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Regarding materials, my initial thoughts are: - Using projections: that way, multiple designs could be played throughout the day and it could also play a moving image. - Using stickers: these could be plain vinyl with cut outs which depict the pattern, or simple shapes...
I enjoy looking at and working with geometrics, which goes hand in hand with looking at the tube. With the train, I plan to look at the current train used as well as past trains. I also want to look at the whole design of the trains, including the design that has...
The space I have chose to look at for this project is the never ending corridors found in King’s Cross St Pancras underground station. These corridors are walked by thousands of people every single day, yet they are just tiled in plain white. If artwork was put...
Research: B Analysis: B Subject Knowledge: B Experimentation: B Technical Competence: B Communication and Presentation: B Personal and Professional Development: B Collaborative and/or Independent Professional Working: C ‘Clearly presented work. You have worked...
After designing a simple, repeat pattern, I decided that it would be better to have a more spontaneous pattern which included various size spots overlapping each other, as this best represented the kaleidoscope inspired research. Regarding colour, we narrowed it...
Unit 3 has started with a project based on spots and dots. After playing around with the basic principal of spots and dots, in the simplest form, I then developed this forward to look at mould as a specific form of spot: it provides shape, colour and texture. Unfortunately,...
I’ve enjoyed writing my blog, although I have found it challenging. With the study tasks, I’ve had difficulty writing them, particularly getting started with the introduction. However, I do feel that my more current posts have improved since the earlier ones. I tended to...
Research: C Analysis: C Subject Knowledge: C Experimentation: B Technical Competence: C Communication and Presentation: B Personal and Professional Development: B Collaborative and / or Independent Professional Working:...
At the Imperial War Museum, I decided to focus on the First World War gallery. I found the displays of the weapons particularly shocking. One display was completely filled with a variety of different weapons such as grenades and club like weapons, and information...
Research: B Analysis: B Subject Knowledge: B Experimentation: B Technical Competence: B Communication and Presentation: B Personal and Professional Development: B Well handled CAD designs, showing a variety of techniques, ideas of layout. Good ability to create...
I was really looking forward to the stitch workshop because it is the area I thought I’d choose to specialise as it suits the way i’ve always worked in the past: I like to explore techniques, exploit the use of a material and use a variety of ‘unusual’ materials. However,...
BuzzFeedYellow (2014) If Black People Said the Stuff White People Say Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1zLzWtULig (Accessed: 28 November 201...
‘If Black People Said the Stuff White People say’, deals with stereotypes by reversing ‘the norm’. Let’s take the comment ‘Your name is so easy to spell and pronounce. Was it like really easy to get a job?’ Regarding the spelling and pronunciation of names,...
The print workshop was focused on screen printing and digital printing. Screen printing is something I’ve done so many times, it’s like the back of my hand. Where as with digital, I’ve only ever dabbled, mainly in inductions. I really enjoyed the digital print. Using...
‘Fashion in Colours’: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 9th December 2005 - 26th March 2006. This exhibition focuses on the use of colour within fashion in the past 250 years and encourages visitors to think about the ‘emotional, symbolic and cultural associations...
Jitterbug Videos (2013) Extreme Collectors - My Little Pony Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKLXmmCgdbM (Accessed: 7 November 2014) ...
‘Among the various meanings of the French word ‘object’, the Littré dictionary gives this: ‘Anything which is the cause or subject of a passion. Figuratively and most typically: the loved object’ (Baudrillard, J. (1994) ‘The Systems of Collecting’, in Elsner, J and...
Research: C Analysis: B Subject Knowledge: C Experimentation: C Technical Competence: C Communication and Presentation: B Personal and Professional Development: C Collaborative and/or Independent Professional Working: C ‘Your sampling has a strong colour identity...
I always thought that weave would never be something that I enjoyed. But after enjoying wrappings so much, I went into the workshop with an open mind. Not going to lie, I didn’t enjoy day 1. Day 1 consisted of threading the looms which was a really boring and tedious...
Consider proportion: both colour of yarn and thickness of yarn, maybe looking at wrappings for inspiration Best research is wrappings, especially the more playful ones Collages: make sure to remember the neutrals and the black (only a hint of black so not overwhelming) Carry...
Introduction: ’Many of the rights and freedoms we enjoy today were won by disobedience. Activist social movements have changed our world from the grassroots up, popularising new ideas and values. The objects made as part of these movements have played a key role in...
Day 3 explored collage and colour. I enjoyed every minute of this task as I love to work with colour and collage. When I explored colour and gradient, I chose to use the blue elastic bands and the pink ribbon: blue and pink. Then we created a collage based on an ‘exploded’...
Day 2 was focussed in mark making and texture. Firstly, we drew small marks form our objects into a 2x2cm box. Then, we scaled those marks up to 4x4cm and finally, up to 6x6cm. I enjoyed working in the 2x2cm box, creating small marks with a fine liner but I did not like...
I was apprehensive about the wrapping workshop because weave is something that has never really appealed to me. Much to my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed the wrapping workshop and now, I’m even thinking that weave is a possibility for specialising. I prefer to work 3-dimensionally,...
Day 1 was focused on outlines and silhouettes, whether that being of a singular object or a group of objects. My favourite activity of the day was creating dot-to-dots of one of our objects and then having a partner complete it. I particularly enjoyed this task because...