as a whole, the garment defiantly gives the impression it has been manipulated and worked into. Both the material and the blend of natural colours create the illusion the garment has been dug up from resting in the ground. Reminding me of mummified gores. After concluding my assemblage of the rust printed pieces, I turned to the more complicated task of recreating my shoulder designs I had created within my maquette. What I had not considered when creating the design in paper was how I would achieve the rather experimental shape using delicate muslin. 

I considered using glue to thicken the material to allow it to perhaps hold its shape, I also considered using a different material or even wire to maintain the shape, or wether I should stuff the muslin with wadding? 

The glue gave quite a naive and disappointing outcome and the design didn’t continue to hold its shape for very long. Using other material left my garment appearing less delicate and left it feeling less like an artefact because the only material and wire I had access to appeared very modern looking.  I eventually decided on stuffing the shape however due to limited material I realised I would have to adapt the shape slightly. I enjoyed this exercise I was free to experiment and manipulate the fabric again and was able to compliment the rust printed sections beautifully by placing them at the top of my manipulated shape,  where they would easily been seen. The final outcome of the shoulder design appeared very natural and reminded me a lot of my sea anemone sample ( un intentionally). I felt this was a positive as again is a demonstration of how all my research and experimentation is tying together.

I had liked the process of using wadding to stuff the shape and was so pleased with outcomes natural look,  I will continue to consider where else on my garment this process would appear interesting. In order to maintain the subtlety and delicacy of my garment will I only stuff a section of a shape?

Today, I experienced quite a turning point regards the development of my garment. After choosing all of my selected shapes ( sourced from the Maquette) and placing them back onto the mesh base I have laid out as a foundation, I reflected once more on my finished samples and decided which one I should use as the inspiration for the majority of colour and pattern.

 I decided that the rust printed samples were the most true to my projects development and idea of the “natural” process of rusting ties in with my overall theme of Micrology. The fact the tiny individual particles of rust cling to the fabric links to the theme of “microscopic surfaces” and due to rust printing/ transferring being an “living” chemical reaction links to the theme of Microscopic beings. 

I re attempted my rust printed process with the shapes I had drawn from my Maquette. I used many of the rust pieces I had grown myself as well as pieces I had sourced. I was thrilled with the outcome of some the rust printed shapes. The shapes that had occurred because of the natural process are beautiful and all totally different. The colours themselves have printed with different strains due to the intensity of the rust piece. Meaning there is more depth to the printed abstract shapes. Giving the fabric a manipulated and chaotic feel which also appeared within many of the microscopic images I collected. The colours instantly reminded me of the microscopic image of snake skin I had previously explored. The fact that by looking at this outcome I was reminded of my research I feel shows the strength of my projects development. 

I will continue to rust print onto my sourced shapes and place them back onto the muslin foundation I created. I will also consider which other of my final samples I will use to complete my garment and which will reflect the research that has gone into its creation. 

Today I spent most of my time finishing the base of my garment, a kind of canvas for my select shape designs from my Maquette to be placed onto. (picture along). I have found it much easier to develop my garment after making a making a foundation, it means I can visualise placement. As I mentioned within an earlier reflection I was most pleased with the upper half of my Maquette, therefore took many of the shapes I had discovered through that particular method and have decided to continue them onto my garment. The reasoning behind me liking those particular shapes was because they appear confident and remind me of my earlier explorations. For instance the high pointed colour reminds me of my earlier "ribbed" experimentation.  Like my garments foundation, I cut each shape out of the muslin fabric ( the only fabric I have access to at this time).  I have found it certainly difficult to work with limited supplies, I felt it has been harder for me to visualise an outcome on one continuous fabric or get excited about it. I appreciate however that this is potentially a good way of me learning to continue making slightly blinded to help focus solely on the processes I am discovering. 

I will continue to build up on my base foundation, selecting the shapes chosen from the Maquette before deciding which sample will determine the majority base pattern, colour, texture of the garment. 

After yesterdays online meeting with my tutor, I spent my day going over feedback and developing some of the elements she suggested I explore further. She felt I had achieved successful design development, successful experimentation ( as seen in samples), successful exploring and processing of keywords ( as seen through mark making drawings) and a successful refined colour pallet from greater investigation and analysis. She suggested I should explore negative space, perhaps scale?, be resourceful in material sourcing around the house and to use my shape menu to develop a paper maquette as frame work for garment development. 

