Print - Week 2

This week we brought in our own found papers and hole punched our lots of dots and relate them to the drawings last week. I thought my images/ drawings have quite a natural and effortless line quality to them.I used different thickness to paper which included wallpaper, tissue paper and tracing paper. 

I tried to capture my images from last week from more of a up close view instead of as exact copy of the full image.

  

Print - Week 1

 I really enjoyed the task to start off my visual research. Its a though process I've never done before and felt like it is a great asset to the project. Each group was given a rectangular sheet of vinyl which within that was 1 mm strips laser-cut into it. We were given the task to 'unravel' and 'rearrange' that vinyl. My group decided to take a more natural approach and began peeling each individual strip one by one and when the strip had either broken off or come to an end, instead of sticking it on the wall we left it to hang naturally. Altogether this process took 46 minuets and 53 seconds to complete. 

 

I then went on to do drawings from the vinyl in different materials. I felt the freer you were with the drawings the better it was to capture the natural and irregular lines of the vinyl. The vinyl was then shared out and I decided to all the vinyl into the drawings to create different depths and textures. 

Mapping & Measuring - Museum of Science and Industry

After visiting the gallery and went to the Museum of Science and Industry to see it my eyes would react the same to more mechanical objects rather than paintings and garments. I soon found that my eyes we're still drawn to things with pattern, colour and shape. This is something that has become more clear to me by doing these tasks as I now see how I think. I usually have my mind set on what I want my final piece to look like and not really get into the whole experience of the research and development.

A series of sketches from the Museum that caught my eye by either shape, pattern or texture. 

Mapping & Measuring - Manchester City Art Gallery

During the feedback I was given the task exploring different ways to visually communicate information. At the start of the week I visited the Manchester City Art Gallery. I had to record information I found there and on the way to my destination. I started to look at the street I would have to go down to get the gallery and I also recorded how many times I had to cross the road and how many people crossed me. This is something I've never done before so recording all of my movements was strange as when I go somewhere I don't really think about these kind of things.

Whilst walking round the gallery I noticed that I was mainly drawn to the objects with pattern. First I tend to focus on the overall shape of the object, then go to the middle and think what the artist/ designer thought process was and how they may want the public to see the object.  

  

Group Feedback

After speaking to other students in other areas I'm excited to see what the print textile world has to offer. From looking through students sketchbooks that have just done print the outcomes look great. I've found out from reviewing myself in the construct textile world that I need to take more notes in workshops and keep on top of the work instead of leaving everything till the end of the week when I might I forgotten a vital piece of information. I also feel I need to take more advantages of the independent study days as I heard the print room gets booked up quickly so my time management needs to be spot on this term!