I wanted to try out a repeated pattern background for some of the doll figures that I made - kind of recreating a wallpaper pattern. Although the floral motifs aren't identical, I feel like the colours work, especially the sugar paper's texture, and helps to reference kitsch style.

This series of photographs was taken in order to investigate other ways I could use the dolls that I made - instead of just being physical objects. The blurring camera effect makes the images almost look like paintings, I could try printing these on a large scale and placing them together with the dolls in an installation set up to see what effect this has.

28th February - Studio Work

I've been on overdrive in the studio lately, due to the ever nearing deadline of the degree show. Although we're all feeling the pressure to make and develop work, I think it's a positive kind of pressure as it is making us work hard and push our ideas further and quicker than previous years. Hopefully we won't all be reduced to nervous wrecks as the weeks progress.

These are the small dolls that I've made so far but I hope to make around 20 to try out various different fabrics and dress styles. I've tried out making some dolls with bridal dress in response to my dissertation research on women and mental health and feel they are quite successful. I'm in the process of trying to integrate my dissertation research in my studio works more, and feel this is a step in the right direction.

I've been thinking about different ways I could hang the dolls that I've been making, either within an installation or displayed in a similar way to paintings. In the images below the dolls are hooked onto nails, and because of the lightness of the materials that I've used, they hold well and don't require any further support. I quite like them arranged in a series, but perhaps I need to be more experimental in terms of the way the figures look?