leaf experiments

 

 

I was looking at what we could possible do for the floor decoration so decided to create a small scale version of the fabric trees to get the rough aesthetic of the shape and how the leaf litter would work within the roots of the trees. I made the trees from strips of calico sewn to make them tubes then hung on string and roots made from twisted paper, the leaves were just ripped up bits of paper which was quite tedious to do at this scale so don't know if on a larger scale would take too long to create the amount we might need. I really like the look it gives the trees and feel that we may not necessarily need a huge amount around the trees themselves and its quite effective at the suggestion of leaves. Another option for creating leaf litter is to use leaves themselves so I collected a few leaves from the arboretum to see what they would look like around the fabric trees.