- Use hole in card as part of an image, construct an image including the hole.
- Use hole as a window, how does it obscure or change a view?
- How the hole changes texture or pattern, get people to feel an object through the card and describe textures, how detailed are their responses? do they struggle?
- Straightforward viewfinder.
- Using card to separate (grass/rice...)
I went straight in with the window idea. I placed the card over a window and a painting, and observed the difference looking at the 'bigger picture', and the selected view through the hole.
I found in both cases that the card on the window/painting obscured the majority of the view, and your attention was drawn directly to the card rather than anything else. However, looking through the hole in the card allowed you to pick up on much closer detail/textures than you would have before. From these observations I produced two small sketches/paintings.
I then decided to use the hole in the card as part of an image, and did two still life sketches on either side of the card incorporating the hole. (A pritt stick, and a mug)
I stuck the piece of card between a double page spread and placed a material on either page -allowing the materials to show through the hole on the other side (people could feel the material through the hole, but not see it). I asked family members to feel the material and make comments about the textures.
My first object (seen in full) was a plant, the comments included:
- Very smooth
- Dry soap
- Plastic
- Cork
...and the second:
- Creases
- Fluffy
- Very soft
Overall I was pleased with the observations in both the window idea, and also the texture element. I liked how the hole in the card really allowed you to view/physically experience something in much more detail. The texture observations were surprisingly accurate, but also interesting as they were descriptions I would have never placed with that material before.
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