YARN WITH PVA AND COLOUR LINKING TO VISUAL INSPO

LINKING TO SHOOT 3 ABOUT FIREWORKS

I wanted to experiment with the movement of line and shape via the visual inspiration I gained from photographing the fireworks exploding into the sky, I began working with PVA  on white cartridge paper and found that when I dried it, a soft yet rough texture would be created as the colour mixes with the glue. I wanted to experiment with yarn in particular because I knew that it already gave off a see through texture where holes were present and so if I were to put glue onto it, my first reaction is that it would seep through, However, I was proven wrong.

Close up of the experiment

I mixed black watercolour with PVA but had to add more glue so it wouldn't lose its thickness and so then once I had enough texture I decided to uncontrollably pour it wherever onto the yarn, I did it uncontrollably so I were able to really acknowledge if the PVA were to seep through the holes straight away, and although they did, when I used a heat gun to dry it, the glue even kept its colour from the watercolour. To improve I would like to actually create the line and choose colours to incorporate that are similar to the images I photographed of the fireworks exploding into the sky.

For this experiment I used Indian ink in the colours blue and yellow as I wanted to re create what I saw on the images I took, I applied the PVA alone onto the yarn and then decided to add the ink by using a smaller paintbrush and smudging the ink into the PVA, almost like I was working into the PVA's thickness. I used blue because it is an exaggerated colour as the ink is very pigmented and bright so therefore, when drying it the colour seeping into the material into of going through it. However, I don't think that the yellow ink has kept its original colour and I believe that black ink or red ink would've showed up or made a bigger impact. To improve I would work onto the material with either piling on another layer of PVA or adding a dry material to pick up the shaped texture ontop of the yarn.