Spiders

After removing wires from a few pieces of ribbon for a project, twisted them together to form a creature ... Do I have Maman on the brain !

Been thinking about materials which can be left outside for extended lengths of time. You have the natural ones like wood and stone which are traditionally used for sculpture. Then there is metals and concrete. Been looking at canvas, plastics and hemp. The fibrecraft do a bronze and stainless steel fabric - see here...

Research on Henry Moore has unearthed his current working methods. This is very much about found objects and working with the natural form. He generally will create a maquette (small version - he calls them 3d sketchs) of a piece he is planning rather than a whole series of drawings.
Often these are made up of found objects: flint, driftwood, shells or bones. To his found objects he will add clay or plasticine.

This is starting to feel like quite an interesting avenue to follow, both from the point of view of added found objects into my work but also for creating a series of sketches of a maquette made from a found object and clay which could become a piece of work too.