- Bloggers on Portfolio course are going to follow each other, and comment on work - good to have feed-back! Chief Blogger expert has shown me how to get stuff off Media Share into You Tube so Mac users can view my film footage. Ta, Sam!
- Tom suggested "Waves" by Virginia Woolf as poss inspiration - will read. Loads of useful ideas which I need to absorb!
- Wendy said photos of form through stream looked like marbling. Also asked if I was going to paint them - realised that they've been abstracted as far as they can go - "wrung dry"! Any more and it would be a mess. So you've got to know when to stop!
- Final Cut Pro induction. Surprisingly easy once you've set up folders and sorted your scratch discs. Enjoyed editing cheesy detective soap! Have started on my film footage but aware of its shortcomings:
- Too much exposure makes light harsh and glaring - how to soften?
- Clumsy zoom
- Need to get rid of staples on perspex
- More close-up footage needed on organza.
Low budget soap uses only one camera and films same scene lots of times from different angles. Had the idea that I could do same for beach film, and do soft dissolving transitions between each angle? Need to go back to beach!
- Back to Textiles for first time in ages to make handmade paper form. Used loads of loo roll and silky threads. Wrapped plaster forms in cling film, pressed paper over with J cloths. Also added Angelica fibres. In some I sandwiched pulp with thinly stretched wool tops for felt-making. Worked really well! Easily slipped off moulds, nicely thready. In the one I added wool, it had meshed with the paper and felted. Also broken away in places to give a lacy effect. Will show the light through well. Can't wait to photograph them.
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