Although the clay does still dry and crack it holds to material and fabric a lot better that paper and cardboard and when built up it looks really meaty and thick in a way that I can't explain but just feels so horsey to me.
This has concluded that clay will be the main ingredient to my multimedia/semi sculpture piece. I don't really like how pale the clay dries, but a little oil solves that problem and keeps selected painted on areas of clay a really rich earthy brown that I plan to use to hopefully add a little more depth to my final piece.
Anselm Kiefer
I'm looking at Anselm Kiefer because of his use of natural materials in his painting/sculptures. [That's what I want my piece to be, a painting/sculpture]
Anselm uses natural materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead and shellac in his work.
I really like the layered, thick texturey look his paintings have, they just sort of breathe the natural environment. From his paintings I can see what what works really well, for example I love his use of ash for texture and colouring and would like to also use this in my piece to ass depth to the background.
His work is very powerful in representing the Nazi rule, I think the natural materials create a sense of truth about the subject.
