Pixel art in one week

Destruction of 3D Object
Creating a 3d dimensional soft object. Covering the surface with “pixels”. destroying the 3d object that occupies space with a 2d expression of destruction.

Things to be considered as pixels:
straight pins with balls on the end
buttons (how to sew them on a 3d object?)
buttons attached with the straight pins

3d object to make:
cat
mounted animal head
facet
water pipes

Images to be created on the objects surface:
destruction

Plaid as Pixels
Using plaid, small scale and large scale to create a pixelated image on the human form. Representing what’s underneath the clothes or creating a 3d illusion of huge folds or ruffles.

Lace cells
Use the cells of lace to interweave a design in using the lace design itself to elevate the chosen added image.

I decided the destruction of the 3D object would be the strongest in concept and execution.
The object chosen needs to be easily identifiable, and a fixture that makes sense occupying space when displayed on the wall. This means that it can be a common everyday fixture such as a water facet or door knob, or a recognizable wall mounted piece of decor, I’m thinking of a animal head or candelabra.
Researching into animal heads, I found this website.

UPDATE

I ended up coming up with a forth way of creating my pixeled image. Gather 3 knits in RGB, layer them, then systematically unravel where I would like depth and highlight.

Setting up work space

Reference photo before pixelization! Mikie Graham

Reference image

Systematically taking out the warp of the knit

After cleaning up

Adding the blue mid tone to the image