To begin with, before I started making anything, I decided to sketch out some geometric, angular shaped be a heads to try and make working 3D a bit easier. It didn't work.
I started by making a small paper head, attempting to make them as geometric as possible. I didn't get very far as starting so small, and with thick paper, meant they were really flimsy to make and quite fiddly. I decided that using thicker cardboard and also making a bigger head would be easier.
Using a cardboard box and a photo of a bear, I started to create a base of a head and then added pieces of cardboard to shape it into something that might resemble a bear. Although I needed to look at a reference to help with the nose shape etc. unlike the geometric bear heads in my research I just decided to make the bear 'freestyle' as I still want it to have a homemade and organic effect instead of looking too planned and 'mathematical'.
Seeing as I managed to make this bear head and a Sunday roast lunch at the same time I am quite pleased with the result, and I think it resembles more of a bear than my small maquette did for pitch and plan ( see below)
Some of me wearing the head in my parents garden. Still only the base- I will cover it so that it doesn't just say 'John Deere' all over it. I changed a couple to black and white for the ultimate arty/creepy effect.
In the mean time I had also covered my cardboard box bear head in brown paper- to cover the tape and logos that were on the box. It now has a smoother look and can either be presented as it is (unlikely) or can now be easily painted/layered upon.
Again, I can't make something without putting it on.
When my dad saw the cardboard bear head he mentioned old Kellogs boxes used to have animal masks on the back that you could cut out and fold (his actual first reaction was 'Blimey that's a good rocket ship)
After some expert googling I managed to find some of these cereal box heads (too small to be masks, my mistake) - and they look really effective.
These ones below are from the 1960s:
My Dad had also mentioned how intricate they became, and how there was one where you could make the elephants trunk. I couldn't see an elephant within the 1963 animal masks but then I found some more that were released in the 1990s!
How big were boxes of Cornflakes in 1992?!
There was also a panda one, so I printed off the net to fold myself and modify into a different bear:
After making the panda head I then gouache-ed over the top of it to create an illustrated style bear- specifically one of my illustrated bears, using surreal colours to emphasise the mystical and folk-y theme of my project.
Then, inspired by the contemporary and abstract style of Naum Gabo, I wanted to try and use a 'corner' structure to build a bear around, or at least shapes that could hint at a bear.
For this experiment I didn't have my glue gun, so the tape makes it look messier than I would have liked.
I like the simple shapes and how it is formed by being in the corner of cardboard- giving the illusion that it is emerging through a wall- however I want the piece for my final project to be slightly less contemporary- and allow room for my illustrative skills show through.
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