Meet the Stringfellows, Day Two

Not as many photos here - most of the day, we were too busy to pause and take photos until the very end. That being said, it was brilliant fun.

Today we got into groups. The previous day, our tutors told us to bring in masking tape and one other form of fastening (not glue or anything wet). I brought in a stapler, string, Sellotape, and dressmaking pins - others had also brought in a variety of bits but a few had only brought one along with their tape. Depending on which fastening we had with us, we were put into groups that had a 'fastening in common'. As you can guess, ours (our team being Naomi, Susie, Mary and myself) was string.

Coming up with our team-name was rather easy. All the credit for it (and for making our tutor laugh) goes to Mary, who just had it pop into her head randomly. We all giggled and 100% agreed on the name, and off we went to do the task that had been asked of us.


What did they ask us to do? Again, we were studying qualities of objects - and had to represent it in some way so that it was part of the environment we were in (like an installation) and yet using one of the words given to us yesterday (texture, shape, decoration, etc.). Some people selected the windows, others selected the banisters of stairs, others even made use of some lamps that were left in a corner.

We came across a few chairs.




We found particular interest in the texture of the seats, as it was a straw-like material woven into the frame. Some of it was frayed, and dangling from the bottom, so using some card (provided to us by our tutors) we made a 3D frame and various styles of string (plaits, twists, some even made from the leftover card) to sew onto it.

We finally balanced it on three plungers we found, and there we have it:




Everyone turned out some really interesting projects.

So, in conclusion - it was an awesome visit! The museum was great, and I'm understanding the work a little better now. On Monday, we start work in sketchbooks, which should be fun.