I've been trying to make a series of the plaster pieces but when I went to fill some balloons it didn't work out. I'll need to recruit a helper. Instead, so the whole episode wasn't a waste of time, I made a clay one.
While in listening to a talk on ceramics I notice how the audience sounded when they applauded the guest speaker at the end. You can distinctly hear one clap on its own for a split second and then it builds to a huge round sound before petering out back down until you hear one final clap. I made a quick watercolour picture of this.
I made another piece using Illustrator and I hope to print it on acetate. The white part will be transparent and I want to see what it looks like if it's back-lit.
Here are some first attempts (just to show I've been busy).
To continue on exploring the sound of clapping hands, I made an image using InDesign to visaully show the sound. The image looks like a graphic equaliser display from far away but when you move closer you can see that it is made up of words. The words are take from various dictionaries and are all related to the meaning of the word "clap". What I like about this is that when you try to read it, you have to tilt your head and this is how people hold their heads when they are listening closely to something.
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