Studio practice 2- Post Mid Crit

After Neil Nodzak sequential art workshop, i started to look into how i could use the information i learned in this project. I have lots of written work and as im exploring the topic of childhood my writing has been mostly memories and stories in poem like forms. i wanted to see how i could translate this into sequential works. Initially i took the approach i saw in aiden koch’s work, using as little words as possible to convey as much as possible. i liked breaking down each piece of writing to see what stood out, using imagery like teeth, ladders and rotten apples all felt still relevant to the theme whilst also breaking down a story/memory. ive been struggling to portray what i need to but after a 1-1 ive realised that even though the direct story or explanation might not be obvious, when you look at each peace you can see care and nurture just by the feeling of it and the colours textures.

Moving on from the sequential drawings i have started to see how i could use the same techniques but on fabric to tie back into the previous weavings. The continuation of negative space/ gaps i think helps to highlight the idea of imperfection or a lacking of something.

All of the above work is based on these pieces of writing below. The hand written bits are all very rough versions/first drafts but i intend to play further with words and layout.