I manage to rescue some giant strips of brown paper before it was placed in the bin and thought it would be the perfect material to cut my shape menu shapes from. The paper was so easily manipulated it meant that once I had cut out my shapes it would be easy for me to experiment with bending or pleating... with them in oder to help develop my maquette. 

Once I had cut out multiple various shapes from my menu, I began the task of placing them on my manikin. At first, I struggled to get started, feeling a bit like I was fumbling in the dark and the set shapes were a problem to over come more than a helpful starting point. I realised I was trying to hard to make a maquette from a idea of how the garment should look and was trying to place the samples to realise my idea. This was why I was struggling. I then relaxed and abandoned the garment idea in my head and purely placed the shapes on the manikin where I felt it appeared exciting or interesting. It was only when doing this did the maquette shape begin naturally and quite easily forming. I also used the shapes I could observe within the negative space to help develop the garment such as the L  shape that appears on the right shoulder and long V neck. They act as a way of breaking up the dense fabric so more attention can be drawn to the more delicate and experimental shapes. 

I will aim to do a simple sketch of my maquette to highlight these particular elements. 

Today was a highly beneficial day in terms of organising my research so far, highlighting the strongest elements aside from the weaker, brainstorming methods to help me develop and how can I be resourceful with the limited materials I have whilst in isolation. 

Instead of doing another action plan, I decided to begin by seeking feedback from a family member who I asked to flick through my sketchbook and assess my finished samples, answering questions such as “which samples are you drawn to? Why? And which samples would you like to see developed further?( I’ve included these notes over in my research) .

It was a great way for me to have an outsiders opinion and learn which of my samples stood out most for them, despite not knowing the depth of my chosen subject as well as me. I was so pleased to see that without explaining the context behind each sample, my mum would describe to me what she thought it had been inspired a by and each time she was weirdly accurate. For example, with my rust like sample she described it as appearing “ancient” like a “remnant of cloth”, which I had tried so hard to achieve through my stitching technique and natural process of rusting. I found there was a great satisfaction in realising the samples communicated the same meanings and inspired the same thought processes to someone looking at them for the first time as they do to me. It means my in-depth research is visible within them!

I had now sourced my 5 strongest samples with the help from my mum and was ready to develop onto the body. This was the next challenge I faced as I wasn’t sure what steps to take to do this. I began by collaging with the images of my 5 samples, however each of the outcomes appeared incredibly abstract not something I would be able to achieve which such limited resources. 

I reached out to my tutor who was incredibly helpful and after looking at my most recent development work an my samples, began to give me advice on my next steps. I had sourced a load of brown paper that was about to be recycled and have decided to turn to my shape menu one again in inspiring the potential shape of my garment. I will cut out my shapes and place them onto my manikin - leaving me with a maquette.  This will give me a good frame work to then move towards a final piece.

The link to the online video meeting with my tutor : https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/75302ea8-31e8-496a-a400-58f787331ec6 

Today I continued with the task I had set myself this week of “exploring through making”. Today I focused on my snake skin texture I had placed under the microscope. I love this particular image because ( like the last image I explored) there appears to be vein like lines within the skin, giving it the sense it is still alive in some way, which on one hand makes me uncomfortable but on the other I am intrigued. Following this key word “alive’, when observing the image and considering what its textures reminded me of, the first thing I saw was a sea anemone. The tiny dark holes on the surface on the texture and the “vein” like lines appearing tentacle like. I got really excited about what materials I could use to recreate this living creature. I considered foam, bubbling and even burning into fabric. I eventually settled on a sea sponge which I managed to source from a local chemist. Due to it originally coming from the sea the likeness to a sea creature was perfect. I played around with various methods of colouring the sponge based on my pallet. My most favourable methods I have explored so far have been with Ink and bleach because they create such a natural colouring. I want to continue this idea of keeping all my samples as natural as possible and ( although I ran out of time today) with the rest of my sea sponge, I will attempt burning into it to recreate the “dark holes” I was drawn to initially. 

Another method I had tried earlier within my project had been “marbling”. When observing the image for the first time I was reminded of the bubbled surface it has given me as well as layers of blended colour. I decided to attempt this process again, guided by my colour pallet and the texture of the image. From the print I had made, I turned to my shape menu to guide me on what shape to cut the print into. I found this quite a reassuring method because I knew I had already felt confident in the shapes I had chosen, therefore the texture I had created seems to fit nicely into it. Although I was concerned the print lacked the detail of the initial image, so have added stitch in order to add more character to the sample. 

