Dark Matter - Frankenstein Toys (Brief)

I have been working at Trinity Catholic School for the second time.

The Title this year being Dark Matter.

I have taken inspiration from various artist, scientific biological documentation and of course Frankenstein. 

I've been working with student from Year 7 to Year 10. I am unsure about the final presentation of this project as I am unable to start working on the instillation part of it for the time being. I have concentrated of the word 'Dark', involving the students drawing exercises that use a different sense, touch. Exploring our assumptions, change, and how much we can interpret without our sight, as if we where in the 'Dark'.     

They've been producing first one drawing just by the touch of a toy they've never seen. Second a drawing under the same conditions but also blind (without looking at their paper) and guess what the toy was. They could then reveal the toy and see if their assumptions where correct and how accurate their drawing was. 

After one last drawing then they could change the toy to make their own.     

Foundation Journal Day 4 Drawing With Stitches

Day 3 was last Thursday and I only had an Introduction to Art History. I have switched classes to the afternoon so that I can work as Artist in Residence at Trinity School (my old school).
I am working there every other week on Thursday and Friday, it's  every other week because they have a two week time table. I have just found out I am going to be working with year 7s with the title Kitsch.
My friend (a graphic designer) gave me a book on Type Design which can be included as a form of Typography. I think Type Design is more the direction I would want to take my project.

Day 4 Monday 14th

We used sewing as a drawing technique today, but I didn't manage to go on the sewing machine so I just did it by hand. My practical teachers for the next month or so as both designer and so we're exploring different conceptual techniques from their subjects. I experimented by sewed over a photocopy of one of my drawings from Day 2 and the final images came out of the back of the paper. It wasn't as good as it could have been, I definitely want to               try using a machine at some point.


I am putting it up on the web as just an experiment, would love to know what people thought as I may not carry it on if people don't seem that interested. Would love to hear critics and feedback, so please do leave a comment bellow.

Click for Day 1 & 2