W/Hole Hearts...names beginning with w

contemplate

Names beginning with...w... represents my friend William

W/Hole hearts...names beginning with...q

a captor...

q...front

Made 13/09/2011...names beginning with q...even though I know people with q names, I could not think of anything appropriate to a name...I did how ever think of a prisoner behind bars. Either a captor of my heart or a capturer of my heart...more a concept about heart then a person related brooch

W/Hole hearts...beginning with p...

How Mary began

13/09/2011...names beginning with p...patricia(mom)...since this was my mother’s letter brooch I had the idea to make a mary- the most recognised mother symbol that I could think of. Doing this took some work, I had an existing little person that I adapted by turning her arm to her chest and them fusing bits of silver slowly on. I built these fused layers up until the figure had a skirt and veil then files and burred more detail in to form the miniature mary. For the back of the brooch, I used gold leaf and drilled into the back plate as a sort of halo effect. This brooch was a real challenge to make, especially the mary, it was also the first time I had used gold leaf. This is one of the most effective brooches as all its elements come together to form the mother imagery that I was trying to achieve.

W/Hole hearts...names beginning with n...

n...front

couple brooch on the back

another view

08-09-2011...names beginning with an n... Nicky, Nick... people who I care for and have great friendships with, hence the couple as symbolic of relationships.

W/Hole heart...names beginning with l...

l...front

l...back girl with a balloon

the girl is a brooch

Made 07-09-2011, I had to do a little girl for name beginning with l for Laila one of my dear nieces that I never rarely get a chance to see. She is growing-up without me really being a part of her life, which is rather sad..., this is the little girl that I miss happy being a child with a balloon.

W/hole hearts... 6/20

h-z enamel hearts

finished a-f

image taken 24/06/11...So I've made 6/26...not quite sure what happened to my images of names starting with...f.... This is much like...a...with a little person in a window, but this time a lady (it's the last bag on the right of the 6 hearts).

Any way this is my process, I have all the enamelled hearts pinned behind me on a board and then remove them to make one, when finished I pin them up on the board in front of my bench. I prefer seeing what I have done, rather then what I have to do. Mentally I think it's a more positive and less daunting to see what I have achieved. When I took these images I was busy with names beginning with...g....

I did have a little bit of a brain faff and thought that I should start making these hearts at random, I was worried that one of two things could happen...either I run out of ideas by the last few letters of the alphabet or the works get more intense when I get to the end. Should I make the work randomly to avoid this melt down or build-up, so that everything looks even and balanced???? Well I decided to carry on in alphabetical order, no matter what the out come. I think it will be a good insight into my design progression or regression...

W/hole heart...names beginning with c

back side of the two halves of c brooch

front side of c brooch with porthole

set brooch with man's legs through the porthole

front enamelled side of c brooch

Photo's taken 17/06/11....names beginning with c...carla, charmaine, chereen, craig....so i made porthole and decided to that I wanted to see a little person through the porthole. Why his legs...why not...as I was viewing different people through the window, this view happened by chance and i liked the oddness of things...what is he doing?

W/heart brooches - names beginning with - A

This is the underside of the back of the brooch

This is the back of the brooch with the little person inserted

The front - names beginning with - A - anna, andrew, amelia, adam...
People who leave w/holes in your heart
Silver, enamel, stainless steel and copper
2011

The two brooches separated

This is the first of the brooches to be finished. I've tried to create a window shape for the little person to slide / fit into and have left the pin a minimal as possible, cutting it's catch from the backing. I am going to make the rest of the brooches in a similar manner, but I'm sure there will be changes as the process develops.

little people / pastic / hearts

This little people cast was very porous but I quite like it

this little people cast was not to bad

cleanest little plastic people

I cast plastic little people a while ago, with different degrees of success. Some were very porous and lost limbs, while others were a bit blurry. I had forgotten what brand of little people, I had used and cast a whole set of new figures... they worked out well but because of their obvious worker look they could be very restrictive... I've been trying to figure out what to do. I made my own little person which has not turned out that bad, but do i now need to make lots of them or reuse that figure. At a Masters meeting it was suggested that i use the not so successful porous figures as they are obscure yet still representative of the human form.

My idea started with ' people who leave holes in your heart' this was a bit negative as i thought about what I really wanted to convey. My thoughts were of those people that who help and hurt me and how they affect my heart physically and emotionally. The physical pain of loss and joy, but the idea stems from my feeling that no matter what happen good or bad it adds to my wholeness as a human being. So the W/Hole heart idea emerged... which now holds multiple layers that i have not quite figured out...

little people / whole heart

This was my carve little person that i blogged about earlier...

So this is it cast, I know it's not well proportioned but I don't think it turned out that bad

I have started cleaning it up... cut the arm off the body to make it easier, and to try get the proportion right should be easy enough to extend them when the body is ready.

little people

filed up little person

wax

2010 Feb

I cast some train-set little people a while ago, now I'm trying to make my own person. The Train-set people were restrictive- to what i could get and also how the plastic cast. So I'll see how this person turns out, I used carving wax and did most of the carving with a small ball burr.