Today, was my first day of experimenting with sample making bringing together my colour pallet, textures found through my microscope investigation and shapes sourced from an earlier shape menu investigation. 

I began by focusing on one textural image ( which I have included on the left)  and questioned what the texture reminded me of. This was really exciting because by relating the image to other textures and objects, I found I opened up more opportunities for research and exploration. For example, by focusing on my first texture of microscope rust particles I focused on the ‘vein’ like part of the image which I found interesting, it reminded me a lot of scientific images of embryos within a womb and the veins that reach from the placenta to the foetus. This led me to further research using “veins” and “embryo” as my key words.  Multiple artists had used this as a starting point for some of their pieces and processed to the idea of “growth” and “development”. I felt there was a nice sense of irony here as growth and development is the sole purpose of my project. I also loved that my project had seemed to do a 180 in my research and I was reminded of an embryo because of my initial research at the “portraying pregnancy exhibition”. 

 I found it fascinating that some of my samples  look incredibly similar whilst another can look quite different whilst of course continuing my rapid train of thought and research. 

I realised through my making and experimentation with various mediums that there was a clear colour that I was drawn to that I had not yet included with my pallet. I realised that the colours appeared unnatural sometimes when placed together, not naturally blending unlike my initial textural image. I thought about ways I could solve this problem in order to create a more natural appearing sample. The best way was to introduce one more colour to my pallet in order to tie the colours together. I was concerned that introducing another colour would make things more complicated but I’ve actually found it very freeing. This is due to the fact, adding another colour gives more of a depth to the sample, there is ‘more going on’ visually but because the colours blend gently, the sample doesn’t seem busy or overwhelming.

After discovering my new found textures through the microscope yesterday, I dedicated today to recreating them through mark making and collage. Whilst doing this I have continuously been taking into account my colour pallet, which has only allowed me to grow more confident in it. I had to restrict myself to just mark making and collage today before turning straight to making, which I always feel more confident in doing. However I want to make sure I spend enough time exploring thoroughly before moving to material. 

I am pleased with the amount of research I have undergone throughout this project, however it has left me feeling nervous about how to approach a final outcome. 

The elements I am most excited about at the moment are my textures under the microscope which I will later this week begin to make samples from. I am also excited by my latest sample - the chemical reaction between the PVA glue and various inks. I found it really exciting because this burnt umber like colour began to appear and become more intense as the reaction continued, this umber like colour is very similar to the colour of my homemade rust which is a happy coincidence. I was also fascinated with the shapes the PVA and Ink began to make. Whilst the chemicals reacted, jagged edges on the sample formed, I loved this quality of the sample because each of the edges were totally different from each other. After examining them closely I began to notice they had quite a architectural quality to them and considered what they would look like within or externally on a building. 

The last is my on going exploration of Rust, creating my own rust and rust printing. My concern is how I should go about combining these factors.

Today the word I focused on was layering. I didn’t have as much time today as I have on other days so focused in more depth on layering within my mark making. I thought about ways in which I could draw then strip the colour before adding more. I attempted this with bleach and ink, one of my favourite methods before adding coloured acrylics. I felt this kind of chemical reaction linked in well with my ongoing chemical exploration of making my rust and printing it onto material. 

I have been struggling with this word above the others as I feel it’s more limiting than the others. When feeling limited I tend to resort back to a basic selection of materials I can find around my house and push myself to demonstrate “layering” with them. 

This has been a really challenging exercise but a great way to help me observe the potential in usually mundane objects.

Continuing my challenge of making samples based on a single word to help me demonstrate my problem solving, today I focused on the word "bubbled". I began with thinking about how I could mark make through bubble painting, I then sourced various materials and experimented with various methods to create a "bubbled" texture. I found that creating bubbled textures was much easier than recreating "ribbing". I love experimenting with natural textures like the snake skin I used however its difficult when applying them to material to blend them. As I went through my process of making I captured my textures zoomed in, which I would like to blow up and explore later. 

Ive found this method of exploring set words really difficult so far, but I see why its valuable to pushing myself into problem solving, exhausting every method based on a word. 

When reflecting on the pieces I'd produced after today, I was pleasantly surprised by how I could observe my own clear thought process. Each sample both linked together and complemented each other. I have discovered methods of working I wouldn't have discovered and these methods I would like to push further as my project develops. 

 

 

 

After my group crit I decided to spend the day looking into my mundane objects. Zooming in on them and inspired by Rachel Niffenegger, collage my research into mark making and material. 

I took a cork blew it right up and experimented with various methods to achieve the texture. I tried bubble painting, knitting, bleach and ink... 

