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| Inspiration Image Gooseberry Pods |
The above image is of a gooseberry pod that I snapped off my plant last night, and I pinned it upside down to my inspiration board so that it can dry beautifully, that is why it looks upside-down but in actual fact it is the right way. I noticed the interesting silhouette that the shadow of the twig created and I took this snapshot. If my main light in my bedroom hadn't fused, I wouldn't have had this beautiful image, this was created through a light beaming from a 90 degree angle next to the plant. sometimes inspiration can come from the most random occurrences.
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| Objects created from the silhouette inspiration oxidized copper |
How the pods were constructed:
I dissected one of the pods to examine the components. I noticed that the bods have a 5 way leaf pattern and I made a little design on paper to be placed on a sheet of copper. I had to redo this design so that i could get the correct shape of the actual pod.
I then textured some 0.4mm copper sheet using cardboard that I scratched in different directions to create this interesting texture. I roll-milled the texture onto the surface of the cardboard.
Here is my little "flower" after creating the grooves on the surface using a round chisel shaped punch
This looks wonderful Anke. You could produce a number of posts from a process like this. Sometimes a reference does not result in a piece, but it is still useful.
ReplyDeleteHey Chris, yes I cut out at least forty of them from an old aluminium solar pipe, but when it came to bending them into shape, the aluminium had some really badly oxidized rust spots where they broke off while bending. annealing is a pain in the neck, lost quite a few pods while annealing. I lost about half of them this way, the colour of aluminum is dreary too and it does not blacken nicely like the copper does. I will stick to copper for now... I'm very keen on creating a range of things with this concept.
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