Blog number 13 - Design ideas

Designs

After looking through the images from the Nepal earthquake, I sketched specific structure line buildings out on paper. I will now have to decide on one structure to go with in order for me to develop my idea into a final design.

A simplistic structure would work out best as I don't want all the focus going on the building. I want the main attention going to the detail. Experiments will be carried out in order to define the overall scale of the finished piece.

week 12

Nepal Earthquake 2015

An unfortunate event has occurred in Nepal that happens to fully relate to my brief. A devastating  earthquake hit Nepal which killed over 8,000 people last week. The news has spread all over the T.V and radios. I am going to take this to my advantageous and use it not as a major turning point but a new focal point. As Scotland/Britain has made great efforts in giving aid and sending rescuers to the disaster zone, I will now use that as the main link to my concept. I will continue create textile developments as normal but use the building remains as inspiration.
 
Here is the news article I found online that informed me about the Nepal earthquake.

Canadian stranded in Nepal says Ottawa not doing enough to help citizens go home

The Canadian Press 

Apr 27th, 2015

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I will use some of the images taken from the earthquake zone and study them carefully.

week 11 - experiments

Encaustic wax experiments

One of the new techniques I researched about is called Encaustic wax. This involves wax blocks/crayons being smeared over a warm metal plate. The wax then melts almost suddenly giving you time to create textured effects. As creating texture is one of my aims, I was really interested in developing this technique further. Also the process of this technique is very relaxing and soothing - this is a BONUS!

Below is an example of the encaustic wax technique I recently researched.


 samples were created on white paper and blue roll. The card worked best as the detail of the texture shows more clearly. In comparison to the blue roll which was least successful, the detail got absorbed up but still showed the chosen colours.

Protest brief (10)

For my trafficking brief, I plan on creating images that will represent my theme. Below are sketches taken from pages of my sketchbook. I experimented with a range of media to see which one I felt most comfortable with. I am still currently continuing to experiment with media until I am satisfied with the most suitable one.

 This sketch was created using charcoal pastel pencils. This choice of media works well to achieve a tonal sketch. I am undecided at the moment if I will use this media for definate. Further developments and experimentation will help me to refine my choice of media.

 Red crayon was used in this sketch again to create a tonal drawing. I feel I achieved successfull shading to show highlighted and darkend areas. The only issue that I came across when using the crayons was being able to alter of the thickness of the line whilst drawing. There was no point in the crayon so I had to improvise and turn the crayon on its side if i wanted a fine line.

week 9

Continuation of sample development...

Here is one of my samples I created using soluable fabric. Wire and fragments of wood were found objects that were included in the sample. The sample created was to represent the aftermath of the earthquake as these would perhaps be the remains of buildings. I stitched a continues line and turned the fabric into an oval shape. The sample turned out to be effective because of the texture that was created. I feel I still need to develop ideas on shape however I am happy to use the found objects as they bring the samples to life.



In the future when creating samples, colour will be taken into consideration as well as the shape.

Easter holidays.. blog 8

Earthquake images...

At the beginning of the holidays I decided to start with some research and reflect back on my PLP.

I chose to focus on these images in particular so that I could gain an idea of what type of materials are included in the aftermath of an earthquake. I hope to then experiment with similar materials in my developments and see which combinations works well. For this, I will need to start collecting material that I think is suitable to experiment with.

This image really struck me as the men in the orange boiler suits really stood out. Colour is very important in my developments as they will be representing specific emotions. My aim is to work out how to portray this.

Colour is not as strong in this image although the body position is strong enough to tell the story. His position shows sadness and worry in the child. At the moment I think my final piece will mainly focus on a more abstract and conceptual theme as I don't want my Final piece to be too obvious! My experiments will help me to define this.