Claire Smyth AAD009 Drawing in Practice: Alt. Means – Handmade Mark Making Tools and Collated Patterns
Various creative and crafty aspects where in fact required for the appropriate completion of this particular alternative means task / workshop, due to being assigned to create, design and make 12 handmade mark making tools / instruments out of various random natural and manmade items, objects and materials. As a result, throughout my 12 handmade mark making tools, I was able to include materials such as the likes of: sticks, string, leaves, flowers, toothbrush, nails / screws, stationary, bottle caps, cardboard, sponges, wire, bamboo, clips, plastics and cotton buds etc.
As a whole, creating the mark making tools was in which very intriguing and fascinating, as you had you had to especially think, take note and consider what type and kind of marks it may make or create on paper once dipped into paint / ink. In relevance to this, I feel that I was overly successful in making / creating a wide array and range of different / varied mark making tools using multiple type of materials both household and natural. Surprisingly, my tools ended up creating some very vibrant and bold marks and patterns as a result of using different shapes and sizes throughout to produce multiple experimental and expressionistic pieces and compositions as pictured below.
(Scale of patterns / marks: A4. Date work / task was completed: 29/09/2020).