A Change of Colour...

Since I was having a problem with the colour of the 'mushrooms', and wether or not I even wanted to use these pieces in my final degree show, I wanted to be satisfied with their appearance . As well as working out how I would compose them, I was considering if I should use them for a separate exhibition. Using the same flip-colour as my previous sculptures in 'Unhinged Consciousness' (2020), I experimented with different coloured bases. The image TOP RIGHT is a flip colour over the top of neon pink and green, but all the colours were blending to give this quite interesting transition. Deliberating on how I was going to apply these colours took some time, but on the two BOTTOM images you can see how I decided to apply the base that would later become like the image TOP RIGHT. A white coat was needed to cover the existing colours (TOP LEFT). I have always been drawn to neon pink and green and still believe that this is reference to raves or nights out, however loosely related. The colours are psychoactive but until they have the flip colour, tarmac and maybe spikes on them, I don't think the pieces will have that negative mind-bending undertone that I always want my work to have.

The process of colouring the work required a lot of attention to detail, using masking tape on each section and creating layers of black first to create depth and darkness.