To begin this project Steve introduced us to many different ways paper could be engineered into different interactive aspects such as pop up books, still story telling images and cut out images that when reflected onto a wall would created a shadow puppet feel, This really began my inspiration to flow as, seeing the paper manipulated in such different ways was really interesting to me as it is something i haven't been educated before, seeing that all of these engineering processes took hold into art types was truly interesting considering their only thing in common was paper. Here are some examples;
The main brief for our paper engineering was to research into fairly tales, Steve had previous said that our project would be fairy tale based, however I knew I wanted to put a dark spin on things by making the tale I would choose more gothic themed in comparison to the light tales told to children to prevent them from the real truths, I began to research into multiple fairy tales before deciding on doing Little Red Riding Hood, I thought this would be a good idea as the forest scenes really stuck out to me as being something so atmospheric that could be manipulate into something good. Unfortunately, when researching into the dark truth of LRRH it seems there were many interpretations such as the fact the wolf is actually a sexual predator after the young girl. Another interpretation is that even the people we think we can actually trust can and will harm us, in layman's terms the wolf is essentially a metaphor for predatory behaviour, which i think is rather interesting considering the fact that LRRH is a folks tale. The particular scene I wanted to focus on for this project was the wolf sneaking up to the young girl within the depths of the forest as I feel like as a still image it is that scene that is most iconic, whilst researching LRRH this was the scene that was most iconically shown during image shows. Out of the examples Steve had shown us, I was most interested in doing a still image but after my own version of, after doing my own research can all be scene in my sketchbook, I found an example of paper engineering that I wanted to interpret into my own where by the images almost comes out of the page. I was drawn into re doing a still image version as i was drawn in by the intricate layers and 3D aspects lead into the image, it brings it to life.
I began creating my paper engineering by collecting all of the things I would need such as a hardback book and sticks to start my process, selecting the middle of the book as my starting point I drew out my rectangle and began to cut out the middle area of the book, on reflection I wish i had scalpelled out the middle section neater than I had because it wouldn't have been so amateur or maybe that is me being too hard on myself. My wolf and young girl were created by both hand and through Abode Illustrator to present my skills and talents to the Steve, I really liked this element and it worked well together due to the fact both images were consistent even though created differently. I also think that adding in real sticks to the still image really brought out the 3D aspects like I hoped it would, it tied the image in together well. Overall, I have really enjoyed doing such a different project as it was great to be working on a physical item instead of working on a screen.
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