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Autumn Sunflowers

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Prop Making and Exhibition, 2023

​Made with; Emma McGrath, Roxanne Spence, Suwoo Son, Zhenying Xiong , Naomi Zhang

 

An group-project at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Autumn Sunflowers was a response to the war in Ukraine and a recognition of the chaos to Ukrainian Students who are trying to continue their studies as refugees in the UK. The exhibition is a symbol of welcome and solidarity to Ukrainian refugees and students in Cardiff.  This giant, paper prop was part of an installation project with 5 other groups and our sunflower represented Hope, Fragile, Decay, and Relationship to the Sun. This installation was displayed alongside Pamela Howard's exhibition The Art of Making Theatre which was also featured in the Linbury Gallery.

Design Process

This section details the group maquette and some inital sketches and basic technical drawing

Sunflower Sketches

Sunflower Sketches

Corn Sketches

Corn Sketches

Inside Space Sketch

Inside Space Sketch

Maquette Front

Maquette Front

Maquette Left

Maquette Left

Maquette Right

Maquette Right

Maquette Angled

Maquette Angled

Maquette Back

Maquette Back

Stalk-Spine Technical Drawing

Stalk-Spine Technical Drawing

The Make

Tissue Paper Corn
Ridges of Stalk Spine
Stalk Spine
Stalk Spine Covering
Corn Build Process
Corn Stalk
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Workshop Build
Workshop Build
Sunflower Head
Inside of Sunflower Head
Sunflower Head Back
Work

The Install

First Part of Installation
Giant Heads
Installing Sunflowers
Adding Leaves
Wide-Shot of Installation

Final Prop

Sunflower within Exhibition
The Flowers
Flowerhead Close-Up
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