pop up and pull out book ideas

below are some ideas that have been sourced that relate to what i am attempting to do for my FMP exhibiton. The pull out book effect is one i want to attempt to mimic: Most pull out books i found are children (which is not particularly desirable but is still something i can work with) Other ideas that came up were more craft books that could be made at home or made as wedding cards(these were the things i tried to avoid):
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This is one of the main ideas i will be using

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Below is the first attempt at a layout for a pull out picture (image) i had messed around with measurements before hand and came to the conclusion that this one was my favourite. the rEASON BEHIND A PULL OUT EXHIBIT was that i felt it would add to my theme(amp title) scars as, when some one pulled the tab down it would remove the scar and the person would be left with blank plain skin(meaning that without the scar see are born with we would have a part of us taken away. I really like this idea and plan to make it not to obvious or make it to child like

On the left there is the pull out sleeve(which will have the scars or what ever i choose to include)

On the right is the sleeve which will have the main body

image wise9or more content wise i have began to try draw out ideas and concepts of how i can do this project.So far i have drew up these ideas:

Above is where i started to add more detail to the images though I'm not sure how i feel about adding more3 as it starts to become overcrowded to me

looking more into Matisse

for my project idea i decided to scrap(or more or less put it to the side) the wire idea i had come up with before and look more at a artist whom I had researched before namely
Henri Matisse, I wanted to look at going down to the paper cut out route
Link:
https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2014/matisse/the-cut-outs.html

Developing project proposal further

Overview so far
Taking my last idea further i have decided to not so much ditch but to take my work away from the wires idea as i felt like it would have been a dead end for myself.My enjoyment for it creased as soon as i started.The lack of materials that could be used was cut short by the colleges ability to pay money for a course they had made.A course they have made obvious they no longer care for. Explaing my idea for wire simply, i was going to make human figures out of wire attempt to capture shapes like the curves of the hips and other parts of the body below are some of the sketches i made originally:

A liminal sketch made from a image i had sourced from a proffesinal artist 

above was how the wire would be tied so that the structure would not fall to pieces as it was not originally one structure( i attached multiple wires together)

Project proposal idea:
Name idea: Scars;Exploring scars on the human body

How did i think of this concept:
The idea for this brief came to me when i was sat in a cafe in nottingham,one that was usually littered with students.As i sat down so did a girl at the table in front of me.She pushed her long curley ginger hair(which automatically caught my attention due to my extensive exposure to the pre raphiltes and my unrest in Dantes work and lilith as a whole).Her open back top revealed quite a lot of red scratch marks,something i assumed auto magically to be the result of sexual contact as it is common for a partner to cling to another and dig their nails in.Through looking at the scars my mind processed the though of scars on the body. Thoses that are done by accident or those that have formed over a while(even thinking of those that are with us when we are born or those that our mother would get when giving birth to us namely a C section).This idea appealed to me as i have always been interested in the body as anyone who knows me would know but felt i should move away from ares we all have (E.G breasts and genataila) and maybe move onto something that is more unique to us as a human being.Not everyone would have the same scratch marks as the lady i saw and this is quite a interesting concept.once again bringing back the idea that we are all individuals and our body's are all so different.
 I also drew on my own person expiernces, being that, when i was younger i had a condition known as commonly as 'Slapped skin syndrome' something i got from birth.This would make my skin peel and i would sheed (very much like a snake would) but the difference was that it would be extremely painful but after a year of being in hospital i finally recovered from this though this left a mental scar on my parents as for a year of my life i was confined to my hospital bed and could not be picked up,on the rare occasions i had to bathe i would scream as the hot water was to much for what skin i had.Even so This still effects me to this day specially on my arms and leg,sometimes my neck making my skin come off on shreads. Also this has damaged my skin to the extent when any type of liquid i make contact with is uncomtable. Below are some image son my arm though they don't really show the redness and the hair follicles that are not a odd colour:

