Architecture Relief

Firstly, things started off with these reference images:

And I wanted to take the styles of modern architecture, Venetian Gothic, and at the last minute I chose to work with a pyramid structure.

Starting off, we made a small, paper mock-up....which wound up being glued to my cutting mat. Live and learn.

Sadly this project goes under the list of "Out of time, just finish it" assignments. The process of gluing the wires inside took way longer than I anticipated so it looks as if they were a last minute decision but I wanted them to be a thick web inside the pyramid. Perhaps it was because the mock-up was glued to my mat that I wound up neglecting the screens or "windows" in the cut out sides of the pyramid, and the dangling bits should have been strung on the wires inside the pyramid.

However I was pleasantly surprised by the result of coating masking tape on paper, followed by ink, gesso, and gel medium. The corners have an almost leather appearance as well as texture.