After watching 'All I'm Saying' and discussing the video with a tutor, I was inspired to try my own tin foil experiments. I feel that using household objects and materials can add to a certain 'home made' aesthetic; reminiscent of styles such as Aardman Studios and the 'All I'm Saying' music video. I decided on my own character design of Prometheus, the fox spirit and a Greek God known especially for being a trickster.
1) The first image shows the tin foil skeleton. Having a semi-flexible core means that while the maquette is slightly movable, the tin foil is more for structure rather than mobility. This skeleton was creating simply by hand molding and layering up the tin foil.
2) I began to envelop the tin foil with chavant sculptors clay to begin building up the actual body of the model. Again. this was more for experimentation than anything; seeing how the two materials worked together, what kind of shapes and forms could be achieved etc.
3) Once the body had been coated in its first layer of chavant, I worked on the shape of the head. Again, this was just balled up tin foil, worked into shape, then attached to the rest of the body through the neck.
4) Image four shows the character starting to take shape; at this point the ears and mask shape were in place and I'd decided on the poses of the limbs. I was free to experiment with different head shapes and the mobility of the model at this point by adding more or taking away chavant.
5 & 6) The last two images show the final model. This type of model can now be taken forward and put through a mould making and casting processes to make a 'hard copy'. A two part mould would probably be necessary though as it's quite a weird 3D shape.
Overall I'm pleased with this piece as a prototype and it's led me to consider what kind of model making processes I will go on to use and experiment with later.
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