Locating: 01-Live Tutorial

The live brief I have chosen is the Adamley brief, I chose this brief due to it Adamley being located in Macclesfield as well as reading through the brief I was interested in the key words involved in the brief that I felt I was well suited:

-          Lively, contemp

-          Using there Archives as starting point

-          Classical British

Researching Adamley on the internet I liked how they’re work into their archives and create them in different ways.

As I’m from Macclesfield I feel that this brief well suits me as the word lively and contemp attracted me more to this brief as that’s what Macclesfield town needs to get us back to our fame of the textile industry.

The brief stated that the designs could be for scarves, neck ties or hanks (Handkerchiefs)

I’m heading towards neck ties due to Macclesfield reputation of silk ties.

To start this brief I’m needing to look into Adamley’s archives and to start working straight into patterns as well as bringing a lively and contemp design into the theme.

Intentions Evaluation

For the LO for this assessment, I feel that I have shown experimental and risk taking, the risk for me was the risk of photo shop and dedicating myself to use the process of it which leads into experimental of learning new process on their it allowed my work to vary in the designs. Consistency has been the centre of attention also of willingness and concentration of dedicating my time purely on the design to get the development moving forward with newer drawings and marks that lead from my original concept. The development stages have been shown clearly from when I started then developed and now at the end and purely from the blogging that has shown the development clearly.               

Overall the outcome of the 10 designs really flows as a collection purely from what I have learnt throughout this project... new and old designers not heard of before during workshop lessons, photo shop and creative cloud that has boost my confidence with photo shop completely (always use it now) also of where I’m wanting to sit in the outside world of new upcoming designers and business that would influence me.. Bespoke wallpaper was not a possibility/thought for me but having tutorials and guidance I felt like I could contemplate that suggestion. The whole of the project has given me insight into how this whole process works, being the preparation and dedication even the time frame given. Dedicating myself to the specialist area that I enjoyed and letting myself grow and get digital has reflected during the project... Final week coming to a close now, I have felt calm during the count down to the week. I’m confident with the collection I have produced..

Intentions Final week

So far the final week is going smoothly (fingers crossed)
I have finally got my 10 designs after a good hour of looking at them as a collection and assistance of choosing which ones should be presented as final designs.
Overall satisfied with the designs created. Just amazed I could create Minimal/complex patterns on Photoshop. The designs do work well as collection and even the colour ways work well with the whole collection.

Seeing the designs and the colour palette (digital) I feel I have used the majority of the colours based In the palette, which the colours have helped create the complex feel to the designs as well as minimal and vice versa. Now the 10 boards are done.
The focus for the rest of the week is the 3 boards and carry on editing them. The boards need to tell my story, visual communicating is playing in my mind each time I edit them, edited them when feedback was given on what should and shouldn't be on the boards.. Process is the main board that holds me back.. "how do I show my process?" I started adding the colour palette of hand and digital to show the process of colour coming to life in the designs but what designs to show the process? The Concept & Context boards I feel are to a good standard but could tweak them a little this week.

                                           

Intentions Feedback six

It clicked. It was about my marks, not just the shapes.. so from that 'clicking' I started to create more marks using lino, inks, pen/sharpie, pencil etc.
These new marks I'm happy with and confident with them as fell they will push me further.. from the new marks I then began to focus on designs. Design after design after design.


Mark making

Creating the colour palette on digital by scanning in my painted palette was easy enough to do and quicker so I could get straight into these designs.  From the designs I have improved a lot more than I thought. The designs were coming together, the marks were representing themselves and I was confident showing to the group of the designs.
The colour palette was now suited and the design felt more like a collection to me.
From the feedback given I felt like they got the sense that it was coming together now but some areas they felt like I was loosing the original quality of the simple line work I involved in many of the drawings and digitals,From that comment it was more of me not loosing the content.. I need to use the whole project, which then lead onto how the designs need to be a little more complex now. Advising to go back and amend meant I could play around more with the designs!
From the feedback I was clear what the aim is:
- Create more complex designs using LINE. (thinner lines)
3 boards- concept, process, context. Draft versions of these boards. Feedback given:
- Scale down images (more important bigger to be)
- Key words to explain
- Visually communicate
- One image of company
The feedback of the draft boards I was happy about as I did struggle with them! From this feedback this should hopefully help me develop the boards more for next week.
The final stage to consider now is what will be presenting for assessment:
- Final Collection 8-10 designs (boards)
- 3 or 4 Boards ( Concept, Process, Context, Colour Board?)
- Blog posts + Blog evaluation of whole project
- Research

DESIGNS: how to present them.





Intentions feedback five.

The main focus for me has to get the colour palette correct at least. Colour has not been a huge focus in my other works but now its time to think of this collection and to pull it together.
The colour board I created through images and that was fine for me as I could visually see the colour and through my older prints I did attempt the colour, but they were never correct.

Colour board

I created a colour palette using gouache paints and water colours. Water colours I wanted to use to help me look at the tones involved in my board.. the water colours I felt worked successfully as it eventually started to capture the colour.

Colour Palette

Colour Palette water colours

Then started to select colour palettes that could work together. I was concentrating on feedback that was given on my board last week of having the minimal colours of grey tones, green tones, blues and then some vibrant pinks and purples coming through.. so the key was to have these subtle tones and then vibrant colour/s to which they could keep the theme complex/minimal going through colours.
Digital side of colour palette I hadn't attempted yet of creating swatches.. but I had a play with changing the colours of original design just using the paint bucket tool and paint brush..
I like how they still look like original marks and then the colour brings it together, the colour has helped me realise that I don't need to focus on circular shapes of creating circles or drawing circles its the marks that are the most appealing.

From that thought I'm focusing on creating new marks now and some use of the old marks to then start to add the correct colour pallet to start off the repeat designs.

