Sampling Week 1

Throughout the first week of the sampling unit i started gathering visual research based on the topic of data. I then started creating a few initial drawings looking at my research. I think the most helpful part of this week for me was the drawing task we did with Nigel. Because this taught me that doing the same drawing in different positions can massively affect the outcome of the drawing. I found it a lot easier creating the drawing when i was leaning on the table but i liked the outcome of the one i did on the wall better because it created a more interesting shape and i could see the parts where my hand wasn't as steady. I think through doing this i have learned that using the same technique in a different way can produce a very different type of drawing.

 

Origins Feedback Task Week 2

This feedback week we were put into groups of 4 from each of our textile worlds. This gave us the chance to look at each others work closely to give us examples of what the other textile worlds had been doing. As i am going into the embroidery world next i thought this was really helpful for me to see the work that they had produced. And i hope that it was useful for other people going into print to see the work that i have produced throughout my project.

Origins Feedback Task Week 1

This week i started preparing to look at the next unit. The keywords i was given to look at were Mapping and Measuring so i used these as starting points for my project. To receive feedback from my last unit we met as a group at the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. It was here where i started making notes and observations of my journey there and my journey around the museum itself. From this i created some quick and initial drawings to use as starting points for my project. 

Origins Evaluation.

Throughout this project I feel like my work has developed well from taking my initial drawings and turning them into motifs. I was happy with my original motifs when I exposed them to the screen but after I used them in my digital designs I decided to create some more initial drawings to turn into motifs to vary my digital design work. After looking on the Internet and in magazines at existing print I got a much better idea I where I wanted to take my design work. 

When selecting the ideas I wanted to develop. I initially chose my strongest designs and tried them out in different ways experimenting with my colour palette to see what worked well and after that I chose things that worked well alongside my existing ideas. 

I feel that throughout this project I have realised that in my design work I need to use my colour palette proportionately and I need to think about the placement of my motifs in my designs. 

Throughout this project I have learned many different techniques that I had never previously experienced and I think that most valuable one for me that I will use again throughout my work would be screen printing. Not only did I find this technique useful I also found it interesting and enjoyable.

Through my contextualizing practice lectures I have been introduced to many new influences and ideas which have helped me through this project by inspiring me to think harder and in different ways about designing and my own work and the work of my peers and other established designers. This has helped me to see my work in a different way, which has changed the way I develop my ideas.

I feel that my time management for this project has been quite successful because I feel that I have made good use of my studio time whilst also ensure I get enough of my work done in my independent study time. I feel that I work a lot better in my independent time because I am in a more relaxed atmosphere in my room where I have nobody to distract me from working. I feel that my independent time has been spent wisely and my studio and workshop time has been spent doing things that I would not be able to or struggle with at home.

I feel that I am using lateral thinking throughout my practice and that my contextual resources have helped me greatly throughout this project my making me think in different ways about my work and my approach to creating and designing. Overall I have enjoyed this project and although I got a bit sick of my colour palette I feel that this project has been a good experience to me and I have learned a lot from it which I can take with me through the rest of my projects and my practice.

initial Drawing with Colour.

This is another initial drawing i have created to try and create some more varied style motifs from to print with. I thought it might be interesting to use some colour in one of my drawings although i can't use this colour in my motif design i thought it would look interesting. This was a very quick drawing where i used more of an expressive and mark making style which i think created a good effect. I am pleased with this quick drawing and am intrigued to see if i will be able to create any successful motifs from it.

Initial Drawing continued.

These are some more drawings i have created which i intend to develop some motifs from to use in my designs to help vary them because i feel my original motifs where all very similar. For these 2 designs i tried to use a thinner more delicate line to create a different style to the thicker more bold lines i used in my original drawings to create motifs. I originally used a thicker line because i had this in mind for developing onto my screen for printing i thought a thicker line worked better. For these drawings i plan to develop these into more digital designs so it doesn't matter about the thickness of the line so much. I wanted to use a thinner line to create a more delicate look to use on my designs. I am quite pleased with these drawings and think that i could potentially generate some interesting motifs.

 

Initial Drawing continued.

After my initial drawings i felt like i didn't have enough to create a varied range of motifs because my motifs where all looking pretty similar although i was happy with them. I then decided to carry on drawing in different ways but keeping to the theme i feel has worked best for me. This is looking at more natural imagery such as trees and leaves as a posed to man made structures or objects. I have developed these drawings to try and create some more motifs to vary my designs. I am quite pleased with these although they where quite quick and spontaneous i feel that they have been successful.