freddie Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Eldest son is doing GCSE Art, and has "colour and movement as a title. We are building a tree from driftwood , in the back yard. It's huge!!, and we're going to hang coloured ??? from it etc. Ideas please, talented, imaginary ones, please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 what about nautical coloured bunting the tree sounds fab cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I'd hang loads of strips of fabric from it. Perhaps one colour but use tones and shades and textures. Or wheels of all sorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 What about those spiral thingys that twist in the breeze and look as if they are going up and down? If you could get them with a different colour on each side (or buy the metallic ones and paint them)? This kind of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 We've(he's) got to hand make it, so............ we're going beachcombing, and will then drill/wrap, hang somehow, all the the beautiful found objects, onto said tree. Photos to follow. Currently, he's binding the "branches" we've grafted on with garden twine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Ah, handmade. Spirals could be made by binding twigs together, or straw - if you search for them on ebay there are quite a few made out of natural materials that he may be able to copy - just thinking they will give lots of movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 what about making them out of coke cans - do you remember Twister with helen Hunt in it? they "made dorothy fly" by cutting out loads of circles from cans and twisting them like a windmill are you taking photos? cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 That will be some portfolio to cart in to school Sounds great........and photos are a must as you well know freddie Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Dont even ask how we're going to get it back to school. It is taller than me, and wider than I'm tall Will speak to trhe art master later, to get his views. Also wont fit through any doorway........... here or at school. Will have to go on the roofrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 How funny, you will be able to enter a carnival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Buckets and spades? There's a tree at Lulworth Cove covered in buckets and spades: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Paper fishes? Paper chains, glass painted jam jars with tealights in for evening time. Hmm things that move in the breeze? Pants?! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 All change!! Well, not all, it's still a tree, but is now going to be sprayed white(messy), and then have shards of broken mirror stuck to it, and these will be grouted in with a thin grout, wiped away from the mirrors. This will then mean the viewer becomes the "colour and movement" as requested by the gcse..... Got it??? Took me a while, all a bit installation/tracey emin for me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Paper fishes? Paper chains, glass painted jam jars with tealights in for evening time. Hmm things that move in the breeze? Pants?! Emma.x They all sound lovely. You could make the fishes out of plastic - maybe carrier bags? How about some sound - wind chimes? EDIT: just seem your post. That sounds fab! Very inspired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow very arty. Tate Modern here they come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow that will look fantastic! I know the look he is aiming for - I've seen some mannequins / human figures done like that in our local glass house wine bar & it looks really Blimey if he's got standards that high at GCSE level - imagine his creations at Degree level! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Just a suggestion, but he may want to look at the work of Candace Bahouth. I saw her stuff at an exhibition in Bath a few years ago and really liked it. See Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 What fab stuff!! Love it!. If I haven't killed him by tomorrow, I'll let him look then............. we have Math GCse tomorrow... so study furiously tonight, with dear old Mum stood over him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 how's the tree coming along, would love to see it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Wow that website is amazing, id love a proper pair of shoes like that Hows the tree coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'd love some of that work for a feature in my chicken garden. Need news of the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 tree is together, and he's started binding it. I wont help, as it's his art piece, and this weekend we were windsurfing all weekend(well, he was!) There will be photos, promise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
