January is here and it's time to be getting on with research for the Final Major Project.
I am, as yet, undecided on precisely what I'm making but have narrowed it down to another entomological (insect) model.
This is because I enjoyed my Communication Interaction piece last year so much more than any of the other projects and achieved, although unfinished, a much better final result. I made a 20:1 scale model of the very rare Purbeck Mason Wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii). This time I want to make a model of something that's interesting, peculiar and, preferably, very strange to look at. I hope to make the model as large and impressive as possible, which will hopefully help get me noticed at New Blades in June and provide a strong piece for my portfolio.
I've been leafing through a book of anatomical illustrations: The Anatomy of Insects and Spiders (Beverley.C and Ponsonby. D, 2007, Ivy Press, Lewes, UK). The book contains over 600 illustrations (black and white line drawings) of many different species of insect and arachnid. I've been looking through this book to gain inspiration and possibly the actual subject matter for my project.
I am, so far, looking primarily at Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) and Phasmids (stick insects and praying mantises). As they are such strange-looking creatures I'm being drawn most towards the mantis and have already found a few possible candidates.Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis Diabolica)
Madagascan Ghost Mantid (Phyllocrania paradoxa)
These three stand out most because they're such interesting specimens and would make great, large-scale models.
I am, as yet, undecided on precisely what I'm making but have narrowed it down to another entomological (insect) model.
This is because I enjoyed my Communication Interaction piece last year so much more than any of the other projects and achieved, although unfinished, a much better final result. I made a 20:1 scale model of the very rare Purbeck Mason Wasp (Pseudepipona herrichii). This time I want to make a model of something that's interesting, peculiar and, preferably, very strange to look at. I hope to make the model as large and impressive as possible, which will hopefully help get me noticed at New Blades in June and provide a strong piece for my portfolio.
I've been leafing through a book of anatomical illustrations: The Anatomy of Insects and Spiders (Beverley.C and Ponsonby. D, 2007, Ivy Press, Lewes, UK). The book contains over 600 illustrations (black and white line drawings) of many different species of insect and arachnid. I've been looking through this book to gain inspiration and possibly the actual subject matter for my project.
I am, so far, looking primarily at Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) and Phasmids (stick insects and praying mantises). As they are such strange-looking creatures I'm being drawn most towards the mantis and have already found a few possible candidates.Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
Devil's Flower Mantis (Idolomantis Diabolica)
Madagascan Ghost Mantid (Phyllocrania paradoxa)
These three stand out most because they're such interesting specimens and would make great, large-scale models.
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