about some brothers

EeeeTeee phone home..

to : someone

the beginning of the pocket collection, sort of.

it started early. cos it needed to. first: sewing with wire. they've turned out a bit bigger than pocket size but thats ok. need to make lots more for the idea to work. (more made since the picture got taken: total: 3 people, 2 fishes, and 1 bird)

the thing about paper mache, which happens after the wire sewing bit, is its got a kind of a wierd or important process bit to it.

if you make paper mache using of strips of newspaper -thats the most well known way, then its like wrapping with bandages, you get all the gloopy -flour and water- glue, but you gotta use boiling water in the beginning cos that does something to the particles in the flour and makes it stronger, then you sort of cover individual strips of paper with the glue and then you wrap it round the wire sewed sculpture thing. its kind of wierd.it makes you think differently, and the sculpture isnt really just a thing, at that stage. its about deconstruction and reconstruction and fixing.

there is another method, and that is to buy a paper shredder, and shred newspaper up into little bits and mix it with the glue and it turns into a kind of pulp which is good for moulding. thats a lot like cement, you use it to build up areas, its different to the bandage method and the thinking is different too.

then after all of that, you douse it in lots of colour and maybe some words, and then you almost drown it in envirotex lite, which is a kind of thick clear varnish that protects it, but you have to make sure that all the glue is dry, and the paint.
paper mache can be as strong as wood, you could even make a house out of it, if you did it properly and took a long time over it.
thats all way too long for explaining a picture, you can just look at the picture if you like. if you got this far in the first place...

AN ANOUNCEMENT!!

announcing:
WWW.SPARKLE-EMPIRE.CO.UK revamped...
PUBLISHED! check it out , yay!!

a few things to change, add..... etseteraa... (and then

Web Man

is still sorting stuff out so may be unavailable temporarily)

and of course, a picture for today, to celebrate, yay!

a certain section so far

except grout and then, time ran out, so its a bit abstract, but will look different when grouted, cos the smalti will turn enigmatic and stuff, and the non-straight lines will make a bit more overall sense when they're all not straight at the same time, it will be more wavy but joined together. in a way..

now there are fishes

here are some pictures

a drawing that will have a purpose one day

part of the wall

this is part of the wall, the first bit, ungrouted, but using direct method of mosaic instead of indirect method which will be better for other parts. and paint walls... of course.

a box full of colour

another one from a while ago

about stuff from a while ago

reaching the stars

lets go and find ideas

Jack

more joining up of things

this is part of a page from the almost made website. its the coolest page in a way, its called The Playground, and its a bit like blogging and its full of all different stuff, without any structure really, more like water and air and sky.
this is part of a pre-announcement, so that the plan flys. a lot.

By Jemima

a painting from a while ago - Dindsy

the roads

end to white

the stars remain

some feet with

somewhere

helping with choosing

a new painting

This is probably called:
'At least something is happening'

The text stuff on the picture says, like
"its not as complicated as it looks: being on both sides at the same time"
"it just takes time"
"THE BIRDS HAVE A PLAN"
and
"at least something is happening"
(but without the inverted commas)

a small thing, about kind people

a theory about colour related to other stuff