My paper bowl in bronze

Three more weave samples. The one I really like is the white one. The warp is a spun silk, quite thick.  

 

Stitching, and stitching, and stitching today. It looks a little rougher than I had planned.

The experiments with folded wax paper made me smile a lot. Lovely slippery corners and holes.

 

I made a couple of 3d figure drawings out of wax and string. I'm aiming to get them cast in aluminium next week but they may disappear so I thought I'd photograph them. I do have a passion for shadows and I think they both throw out nice lines so I'll use this as a drawing form again.

Three butterflies in my garden yesterday. A brimstone, a brown one and a blue. And this morning, a fox.

The paper bowl, which I mentioned a month or so back, is out of it's plaster mold. It isn't really a bowl any more, which wasn't a surprise as it had collapsed as the plaster was poured in, but the texture of the geranium paper is clearer, and that's before cleaning so it may be more remarkable once that's done. And I think this piece may be worth giving a patination if time allows. I'm going to really miss the uni workshops and fantastic technicians, particularly Jim in the 3d studio http://www.jamespaulcastle.com/ who is a generous and patient teacher, and David and Neil in the textiles studios.