FE Making Week

After Submitting Stage 2 we had a week off for assessment. During this week the tutors had put together sessions for learning new skills and enhancing others. I went to quite a few and wanted to document each of them and the outcomes I achieved.

3D Sculpture

Cosplay and prop making

Technician Ben fletcher

Eva foam - Beginner class

Can create - props and costume, wood bark and panel, metal, leather and dragon skin.

Always use reference images to create textures.

Templates on UCA (camicosplay)

Start with template cut out
Draw around template on foam with a permanent marker.
Use a Stanley knife to cut along the lines
Follow angles
Use a hot air gun to manipulate the foam to create shape
Use glue (impact adhesive) to stick pieces together (wait until tacky)
To create texture and detail use a knife, apply heat to separate the gaps.
Use a heat pen (pyrography) to create shapes
Dremel rotary tool. Shaping edges.
Spray primer first
Paint with acrylic
Use toothpaste or latex to add weathering effects.
Metallic pens, puffy fabric paint

Tip - to test paint is dry, paint a little elsewhere at the same time to check.

Glass Bending

Glass home hacks

Glass bending and drawing

Using tea lights

Used to make line drawings

They can be objects in themselves or in a larger installations

Artists

Su - neon Kinn. Forest of chains 2019. Using stringers and alcohol torch.
Kim Sharp
Kit P Avlon. Lamp working techniques to create wearable pieces
Kim Edwards.

Making Glass chains

Health and safety

hair tied back
Glasses
Take caution
Damp teatowel

To sand rough edges use wet and dry sandpaper 120 grit

Heat stringer to bend into a curve.

laura.quinn@uca.ac.uk

Photography

Jason Lake and David Fisk

Aperture

Aperture - Small (larger number) sharper background.

Small hole in the lens - lets light through - f number.

Bigger aperture lower number smaller depth of field. Soft Background

Smaller aperture higher number bigger depth of field. Sharper Background

Landscapes - large depth of field. Small aperture (large Number)

Portraits - large aperture (small number) blurred background

AV mode (Controlling Aperture)

Stands for Aperture Value

Dial on top of camera to change aperture Value

Shutter Speed

Amount of time the shutter is open letting light on the sensor. Freeze movement or capture movement as trails.

Fast shutter speed - freeze movement

Slow shutter speed - movement as trails

Tv mode - stands for Time Value.

Tv mode - dial on the top of camera change shutter speed.

Slow shutter speed may need a tripod to stop camera shake.

Sport and product photography require a fast shutter speed.

Slow shutter speed allows us to capture movement and enhancing the business.

Anything under 1/60th you might get camera shake, use a tripod to table or edge of furniture to give more stability.

Shooting in the studio - the speed may need to be different based on light

ISO

Light sensitivity of a digital image sensor.

Increase the ISO the sensor becomes more sensitive to light, allows us to capture more light

The lower the number the less it works. Clean image

The higher number - noisy image (grain) The camera is working harder so guessing the image.

Any Manual mode you can change ISO. Not on Automatic. Usual within the menu. A button on the top that says ISO

Composition

Makes an image pleasing to look at. Tells a story. Evokes an emotion. Draws emphasis towards the subject.

Simplicity - Simplicity composition utilises clean backgrounds to avoid distractions and focus on the subject.

Rule of thirds - This rule has the subject facing towards negative space to draw viewers eye. Horizon lines on one of the horizontal lines.

Framing - this channels the viewers eye towards the subject by outlining it.

Golden Ratio - the golden ratio uses an exponentially decreasing spiral to lead a viewers attention around an image to a terminal point.

Balance/Symmetry - Having the subject evenly weighted in the image draws the eye towards it.

Leading lines - lines beginning under the bottom third lead the viewers eye towards the subject

Shape, colour, texture, perspective, form/mass, Value - What are the factors that make up the composition? Different stands out.

Worth knowing colour theory to contrast your subject.

Things to remember

Hardware

Spare Battery. Charger.
Memory cards - Make sure it's in the camera.

Keep the camera and lens clean. - dry paintbrush

Sensor cleaning kit

Camera strap

neck or wrist

Filters

UV filters to protect the glass at the front of the lens

Composition

Point of focus

Consider your background

Choose aperture and shutter speed for subject

Photoshop

Rob Roach

Gaussian Blur - To stop pixelating

Try not to use destructive techniques that effect the original image

Us layers so you can change and remove if needed.

InDesign

Silicone Moulds

Take an Impression

10am

Emma Rawson, Farnham Campus.

Find out how to make silicone moulds of small objects at home.

Materials and equipment

bathroom silicone with dispensing gun
Vaseline
Disposable gloves
Corn flour
Baking tray
Kitchen grease proof paper
Little bit of acrylic

Think about ventilation, work place, covering floors.

Artist - Angela Jarman

Steps

put grease proof on baking tray
Put on gloves
Put cornflour on the tray
Add bathroom silicone
Add acrylic
Fold all together to form a putty that is smooth
Chose an object and add a thin layer of vaseline
Take a small piece of your putty and wrap it around your object
Make sure the walls aren’t too thin or thick
Leave to dry
Once dry remove the object, sometimes need to create an incision with craft knife