I felt I'd hit a little bit of a roadblock in my research as "Micrology" has such a large potential. I decided to make a mood board to help me narrow down the areas I want to explore, which was really useful and I now feel more confident in my projects direction. In 3 Parts...

Microscopic Surfaces:

I am particularly interested after discovering a particular image ( which I then explored further) on the Nikon Microphotographic competition website, in the microscopic textures and colours of both corrosion and decay of surfaces. I was initially concerned at how abstract these textures are to recreate, however I believe this would also be an interesting challenge to overcome. I also believe its interesting to consider rust because of the fact its a living "disease cycle" just as many of my microscopic beings are "living" things, some of them diseases. 

Luckily there are plenty of images of microscopic surfaces due to many people taking microscopic images of their surfaces to check for decay.  

Microscopic images of everyday objects: 

Everyday we encounter various objects we deem as mundane, however we never actually see them and their potential beauty. When placed under a microscope, objects as simple as bananas, toothbrushes... look incredible and have a multitude of fascinating textures, colours and shapes. 

Microscopic beings:

Microfauna refers to microscopic organisms that exhibit animal like qualities.Microfauna are represented as part of the animal kingdom despite them being invisible to the naked eye. However when they are under the microscope they like the other microscopic elements are surprisingly beautiful. 

After creating my mood board of my most relevant research images I would like to explore, I decided to pull each image out individually for exploration. I used this technique during my denim project and found it incredibly useful in development. It gives me the opportunity to consider the colours and textures of the particular image, question what other objects share similar textures, shapes.. and think about various ways I could communicate these through mark making and onto material. 

Yesterday I focused on a particular microscopic image of a 3 day old chicken embryo who had be injected with a indigo dye for scientists to observe their interior development. I considered how similar the texture was to that of satellite images of the Sahara and also of rust. I became really interested in recreating these textures and used ink and bleach on cotton and muslin to portray the satellite images and in order to recreate the rust like texture I got even more experimental. I did some research into surfaces which portray  decay and erosion in order to help inspire ways in which I could recreate. I eventually found a way I could used sourced rust pieces and create a print pattern with them. 

I really enjoyed exploring this method, messy but fun.

Project review:

The first two units of the program have been a progression of development through ongoing constructive disasters and surprisingly successful outcomes. As well as learning technical skills throughout the course such as stitch, knit, print and how to successfully mark make… the course has also evoked a strong work ethic in me;  a sense of passion and an understanding of how to approach each new project. Having not come from an Art and Design background I really had to hit the ground running and have surprised myself at the amount of knowledge & new skills I’ve acquired in a relatively short time frame and with very limited prior experience. I chose the textiles pathway because through my diagnostic studies I discovered my love for texture, colour and making. I also love how broad that particular application can be and the possibilities to realise even the most abstract of context into outcomes. This is one of the aspirations I hope to achieve within this upcoming project.




Project Concept and Description:

Following much research the concept I have arrived at and wish to pursue surrounds the idea of Micrology (the study of microscopic objects). This includes studying Microfauna (the study of small beings invisible to the human eye) and various Microcosoms (A community, place or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature,  the characteristics of something much larger). I want to resolve the issue of these objects or beings being invisible to the naked eye by re-interpreting their natural beauty which is only obvious under the microscope. The issue facing me is finding the right technical resources & accessibility to study these objects but I am researching & eager to make visits to the relevant locations and learn how to use the correct tools to help me reach a successful outcome. I also understand that through the development of my project my aims and concept may alter slightly, depending on which facilities will be available to me. I gave myself the challenge of a very abstract concept but one which I felt could transfer well to textiles ; I also wanted to see just how much I’d gained so far on the course and tap into the techniques I've learnt to help steer me in the right direction of development and towards a pleasing outcome. I will use a wide range of both primary and secondary research to help springboard my ideas and being a Kinaesthetic learner; I will develop my ideas through experiential making whilst constantly reflecting on my processes and how adapting my methods could make them more successful. 







In terms of evaluating my project this is something I will be doing continuously throughout my project as well as at its conclusion. Constant evaluation is a great way of making sure your project follows both a clear and interesting path. One of the activities I find particularly useful in evaluating my work is showing it to an outsider and gaining their feedback on whether the development process is clear and which elements they believe are the most exciting and which should be explored in greater depth. Evaluating continuously throughout a project is very different from evaluating at its conclusion because at the end of your project you're criticising whether it portrays your original concept in its strongest, clearest form; whereas reflecting throughout the project your main concern is the success and thrill of your project’s continuing development. 

