I now needed to decide on a structure for my kite. I often work with paper and practice origami techniques so I decided the form would follow this style. On a recent visit to the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, I came across the work of

I really like the unusual composition and the shadows. I decided to give my kite a strange form by cutting up sections of the sheets I made from the photo's and sweet wrappers and re-attaching them together. I made sections that would inter-lock and stick out at strange angles, whilst still giving the impression of a kite shape. When held at different angles, the pieces will almost make a diamond shape however keeping the abstract quality. I am very happy with the overall result of my kite and will use this technique again in future work. I think the colours give it an interesting quality and like that the materials are not typical.

After I had decided on the basic print for my kite, I began to experiment with different materials to add interest. I decided that I wanted the materials to be slightly transparent so the light would shine through and you could see several sections of the kite at once. I tried out different materials that would give the kite a bit of colour and shine. I have worked with metallic sweet wrappers before and really liked the contrast of them when placed next to my photo's of the cranes. I tried trapping the photographs and sweet wrappers in laminating pouches. I really like the effect and the colours together. 

Summer Project - Patterns In The Sky

So the aim of our summer project was to make/design/ plan a kite. We could use materials of our choice and it could be any shape, size, colour etc. I decided quite early on that I didn't want my finished piece to look like a typical kite. I wanted the use of materials and the construction of my kite to reflect me and my work methods. I decided that rather concentrating on obvious patterns for my kite, such as stars and clouds, I would concentrate more on skylines and the shapes they make against the sky. During a trip to Glasgow I took photographs of cranes outside the Art College as I liked the thick lines and interesting shapes against the blue of the sky. I decided that this these photographs would form a basic pattern for my kite.