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Friday 04th March 2011 MENTORING SESSIONS - WEEK ONE RECAP

Looking back, the scope of work from the first week of the Mentoring Sessions involved a variety of very different approaches. From paper in Esther Barfred’s and Oskar Rink’s stars, to detailed painting and illustration in Malcolmo’s and Karolina Liszewska’s stars, to collage and montage techniques with found imagery in Robin Cracknell’s and Olga Migliaressi Phoca’s stars.

It was nice to see how the Art Stars developed from their original concepts initially sent, as it seemed that the actual engagement of working with the star canvas and their mentors genuinely effected the artworks.

We were pleased to also find out that collaboration between the artists and their mentors was a possibility, as Case and his winning artist Karolina combined their artistic skills to create a beautiful mix between photo-realistic painting and the craft of sewing.

We also received great daily diary updates from the mentors giving us a little insight to the sessions.

Hvass&Hannibal wrote to us:

Day 1:
"Esther came to the studio at 10 and immediately started working. Over the weekend she has been experimenting with different folding techniques. In her initial sketch she wanted to work with 3D folding, origami style, but we found out that it wouldn't fit into the crate for the star, so we discussed a different approach, of flat folding or weaving of paper.

Esther is working with an origami folding technique that we have used earlier for a project, where it's possible to make new shapes out of many small folded pieces. She's experimenting with colors and printing shades on the paper, to make an illusion of depth on the otherwise flat paper."

We will be filling you in on Week Two soon, but check out the in-studio shots now.