So what happens when I take my simple shapes and try and recreate them in another medium? This one was made out of wax, I used a shallow cardboard tray lined with plastic, when the wax was almost hard I scrunched it in the same way I would my paper. The wax has a beautiful translucent quality, a fragility that is remiscent of greaseproof paper. Limitations of this medium lie in the brittleness of the material and the its inability to be rolled as thin as paper or to form sharp edges. Still, an interesting experiment.
Next up I try air drying modelling clay. Cheap as chips and rolls like pastry! These trials are more successful and really a lot more robust.
My technique gets better the more I roll, I get used to amounts, pressure required and the best way to handle it without breakage and technique for folding the most realistic scrunched balls.
Next time I will document the making stages...
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