Tentacles

I was looking at natural forms from my sketchbook and decided that these suckers of a tentacle were a pretty good example to base the workshop on...

I began by drawing around my vaseline tin to create a perfect circle. I than put a slit down to the middle of the circle and this allowed me to twist the paper into little cones. I left small tabs on the cones to allow for fixing.

My cones, a good days work if you ask me :)

I then stuck two together at a time using my tab system.

Here you can see the journey from the singular cone, to a circular form  using the pieces, to an abstract form using the cones attached at awkward angles. Below are some larger images of the abstract piece..