This is a large piece of work I created based on the human form, I made it out of string, and charcoal.
I firstly drew the piece with charcoal over ten times on separate pieces of A1 paper, all with different layers and pressures.
And on a separate piece of paper I drew the outline using the yarn and then used sellotape to stick it down in the position I wanted it in. I then cut out a section in the middle of the piece and placed one of the pieces I created with charcoal underneath it and looked at what section looked best.
Then I decided it needed another charcoal section in it, so I cut a piece out and placed it in the bottom section of the yarn. I like how this collage mixed media piece turned out and it was one of the larger pieces I have created so far. The charcoal sections and especially the one at the bottom, shows the human form as it highlights the curve on the upper leg.

If I created this on a smaller scale it would be a lot harder to do as I’d have to find thinner yarn and find another way to hold it down that still would keep feel and 3D aspect to it, as sellotape would cover too much of the yarn and hide the detail. If this didn’t work I could look into pen to simplify it to still give it this bold look but not have the issue of not bing able to control the yarn at such a small scale snd keep it in place successfully.
I would also have a different effect of the charcoal as the lines would have to be thinner and not have as much detail on them, therefore taking away the tonal effect, which I liked in the larger scale.
Overall I believe this is achievable but I’d have to experiment into what would work best to recreate what I have already created and how to get the result I want on a smaller scale.