Workshop Session Day Four

Today on a sheet of perspex, I reflected my experience and interpretation of Wymering Manor using concrete poetry and paintings of parts of the manor that were most memorable to me. On the perspex I included; different angles of the stairs, the loft roof beams, the table and fireplace from the grand hall, different views of the exterior of the manor, lots of shrubbery and greenery, and concrete poetry. 

I started by drawing my design with a permanent marker and then using acrylic paint, I decided to only partially paint the drawings as the perspex will be situated in front of the 'backdrop' that I have made, this is so the backdrop is still visible whilst having a design element in front of it, this also adds more layers to my 'set'. Also, I conscientiously painted particular parts as they were the most memorable elements in the manor; the green carpets on the stairs, the table in the grand hall, the roof of the manor, the shrubbery growing on the manor grounds, the dark coloured wood used on the stairs. The adjectives I used for the concrete poetry are; Historic, dark, cold, intimate, and labyrinth. Although these adjectives aren't all positive, I believe that they reflect the atmosphere of the manor well. 

After the paint had dried, I used a heat gun to bend the perspex into shape so that it could hold itself up without any additional support, and so it would fit onto the metal base without any overhang. 

I am really pleased with how the perspex turned out as it adds more depth and layering to the 'backdrop' and sets up the space as a layered performance space for my model. 

After some consideration, I have decided to change my initial plan for my model of the manor from a whole model of the exterior to a sectional model in scale 1:20. This is because the backdrop is also a section through the TV and it will work better with a sectional model as it will add more layering and depth to the artefact. 

I am planning on making the model of the grand hall, as - to me - its the most memorable room in the manor, and it would be the most interesting room to make a sectional model, as well as the perspex has a lot of elements from the grand hall, so this will link everything together well.