I feel that i can take this concept in multiple directions maybe going back to my original idea of missing fine art.Maybe making a picture of a human that when rubbed could come to pieces.This then could be rubbed and rubbed(also making it a interactive piece).I will be looking for artists whom have done similar though when i put in scars self harm is always prevelent.I shall continue my research into this while finding possible body images that would be good to put my idea on to

What i hope to get out of this is a true idea and a grasps of scars.I want to be able to get across my idea that we all have the and they are a part of us.I want this message to be strong but put simpley through my image(and making it look like some type of help line image or a cry for help)Also though doing this i want to be to expand on feed back that has been given by my tutors and to get the confidence back that was lost from my failure Mock FMP.

What i plan to do to help me achieve this goal:Research into scars that we as humans get.I will be excluding self harm in this instance as ai want to concentrate on the types of scars that are not self generated.I will be looking at ones that can be formed from birth or appear on the body after a while.
i will be drawing on my own experience.BUT the key in all of this is to experiment and experiment and to not just to stick with one media and thats it.To not stick with pen because its my medium to go further
My negative points in my work as stated above my negative points is my desire to stay the same and to not change my work to not break what is not broken as strange as it sounds. I want this project to challenge me just as the Space one did but go further and really go the mile not just proceeding work i feel it is pretty
Another thing i want to learn from or by is to take note and try and develop my work from others constructive criticism but filter out the flat out mocking of my work.

Artists i have picked up so far;
Egon schiele
While trying to grasp a idea i had began to look at Egon schiele again,as before hand his work had slipped under my radar. I looked at his work mainly for the only shaped characters and humans he drew in his work.I wanted move over to the more only contruced side of human bodies so felt his work was best to look at.I also wanted to go with a medium i had never really looked at(and how to mix it) this would be Ink and water colour something i never thought to look at before now mainly because i was wrapped up in my own little commutable bubble).i want to use his work to make the craziest and also relatable image yet.
One piece in Egons work i have looked at so far:

Diana Crawford
I have been looking at Dianas work since i started the FMP.Her idea of pure chance with her work is something i liked from the minute i saw it.She has very little con roll over it so was never disappointed with the results.Her choice of medium was Alcohol ink different to what i use.This would come out stronger then the normal type i use.I have tried out some of Dianas work to a point but wasn't as successful the first time. i will most likely continue to experiment like before but put a big twist on it.
One piece of Dianas work i have looked at so far:

This piece has been discussed in past blogs.


What mediums i shall be using or experimenting with
So far i have prodementally been using ink but have been trying totally different method with it.Using string to get strong and also messy lines.Using ink to print with not concentrating on the line work but making bulky figures.
My future ideas of mediums would be paint and ink or paint and water colours (just like Egon )
and drawing from other artist whom uses pure chance and no persuasion in her work to make faces.

Influences outside of artist 
Books and a lot of them! Something which i feel has been lacking in my work.Research that isn't from internet articles.Something i had noticed in my last FMP was the lack of physical research.This was most likely a strong reason why my work lacked.Books can be a good resource as man of the artists i look at are well known so usually have one or two books dedicated to them.
Social media as always but trying to stay away from that for now while i get my feet




6 Diffrent types of scars ,
found on Dermefface,Webmaster,(2010),https://www.dermeffacefx7.com/info/6-types-of-scars-and-how-to-treat-them/,Internet article
All images are subject to/taken by:https://www.dermeffacefx7.com/info/6-types-of-scars-and-how-to-treat-them/,Internet article.
Types include:

• Atrophic: scars that are depressed, flat against the upper layer of skin,can sometimes be considered as Hyperpigmentated. Which is when certain areas of the skin develop darker pigments.

Hypertrophic scar: Caused by loss of tissue, These scars occur because of excessive tissue that develops over skin opening caused by infections or wounds.

