what are you doing?
What were my actions?
so what?
What new questions do I have?
what's happened to me?
What was the result of my actions?
I used this glittery gold acrylic glue because it was the only one I had at the time and I didn't feel like buying normal glue just for this. I did the regular steps, mixed it with water and painted different objects with you, 1-3 layers. I tried different objects, tested you on round and sharp corners. I even applied you onto my beloved kitty. Then I left you to dry and peeled you off.
I messed up with the nail polish bottle and massage ball, it was late at night and I forgot to put vaseline first so you would be easier to remove. I had to use some acetone to get you off. I didn't forget with my kitty, I treated her with care.
Scale would be the obvious next step, how would you work if applied to a bigger surface? Stretched to a bigger size? How would you hold up? Could you be a sculpture? A dress? A wearable one?
How are you like if I painted 5 layers? 10? Would you still be flexible at all? How would you scale? I'm thinking of clothes thanks to that Ruby Silvious artist now, I wonder how would you feel on my skin? I don't mind looking at your wrinkles now, but I wonder if they would be uncomfortable. You didn't tear when I pierced you with a needle, and that got me thinking how it would feel to cut you with a laser cutter.
what else do you need from me?
What does this mean for next steps?
Even with the vaseline you tore easily, though I'm not sure how much of that is my fault and how much is yours. Despite that, you held up magnificently. Or maybe it's the glue to thank for that? I do think you had a toughness to you that I don't find with regular tissue paper though. Not as tough as newspaper of course, but I only did a few layers after all, and you certainly maintained more detail, I can almost see the cat's eyes! In preparation for the next experiment, I tried sewing your torn pieces together, and you handled that quite well. This was a promising start!
what do you want?
What did I aim to do?
Considering your paper origins, paper mache seems like an obvious next step. It'll harden you up, certainly, but I'm also interested to see how well you retain your shape, or how much detail you can capture from your mold.
who told you that?
What sources do I use to inform?
If I chose to go down the path of fashion, visits to the fabric station would be unavoidable, though that wouldn't be a very novel idea. I think a trip to the digital lab and lunch wit the laser cutter would be interesting as well, but I don't know. I don't know.
