Saturday 3 November 2012

The Cutwork.

This section deals with the cutting of the inner and outer parts of the shapes and layering them on a background colour.

These are the shapes I have experimented with.









Producing each of these took up the majority of the fifth week and so didn't leave me much time to focus on other areas. Although, I am very pleased with these sheets, I think they are very interesting and have the potential to be developed further using computer aided design.

The Geometrics and Florals.

This section shows a combination of geometric pattern and both stylised and realistic florals.



Unfortunately this section has had a serious lack of focus in preparation for the review. I hope to rectify this as soon as possible. 

Friday 2 November 2012

The Second Tutorial.

At this stage the project is five weeks in and it is time for the tutorial that will lead me in the right direction to prepare for the review at week seven.

I dont think I really had a direction in my work up until this point and I was grateful for the feedback I was given. My ideas were moving along but it was a very slow process and the input from my tutors helped give me the push I needed and the fresh inspiration to get me through.

My ideas and my work sheets were separated into five lines of enquiry. This meant that I could concentrate on the separate areas of my theme before the time is right to bring all my ideas together.

These five lines of enquiry are:

  1.  Geometrics and Florals.
  2.  Cutwork.
  3.  Stripes.
  4.  Different Media.
  5.  Architectural Geometrics.

Over the course of the next two weeks I would be producing work under each of these headings. This is the build up before the review of my progress at the half way mark.

Thursday 1 November 2012

The Unexpected Target.

I was checked on during the fourth week for what I was working on, the tutors saw my A1 sheet I was still plodding on with and concluded that it was a kind of design. I was given the task of producing another ten for the upcoming week.

I was also advised to backtrack by doing some simple studies that didn't have a design quality and create some experimentation sheets with basic geometric shapes.

I had a lot to be getting on with and by the end of the week this is what I had...

A1 Sheet

This is a combination of simple geometry and my floral starting points. It is definitely a simple sheet when compared to the other one and I really like it, but it still has I think, a design quality. I just can't help myself. 

A1 Sheet

Here I have created a simple repeat using silhouettes of simple stylised florals. 


A2 Sheet

This is actually 2 A2 sheets, the underneath layer acts purely as a background. I have used a craft knife to create the inverse operation on either side of the page; one side is missing the inner section and the other is missing the outline sections.