Most of this week has been taken up with the HCC assignment which is due in a couple of weeks. The subject I've chosen is that of the pastoral and how this influenced suburban housing. I've chosen this as I hope not only to discuss the styles of the exteriors of the housing but also the interiors and how furniture and other interior products reflect the pastoral e.g ornamental objects such as those produced by Beswick and Sylvac. I felt that this reflected my current project in practice 3 of trying bringing the outside in. With my current project in mind, I also thought it might be interesting to discuss how the idea of the pastoral is still around today and provide modern examples. I had a tutorial with Jane Webb who confirmed that I would be okay to approach the assignment in this way and suggested I use interior magazines of the day, such as House and Garden, as starting points. I thought it would be interesting to contrast these directly with modern magazines such as Country Living etc.
Further to last week's laser cutting I stained the cut-out coffee rings to provide a contrast when slotted back into the MDF, however the effect was hardly visible and the stain needs to be a lot darker. The moss cushions have proven a bit of a nightmare to upholster and slot back in; neither the fabric nor the filling will stay in place and the cut-out shapes themselves are either too big or too small to slot back in snugly. I think I need to use small tacks in order to attach the material to the MDF or at least some stronger glue. For the few seconds when one of the cushions does stay in place I am pleased with the result but it's fair to say that this idea needs much more development.
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