I began responding to this wall when it was still in its early drawing stages and I was unaware as to how the painting would develop. I knew that because of the demonic nature of the drawing and the mythical character it was portraying that I wanted to create something similar to the costumes seen in Charles Fregers book Wildermann. These costumes have exaggerated the head so that it is either much larger than the rest of the body or smaller than the rest of the body. In both costumes the head is covered which adds to the mysticism of the costume. I had thought about brown tones for the majority of the body but it looked too animalistic and I wanted to keep the same otherworldly alien feel that my practice has, which can be achieved with the help of bright colours. I was not as inspired by this section of wall as I was with others, and it wasnt turning out how I wanted it to, as I couldnt work out how to cover the whole body including the head with the singular piece of felt. To solve this I reverted back to my technique of lying on the piece of material and simply drawing around my body loosely. The shape was based on the initial drawing of the wall, but it is not as rotund as I wouldve liked. After the last unit I didnt want to use cardboard again as I prefer the qualities of fabric, but for this work I am enjoying the contrast between the rigid cardboard of the mask and the soft nature of the felt. Because of the experimental nature of this piece - and how I responded to it initially in its early stages of development - I knew I wanted to take the 'final' photographs of my work in front of the piece not in its completed state but when it was half way through being painted over. Doing this keeps both works in an experimental stage and I think helps my piece work better with the wall because the work is more ambiguous and it is difficult to tell what the concept of the work is.
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