At the moment I feel like I've hit a bit of a wall. After a week of intense research I already feel like Im ready to move to material and sample creations, however I still have plenty of time to do further research.  I feel like I need to ask the advice of my peers and tutors next to help steer me in the right direction and what I need to do next in order to progress. Today I decided to head to the kings Cross library to see if I could further my research and see if it sparked any other ideas for development. There were limited books that related to my chosen subject however I found one book in particular which made me realise again how fascinated I was with my subject matter and how wide the range for potential exploration is. The book entitled "Pollen" focused on the invisible grains of pollen and other aspects of the flower which go unnoticed to the naked eye.  When under the microscope their beautiful colours and architectural shapes are visible. I decided to mark make a couple of these shapes and colours within my sketchbook incase I wanted to recreate the shapes within some of my samples.

 

Today I continued to focus on my micro animal research which I finding incredibly fascinating. Discovering this new species of animal I had no idea existed because they are invisible to the human eye. The textures of the creatures are equally as interesting and today I attempted through various methods to re create their textures.

I researched the micrographs of various spherical micro animals. I began by mark making with ink and attempted to create the delicate vein like shapes with bleach. I then moved to using various paints on acetate whilst sprinkling rust particles. 

I then used pva glue with paint and materials such as cotton wool to create a 3D like texture. Disappointed that this method didn't do the texture of the micro animals justice, I researched other ways I could capture it. I wanted to try the method of PVA, water and paint. It was a lot of touch and go because I had to get the consistencies right.  However I was incredible pleased with the othercomes and how detailed the texture is. In fact I found it really useful to use a magnifying glass to examine the outcomes closer. I thought there was a greats sense of irony here because I am so interested in micro species.

After my visit to the John Soanes museum I felt incredibly intrigued by the colour pallet which I felt jumped out at me. I wanted to investigate these natural tones further and played around with different papers and paints to replicate these tones.

In order to inspire my contextual idea I find it helpful to collect my research images and use collage. I was inspired by the idea of Natural Curiosities and assemblage. With this idea I felt inspired to look at Joseph Cornell and his imaginative worlds and how his collection of materials and objects are inspired by emotions and experiences.

Inspired by the bones of the mice I had seen at the zoological museum, I considered how I could recreate this texture I had looked at. I went home and sourced, shells, sharks teeth ( a holiday find) and kitchen spices to experiment with. I crushed them with a hammer and created clusters. 

I was particularly pleased with the colours I had discovered through investigation. The natural earthy tones  is something I would like to discover further within my investigation.

I always find it really hard beginning I new project and having not done a project which spans over 5 weeks before I am both excited an apprehensive. Beginning with exhibition research has been a good solid start for met to build on my ideas and hopefully led to a strong contextual idea.  I am really inspired by the scientific side of Natural Curiosities which I have been discovering within my exhibition research. The natural colours and textures that emerge from the microcosms I had the chance to look at over at the zoological museum are highly inspiring and I something I would like to investigate further.

Today I went to visit the Viktor Wynd Museum Of Curiosities. I had mixed emotions when visiting, I loved the aspect of curation, all the pieces had been gathered together carefully to reflect a particular story, concept or emotion. However I had expected the pieces themselves to be individually intriguing and more about the fact they were sourced curiosities from various places around the world. Instead they were pieces not necessarily authentic which I felt had purely been places together for shock tactics. It was really interesting because I bumped into a BA csm student whilst there who also had the same opinion. 

Despite feeling that the museum was the most inspirational the visit made me realise I was more interested in the context and science behind curiosities as well as how they are curated together. This is something I will continue to explore within my research. 

When arriving home, because I had enjoyed the curation of objects I had seen I decided to do some research on an artist who is famous for this particular method. I found Joseph Cornell really fascinating to research and decided to collect some of my own curious objects from around the house and try and practise curating them together nicely. I found this method really satisfying and found it interesting how one object would complement the other and being to tell a story just by placing them next to each other. 

Today I experimented with recreating the textures I had discovered within the Micrarium. I find it easier to dissect the colours and textures through mark making before going straight to working with materials. The next step I took was with paint, by merging the colours together and also by adding fragments of rust particles and onion skin to add texture. 

It was very much touch and go with this experimentation as the paint colours often didn't blend well and the reaction from the added substances often didn't give the effect I was going for. I transferred some positive outcomes to material which was really exciting.