Burn, burn, burn

As I found the verbs of burning and melting interesting, I decided my first sculptural experiment should be burning and melting different materials. I burned paper, card, cardboard, wood, cotton fabric, sponge, plastic bag, clingfilm, plastic covering, fruit netting, laminating plastic plastic cups and felt.

When the laminating plastic burned it melted and contorted and an interesting pattern was created changing the cloudy surface clear in the areas the flame touched.

Stemed from the interesting results I got from the laminating plastic I turned to a harder plastic - cups. It melted quickly with a colour change to black in places. It also contorted and changed shape slightly.

The felt fabric signed and burned away. I found the brown/ black colour change really intriguing due to the colour contrast of the yellow. When burned sligthly, some fibres remained across the hole in a unusual pattern.

I think I want to keep experimenting withe the laminating plastic, plastic cups and felt.