09.04.11 pm

Have had lots of fun, playing within my home. As the weather was so fantastic I  experimented outdoors, starting with making a paper mache object, very pink as I wanted it thin and that was the only tissue paper I had - but it could be made from other items such as strips of fabric or handmade paper. I used a balloon to shape it as I wanted to create a shape that had no obvious function to prevent me from jumping ahead of myself.

Left it to dry whilst I went exploring, collected some petals in a basket with the idea of using them for mark making. Tried to start but found myself thinking about what to create so put the basket on it's side and rolled it down the bank. It created a lovely shape which I can explore further by taking the photographed image and using it within my home theme.

I usually use this basket for collecting fruit or veg from the garden so it has a definite place within my world as do the flowers from which these petals were taken . My garden is hugely important to me as a beautiful, productive , sanctuary, the space that I like to create within my work is also important to me as an individual and I get that in my garden.
Collected more petals as they appear as a colour coded calendar for my home life,  I've just left a very yellow March and am now in a predominately pink/purple April.
I have added these to the pink form by throwing them onto it, almost like the way the fruit blossom is being blown from the trees onto the grass . I want the randomness as it prevents me controlling the outcome at the moment.
I have no idea where this is going : it could be an egg, Spring, there could be something inside, it could be a representation of female, I could put further marks onto it, I could cut it open, hang it up, layer it further, make more to join it, light it, photograph it and use the images, use the patterns on the surface as repeat material, I could look at it spatially and make it appear a different size using props, etc, etc. Does it have a function ?. Does it matter ?
I find it very challenging and oddly freeing to not have already decided what this item is, all I know is that I'm thinking about my home and I'm enjoying myself.

I was told in the assessment to try risk taking, experimentation, playfulness and I think I'm beginning to achieve that , so I'm pleased.

Family turned up so cake made and half eaten - rhubarb cake today.