Scarred - bubbling - decomposed - filters
Two plain colours
Roughly slashed/stabbed out rough circular shapes using end of a pen - the paper has bleached out outlines of a bird to reflect extinction/conservation. I placed the design over a blue paper but this didn't create sufficient contrast.
Design placed over an orangey/brown paper - looks like blobs of orange colour thrown randomly on paper - liked the roughness of the design - loose edges and bits.
Worn - damaged - decay - destruction - erosion - affected
Two plain colours
Randomly placed torn strips on background paper - some folded back loosely
Stuck on contrasting edges
Cut into wider blue areas to create further erosion/decay - placed over contrasting textured paper - I liked the random shape - it looks a busy design
Buffer- important - protect - paved
Bare - degraded - damage - dry - unique
Original ideas in 2 plain colours
I wanted to incorporate these 2 designs together to reflect damage and decay alongside something to reflect protection/a buffer - for the buffer I cut thick and thin strips of paper - I decided to lay these across a decorated paper randomly - I then cut out the eroded area in the centre using a scalpel then cut in to the lines using zig-zag scissors. I was initially going to place the buffer strips in straight lines but preferred them to overlap
Final design showing overlapping buffing strips. This design idea came together very quickly - it's very striking and dramatic - I feel the buffer strips work well with the design of the cut out centre
Crumbling, old, active, unique
2 plain colours
Decorated blue paper - cut and ripped in to a spiral shape applied over orange paper (A5 size)
Cut and ripped again and placed over different shade of blue to create depth
Used positive and negative shapes - torn edges to reflect crumbling, decay, damage, strong and weak - I'm very pleased with the overall effect of different textures, depth and use of complimentary colours
Leaves of a bog plant
Leaves of a bog plant
Sphagnum moss
Twite - peat conservation provides a unique habitat for rare and special wildlife and is important to prevent the extinction of this bird
Ripples and bubbles of stream water off peat bog
Heather, grasses and mosses
Bare areas of peat bog - Black Hill
Peat erosion - Kinder Scout - like crumpled rippled lumps 
Eroding peat bog - heathers, soil and roots - dry and cracked
Criss-crossing of roots in peat bog
Tissue - markal over canvass - brusho sponged on - picked up some browny/orangy colour which looks good - old and decayed
Undersheet of tissue - rubbed markal over sequin waste - shows good and bare crumbling areas
Tissue scrunched - dabbed on paint - unravelled - shows good and crumbling textures
PVA applied from bottle - to reflect roots - brusho - cooper markal over vase - good textured
The above 2 papers are rough paper pulp - wettened with acrylic paint blobbed on and left to run markal over top - rubbed in with finger - created rough texture of peat landscape
Scrunched tissue applied with PVA - brusho - 2 colours of markal to create old roots effect
Strips of coloured scrunched tissue - applied with PVA - blue markal rubbed over in both directions - created loose firm textures and layers like protective paving and worn edges
Texture gel and byzantia paint - applied with knife - looks like rushing shimmery running water
Texture gel and byzantia paint - applied with end of paint brush - coloured with gouache - erosion - things blowing away being destroyed
Texture gel and byzantia - applied with end of paint brush - coloured with gouache - erosion things being destoyed and blown away
Scrunched tissue - applied with PVA - different colours of brusho dropped on when wet - silver ink rubbed on with finger
Brusho coloured paper - gel medium and byzantia paint - used end of whisk to apply - coloured with watered down gouache - running rushing shimmery stream water off peat bog
As above
Markal over corrugated card - coloured with brusho - like mossy textures and bubbles in water
As above
Under sheet to tissue paper - when dry brushed over with brusho - printed on Twite bird images using byzantia - I love the randomness and beautiful textures in this paper
Crumbpled greaseproof strips - applied with PVA
Placed rectangles of making tape on paper to reflect paving stones - applied brusho - removed masking - randomly applied clear wax candle on some of the stones - applied brusho - looks like random areas of protective paving - some areas have deteriorated - other paths are clear
Undersheet from tissue - also brushed on left over paint - printed on image of sphagnum moss using byzantia
Brusho - bleached out images of Twite bird - applied byzantia with end of straw - rubbed on with finger - created a lovely network of mixed up roots and plantation without which the twite bird will disappear
Brusho - bleached out images of birds - blew paint with straw - washed over with gouache
Markal over corrugated card to create roots - brusho - bleach drawn on with straw to reflect shapes of bog plants
Rubbed markal over washing bag to reflect roots - applied brusho - using end of straw applied bleach to create roots and heads of bog plants
Wavey areas of markal over canvas - to reflect netted areas of peat bog - applied brusho - in between netted areas applied bleach using end of straw to reflect roots and bog plants coming away
Brusho - printed on sphagnum moss using byzantia
Markal over canvas to reflect netted area of peat bogs - applied brusho - then bleach using end of straw to reflect eroding roots and heads of bog plants
