"Too Much Information Project"
This project started when we broke from college this summer but before we left for summer break where we would be working on the project and when we came back Kat our Tutor delivered the brief to us in detail. This included what expected of us and what we need to provide in this project to get each grade the most important thing we was told was how broad of a subject Information is and which area we could look into although there was no real limit on inspiration resources as information is everywhere from food labels to the alphabet.
The Guidelines were as followed we had to do the Brief in a Sketchbook and we had to fill book with both textural work (3D based) also 2D , One of the rules i tryed my best to keep is to keep my pages relevant to the brief and to have Artist Research with artists that relate to the pages such as Andy Warhol.
My initial ideas for the project was cinema tickets and page full of things related to the film so i had a batman page with the actual cinema ticket which was the Secondary Research part of the page then i did my primary research by recreating the batman logo.
Throughout my sketch book i did pages on Andy Warhol and his Campbell's soup which related to my food labels pages , my inspiration throughout the brief was to base it on the things i got up to and trips i took and the information i brought back so for example tickets and leaflets and concert tickets and drawing of the musician guitar picks and album covers. My summer was quite music inspired as i went in that direction for 2 pages of my sketch book including a page dedicated my favourite artists and there new album and the lyrics of the songs that page was then inspired textural by love and red as that was the musician theme it was now mine.
Further inspiration was signs and road signs i had gone out and took photos of near by road signs near me that was part of my primary research to add a layered less 2 dimensional look i worked with tissue paper and drew the outline over with fine liners and added 4 layer fabric weaved based American junction sign and 3D springed hazard signs. Global inspiration was key on one of my pages which i made into a sample i mixed transport and landmarks that insulate New York USA so i found a Roy Lichtenstein Statue of Liberty piece and i recreated that and framed the pictures with ribbon , to connect the transatlantic country i have researched an Artist called Barry Goodman who works with number plates on taxis which connects both London and America together. Along the Transport route i used train tickets as a background and drew a stagecoach bus with all the detail including number plates which is like Barry Goodman Work. Though out the project i took pictures of roads signs and my trip to Alton towers and our trip to Scarborough when we came back from after summer.
Different aspects of this project like Time management i would of changed during my time at home i didn't create the best work that could off i was lacking the creative atmosphere that i have in college that effected me and the quality and quantity of work over my 7 week on the project i produced 10+ pages. when i came back to college to work further on our project i missed a week of the second half of the brief leaving me stressed out in times, in aspects like visual sheets and tracings to be made for screens i had 2 days to do 2 A3 visual sheets and A3 Tracing which did lead to my tracing not having the best line control i could of had which i have talked to Kat my tutor about and we noted in my tutorial sessions. Overall i handed all my final piece , tech file in and free hand Embroidery work in on time and at high standard.
Inspiration from artist / designers in this project well the most predominate was Andy Warhol his pop art and colour full work almost making real life seem like a cartoon i like that , his inspiration went passed art in into fashion as i found his campbell soup piece found as a repeat pattern dress on a on line Art website called Etsy. On the pop art Theme Roy lichenstein was a great inspirations with the USA page which made an appearance on my tracing with the Statue of liberty his use of colours him and Warhol impacted my dyed sample from my tech file. Fashion was a big inspiration and i found a great artist Joan Schultze who uses silhouettes which are fashion based with these amazing information themed backgrounds.
My Repeat Tracing was mainly idea's from the visual sheets which was took from my sketchbook which was then expanded into more detail and then worked the best layout for the tracing. My sheet work development was layout based and how the continued line that when connects makes a jigsaw effect then into a repeat pattern which was the final piece.
Sewing Machines was a brand new thing for me Ive never touched one before I'm not going to lie it was a shock and did take a couple of days getting the hang of the machine before i could use it confidently without constant help i know how to use all the items on them and there purpose on different machines.
In the workshop/print room Ive haven't done anything in there much before so i was basically starting at stage 1 i experienced techniques such as Devore , Puff Binder , Colour Puff Binder , Pigment and Procion Dye and even Tie Dye and Batik and most importantly working with a screen and taking care of it and the cleaning process. I worked with a lot of fabric from cotton , heavy silk , Devore silk , velvet and azeta and truly enjoyed the most the dyeing of the fabric that went really well for me i felt i excelled in that and the puffbinder which i work really well with and did quite alot of work with. the things that didn't go as well i would of hope for was the sewing but hopefully i will get better in time but overall I'm really happy how i handled the project and how it turned out.
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