Right time to get cracking on with the test pieces! Using cardboard on mini versions of the large sculptures to test aesthetic and quality of the work and to get a taste of what the larger versions would look like.
With the first Mini version, I used the suicide method of 'hanging' - tying a knot around one of the petals and hanging it from a beam of wood in my back garden to look like a real hanging. I like the way this turned out and how it twisted in the wind but I feel as though this may not work large scale as the piece wouldn't be supported very well with all its weight in one place. So this is something I need to think about.
With the second Maquette, I used the suicide method of 'poisoning' by blanching and dripping black Indian ink to resemble poison in the body over the flower from a height; creating blotches over the petals making something quite ephemeral. Although I like how this turned out and I liked the process, for the large one I might consider bleeding the ink with water into the cardboard to give the impression of the poison spreading through the body; killing it off.
With the third Version I ran over with a wheel barrow to resemble the suicide method of 'falling in front of a moving object'. After doing this the piece flattened and appeared to have been through a serious accident. Obviously either the larger scale flower I will have to use a larger machinery to pull off the effect of getting run over properly - perhaps leaving a tyre mark in its wake.