I spent the first three days in the print rooms solid from ten until five, and not really getting anywhere. As I've posted before, I attempted to do a shoebill print which went wrong. I then tried to prepare my screen to print onto a Macaw, which I was going to make as a possible final piece to see whether or not I should continue down the 3D route.
Above are the prints I wanted to put onto my Macaw. I spent the whole of Tuesday trying to prepare my screen, only the first time I hadn't let it dry properly. The second time I then had the setting on the jet washer too high so I ruined my screen again, but eventually I got it right the third time with a little help.
On Wednesday Jon then helped me print onto my fabric. It took a couple of attempts to print it onto the felt for the beak correctly as I wasn't pressing down hard enough. But eventually I got there. I was planning on designing further prints for the wings, but I was getting too frustrated trying to screen print and decided it wasn't for me.
I have spent the last couple of days sewing my Macaw together, sewing detail onto the wings and incorporating felt as I decided to no longer screen print on there. I'm not overly pleased with how this toy has turned out. I had trouble sewing the beak on this time, and the tail was too short. Even though I have previously made a smaller, more successful Macaw similar to this, this one just really hasn't turned out too well. I also found I was getting bored of making this toy, and really couldn't see me being motivated to make another six like I originally stated in my personal statement.
Although I find the technical side of this project challenging, I'm not really finding the subject too motivating. I'm just currently making and decorating toys and feel I need to alter this project slightly to make it more exciting.
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