Artists inspiration ideas for Fmp(ink)

Artists name; Diana Crawford 
Artist uses a mixture of alcohol ink to create images such as faces.She says that sometimes the images can come out with quite comical faces and this is the fun.She has also looked at flowers but enjoys creating humans more.
Below are some of the images she has done using this style:
Her work is said to be inspired by life expiernces and the bold bright colours of all the images are suggestive to this.Also the fact that she lived/lives in las vegas can be contributed to this.

Paul&Babe by diana crawford,Gallery North Bemji,700x497
While i can not find any mention of why this images was created or the meaning behind it i felt it was very important to look at and to take influences from as it has one key element i want to draw from.Human models and messy styles.

Found from:
Author not known,http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/entertainment/art/4117103-artist-ink-diane-crawford-uses-alcohol-inks-create-works-art-video,Internet article

Author not known though states its a article of Gallery north,Gallery North,http://www.gallerynorthbemidji.com/artists/72/diane-crawford,Internet article,

essay 2

My mental move.

While in higher education I had the opportunity to look deeper into contextual taking a particular interest in groups such as the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood concentrating on Dante Gabriel Rossetti and on the other end of the spectrum the Feminist movement and the artist, mainly looking at the illustrators and painters, who reside in it namely Tara Booth.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti influence may not have been as literal as other artist I had looked at previously but the content in his work had the biggest impact when considering my own. One big thing was his observational drawings on the female body, the way he portrayed the women in his paintings and sketches, the way his paintings always gave off a air of Romanticism, something I always set out to try capture in my own illustrations and paintings. Romanticism has always captured my attention and always carried my work further. The illustrated women and flowery botanical gardens of the Pre-Raphlite era, which showed the delicate and beautiful side to both humans and nature, something which I adore in all of the brotherhoods movements work, especially Dante’s.

He portrays women in his work as delicate, plain, and pretty. Something I always try and give off in my own work. Though I feel, unlike some of Dante’s earlier work, I try to give women a more independent and a more modern feel, showing off the charm and the shape of the body in all forms, rather then the thin petite shapes of Dante’s life time.

Not only do I look at Rossetti’s work for actual model and postioning influence, for example I have taken inspiration from his piece titled ‘Lady Lilith’ but also for the contrast in his work. The bright colours with darker muted backgrounds have always been something I have looked to achieve the ability to give a painting a 3D effect.

While I will not be using Rossetti’s work as distinctively in the future I feel that every life model   and every painting I do will always be inspired by him as his work fills me with joy. In a way seeing his art work in places like the Tate Britain has given me ideas for future work if only for the sheer size and for what others get from them.

Tara’s illustration and painting work, unlike Dante’s, does not contain delicate figures or dainty women portrayed in quiet English countryside’s. On the contrary she portrays women in a realistic, some would call unflattering but this is subjective. Doing this while injecting everyday situational humour that could be considered relatable for all. This is something I hope to carry on into later projects as I love images that can get across their point in what could be seen as a light hearted manner. Further on I would like to possibly including a mixture of dark humour and un-discussed topics often seen as taboo by some outside the feminist movements. With Tara’s work as a reference I want to look deeper into colour and the colours she uses (namely bright powerful eye catching ones) But more importantly look at the one key element that sets her apart from Dante, and most illustrators, the figures which draws. The way they are so ‘messily drawn’ but at the same time so constructed and planned. The way her characters seem to look distorted and out of proportion but closer observation reveal the obvious human observation Tara has considered. I want to be able to draw a body or person freely with little thought and is able to make blatant body shapes and curves while using a minimal amount of hand movement. Thinking about what I am drawing can result in images being to force or to put it simply to not be the result I was looking for.

Another thing I hope to achieve by continuing to look into her work is to be able to get full reference of layout, this is something Tara’s work excels in specially in one of her recent pieces called ‘Peeing in a romper’ in which she shows her self in three different acts in such swift movements we get a idea of what the character is doing. In the future I want to be able to put that much fast paced action in.