Paper Cutouts

081013 Tues.

Our third assignment was playing with paper and knife: Paper Cutouts! :D

Assignment 3:

• Create 2 different artworks (A4) using paper cutout and collage techniques.
• It can be in any colour you wish.
• 1 artwork should represent balance & symmetry.
• 1 artwork should represent dominance, space & weight.
• Dateline: 8th October 2013.

Before we started doing them, we needed to draw a mind map and brainstorm as many as ideas as possible. At first I did think of using architecture, animals, etc. but eventually I chose fairy tales as my final theme and Ms. Lisa also agreed that fairy tales do have a lot of elements for me to play with such as trees, forests, flora and fauna. She also gave me a great idea: put my artwork within a vintage frame. :)

Here comes my final works! :D

Asymmetry

The Six Swans

My inspiration was from The Six Swans, a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. The six brothers had been turned into swans by their hateful stepmother. In order to free them, their sister must make six shirts out of starwort for her brothers and neither speak nor laugh for six years. For me, the whole idea of this story can actually be summarized by three words: Waiting for you. The princess and the swans were sad but they couldn't tell, they are all waiting for the day they could reunion again.

Symmetry

Little Red Riding Hood

As for the symmetrical artwork, I chose Little Red Riding Hood as my topic. This time since I've earned some experiences already, I tried to deal with thinner lines and do a more detailed work. I only used two colours for my artwork as I wanted people to focus on the details and all those little little thingy. I was super duper touched when Ms. Lisa noticed the typography in this picture: Little Red Riding Hood :'D In fact she was the only one who noticed it :')

The objective of this assignment was actually wanted us to treat cutting knife like a pencil. I know this may sound arrogant but personally I think I really have achieved this aim and I feel so proud of my work. :) In fact, the cutting process isn't that hard as long as you have a good knife, but patience is what it counts, seriously. It takes time to produce a nice and smooth work so don't panic. :) Besides for me the sticking process is really tricky haha :p I should have bought a spraying glue, it would be much easier to stick compared to a gluestick >_<

Anyways, that's all for this assignment^_^ Another one down, still, looking forward to the next one! :D