MEL REYNOLDS CRAFTS PORTFOLIO

MEL REYNOLDS CRAFTS PORTFOLIO. Mobile: 07455864615 Email: [email protected] Instagram: @fingolfingers.

PROPS AND MODEL MAKING.

MUSHROOM BASKET Prop for a tableau performance of a scene from The Beguiled (2017) Individually sculpted from polymer clay, painted with ROSCO acrylics and textured with cotton wool..

JAMMIE DODGERS Prop for Doctor Who: Time Fracture set dressing Hand sculpted from polymer clay, then moulded in silicone and cast in jesmonite . Painted with acrylic and chalk pastel, resin detail..

FISH FINGERS & CUSTARD Prop for Doctor Who: Time Fracture set dressing Fish fingers are polyurethane foam coated in real breadcrumbs, sealed with PVA and painted with acrylics. Custard is epoxy resin tinted with acrylic paint..

VINTAGE 1970s JELLY BABIES Prop for Doctor Who: Time Fracture set dressing Hand sculpted from polymer clay, moulded in silicone and cast in epoxy resin tinted with acrylic paint. Box is hand drawn and printed by me..

JAPANESE NOH MASK REPLICA Personal project Sculpted from airdry clay, moulded in silicone and plaster, cast in polyester resin & fibreglass and painted with ROSCO. Horse hair detail..

IRON AGE HILLFORT MODEL Personal project Papier mache base made over a clay sculpt, painted and flocked. Houses are construction card with hemp rope thatch and chalk daub..

RUSSIAN MAUSOLEUM ARCH Prop for a revolving set performance titled ‘Abandoned’ CNC cut MDF, carved polystyrene and downpipe, finished with Jesmonite , Artex and acrylic paint..

EMBROIDERY.

ELIZABETHAN STYLE PINCUSHION Made to display tudor dress pins I found on the Thames foreshore Cotton velvet embroidered with cotton thread. Pattern transferred by traditional ‘prick-n-pounce’ method with chalk powder and parchment paper. Tassels handmade from cotton thread. Pincushion stuffed with sheep wool and dried lavender..

WILDFLOWER HOOPS Made as part of a personal project series Sewn entirely with 1ply cotton thread on interfacing-backed cotton fabric and mounted in 10cm wooden embroidery hoops..

.41. TUDOR ROSE EMBROIDERY Commission for an acquaintance. Cotton thread on cotton/silk blend fabric, raised petal detail is satin stitch over tacked-on felt patches..

ROHAN INSPIRED EMBROIDERY Personal project Cotton thread and nylon metallic thread on cotton velvet. Design inspired by the celtic embroidery detail and goldwork on Theoden’s costumes from the Lord of the Rings..

NEEDLE CASES Commission work Left: Acrylic/wool blend felt embroidered with cotton threads and lined with acrylic felt Right: Cotton thread on cotton velvet, lined with cotton fabric and closed with a popper..

LIVING HISTORY.

NATURAL DYEING Onion skins on alum mordanted wool. Canadian goldenrod on alum mordanted wool fabric & yarn, modified with an alkaline solution..

WEAVING Made in affiliation with Cranbourne Ancient Technology Centre Wool yarn naturally dyed with madder (L) woven using a rigid heddle in Iron Age style. Wool yarn naturally dyed with onion, nettle and woad (R) woven using Viking tablet weaving techniques..

ANGLO SAXON AND VIKING GARB Wool twill fabric naturally dyed with walnut and modified with iron, and felted wool fabric dyed with ivy berries, sewn following archaeological record. Belt is 11 th century Swedish replica..

BRONZE AGE POTTERY Clay dug from my garden, strained and mixed with grog made from crushed terracotta tiles. Coil pots made in various styles inspired by local finds, fired in a pit..

Cambridge belt tablet weaving Wool yarn naturally dyed with nettle, woad and yellow onion skins, woven as a replica of the 'Cambridge belt' – thought to be late Anglo-Saxon or early medieval but exact date disputed.

ILLUSTRATION.

SOüONA3W) It-ozoz. MINI WILDLIFE ILLUSTRATION Personal project Dip pen with ink on A4 cartridge paper. Inspired by local and Finnish small wildlife and plantlife ..

LINOCUT PRINTS Hand carved lino designs, printed with oil-based ink on cartridge paper..