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Tutorial with Sarah

January 31, 2017

I came to this initial feedback with some ideas and concepts for my final project but I always struggle to have a  solid narrative to my designs- my work it normally abstract which normally creates more questions being asked etc.
Sarah made me think about the narrative and how I could tell a story. I am going to London tomorrow and has told me to go brick lane (creative area) and bishops gate (grid like / linear corporate area). Looking at contrasts will help me build a narrative and tell a story.
I am concerned about context and what I am making for but I think my work is best suited for Interiors but I will still like to apply my work to fashion to show my versatility in my portfolio.

Now that I have a starting point in terms off concept I can look into other artists exploring urban space and this will enable me to develop my concept and create interesting work.








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Briefing Today

January 30, 2017

The briefing today made me realise that I need to plan my time and plan my intentions. I used a gantt chart to plan my time, aiming to create final pieces after every 3 weeks. I plan to test and sample then create final pieces, I may end up doing this more often, meaning this chart will probably change. I plan to have more visits but I am unsure when this will be, I will see how beneficial Wednesdays trip to London is and then further arrange more. 



  After Les' sessions I converted my diagram for the project initial ideas into a mind map as I find this easier to read my thought process. I want to continue with drawings based on my surroundings- urban  features such as the pavement and the walls. I saw Nigel Peake's book, In The City and this inspired me to continue using cites as my inspiration for my drawings and starting point. I am interested in weathered surfaces as well as linear structured urban features. I want to use the found surfaces as inspiration for my material choices and I plan to test applying colour to these materials. Using Cecil Touchon as inspiration I plan to continue to use cut out techniques to create drawings. Using signage from my surrounds I want to disorganise and reorganise the cut up pieces, similar to my Craft Co concept. Testing and experimenting will allow me to build up a strong portfolio and explore different processes meaning that it isn't too narrow but focused enough and broad enough to show my skills.



What do I continue to do and what have I learnt?

January 13, 2017

Today I hand in my work, after a stressful, tiring week I am pleased to get it handed in and I am pleased with the work I have completed. Although I have run out of time to finish some aspects off, I feel that this isn't particularly a negative, I think that this is good thing as I will be able to continue these things on. I want to be able to use print further, not just creating final designs digitally,  I aim to print on a large scale using procion, pigment and sublimation. I want to continue to use a combination of processes, digital, traditional and unconventional. I want to continue my ideas from the CraftCo project, using cork and wood further and I am hoping that this week coming will enable me to push this further with no other distractions.

In terms of my research report, I want to continue to refer to the information I have learnt from the research from this to be able to apply my work to various contexts, considering the demographic and client.


Crit and Assessment Briefing

January 09, 2017

The craftCO meeting this morning was helpful, dispite only being a small meeting, it has made me realise, after actually discussing it aloud, that my cork coasters that I have laser cut are more suitable and I really must change my plans for those. The cork has burnt, it smells and the black markings are rubbing off. I could try to solve this problem by cleaning it up or hand cutting which won't necessarily  remove the smell and all might be so time consuming, meaning not worth the money in the long run (if these are going to be sold). I am thinking that wood would be a better material to work with further as this also invites more questions on how it has been printed on (sublimation printing) I will continue to create, design and make next week after the assessment work has been handed in.











I continued designing fashion conclusions this afternoon, using AVA to play around with repeat structures as I was initially thinking of doing two in repeat and 4 as placement prints. In my group crit, Nick suggested to have them all as a repeatable print which enables manufactures repeat the print if necessary. I also got a positive response from my illustrations and context experimentation which means I will now spend more time on these to perfect them.

I was unsure how to display my designs, in terms of repeat and scale, as well as how I would portray my ideas further of negative space in the garments. I played around quickly with the space where I applied my design, changing the scale etc as a test. I prefer the scale larger but with other areas of the garment with a different scale of the same print on it too.
For the rest of the week I am going to finish off my interior designs and create the mood boards for both projects to display them in context.












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Interior Project Designing plans

January 02, 2017

I have taken on board Nicks advice of changing my colours for the Interior project. I have gone back to the research stage  (briefly) to gain inspiration on neutral tones on the street, I photographed the colours and have started building a stronger colour palette. Although this has changed very much from the initial research I carried out on WGSN etc, I can tell this project has evolved already just by changing the colours. I have done some more drawings in a more considered colour palette and using the methods that were successful previous (like gently tearing the printed papers and cutting sharp edges creating contrast and texture)
I have thought further about the client, connecting to my Research Report. I tried to understand the need of the customers at St Christopher's Inn, considering the demographic etc. This will help me in creating the most suitable design for the hostel, further considering the materials.













Trying to understand the scale of my interior designs, I created fairly quick draft designs on photoshop, and then printed them out in different sizes. I used a small scale model to try and gauge the scale that I wanted my designs to be when in context.