Intentions feedback four

The feedback given from this tutorial has helped me focus on what I'm needing to do more now.
As I have been practicing my skills on Photoshop with the help of the workshops of Photoshop and the cloud workshop has effectively shown my development and how to take this further.
Producing a colour board has helped my development, what I need to focus on with the colour and the proportions of colour being involved, which I noted that the collection will involve the whole colour palette not just one design needing all the colours in there... The focus is to now start playing around with the colour of my designs now its the colour that needs to be introduced in the right way. Creating a colour proportion palette will help me get this development rolling as well for the digital aspect I will be needing to create colour swatches. As involved in the board can see flashes of colours of like pinks, purples etc which will add a nice touch to the designs. As the majority of my designs have been black, white, green,blue which is still involved in the board but grey tones are introduced as well as the flashes of colours and the greens which this colour choice was worded as 'sophisticated' as still being a minimal but yet complex palette.

Close up of colour board

Colour Board.

 



                                                                                       
Showing four designs (two of these designs shown in Week without tutorial) that shown playfulness, benefited me as the group got the sense I was getting more confident with Photoshop and how I have been able to identify how and where I'm needing to take these prints.. As pointed out, colour is needed. To get the colour palette right and to see how I want the prints to look of either a one off piece or a repeat process. Originally I did like my designs as one offs but I'm feeling the need to create repeats in wallpaper as that being my context, At the moment I'm wanting the prints to be a repeat process as I found it a very helpful skill.
This picture is a quick process learnt on Mondays session of the repeat process, the only issue is the colour with this piece, as some are not the right shades but for the experimental side the repeat process was successful. To carry this development further is start using the correct dimensions for a wallpaper design.

The focus is to get the colour to generate further and to use it correctly through hand and digital to then start to create more designs that could be possible final design ideas, which then I can start thinking about the design context.

Intentions Brief.

Complex – Hard, Difficult, Things in the way.     Geometric.

Minimal- Smallest, Least, Barely adequate

The theme chosen Complex/ Minimal. The reason being that the two words interest me of being so bleak. Nothing by them words can give anything away, it isn’t as straight forward as the other themes. From choosing the words I tried to think of my work of comparing the words to the work produced. I feel confident with the words. I want to understand the meanings more than just my definition of them. To extend the meaning more is having source of materials. I’m needing complex to be more of the source than minimal as the work I produce can be quite minimal but then again it can be very complex. Complex or minimal places? Or Complex or minimal people? I need the source to interest me instantly.
To get this started, Needing to extend my source of material to gather interesting visual research combined with drawings to develop the research further of Complex, Minimal. The likes of shapes and geometrics come into mind for this brief. . Developing this visual research will be mainly through mark makings as very selective colour schemes to which could be complex and minimal. How I interrupt the theme now is I’m using the words more than actually letting the words take the lead.
The specialist area is wallpaper design, Marimekko is the style I’m leaning towards in this brief, Tracy Kendal being a general influence of Kendall’s work being textured. And for complex/minimal I find them words just fit in with the specialist area to which should lead me towards interiors.

Intentions Feedback Three-

Development from last week has came on very well for me- I feel I have enough body of work and that it is coming along more and turning into design development. From last week I have been developing my work to hopefully become designs. I have focused on pattern, composition, layers as well as relating back to the theme of complex/minimal. I have been using my inspiration of a few artists and designers to help further my work, Holly wales and Merimekko have been an influence to my work at the moment.
Holly wales using shapes and overlaying the shapes on top of eachother and having them showing and create other shapes through the colours. Ive been trying to allow layering to create more detailing in my works.

Holly Wales.

Own work, inspired by Holly Wales.

Merimekko has inspired my design thoughts of the black and white media mainly but the pattern process and also being geometric and it was one certain piece that has really influenced my work, I have taken from this work of using the shape and working a pattern into a shape.

Image found on Pinterest
Merimekko

Own work inspired by Merimekko.

Taken from the tutorial it was clear to see the development and how it flows well because of how I'm trying loads of different ways to explore designs of media, scale, compositions.
Also to further my development Alex said Photoshop and illustrator to be used, I need to get my practice in now! Be skilled! Allow myself to play around and explore the different tools and techniques that Photoshop can allow me to do.
I do feel I need to be more skilled on Photoshop and illustrator as it will really benefit me in the long run- hopefully the workshops being organised will help me with the designs.
So from this week im going to focus more on Photoshop of trying to create designs that could make my work evolve more and to hopefully make more creative and exciting.

Ruthin craft center - W is For Wallpaper

19.10.15 9.30am Monday - Old school of art. Outside coach.

I didn't really know what to expect with this exhibition or Ruthin Craft centre in general. But wow. Inspiring, incredible, every textile/ designer dream in this building.
What I liked was the fact that it wasn't too much, it was not too much information going through your mind and not to much walking in and out of big rooms with tons of work. It was a really quirky place but beautifully designed, reminded me of a holiday cabin.
The exhibition was wonderful. It just let me really embrace the exhibition.
Susan O'Byrne - Five sisters and a family tree.
This collection made me smile, it was cute with the animals but so detailed and creative.O'Byrne body of ceramics with its detailing pattern reminded of the theme Complex/minimal- the colour of the deer was so minimal and on the back of the deer it was so complex with detailing pattern. it was how the composition was  thought of not having the pattern all over it has been placed.

Susan O'Byrne.
Five sisters and a family tree.

Julie Blyfield- Panorama
Blyfield interest me from how the jewerlly was placed in its glass boxes but it was how Blyfield let you take an insight of how her work was created which in exhibitions you don't really get to see the development its always the end piece and that made me take note of how I should be allowing my sketch book or even loose sheets to tell the journey to tell the development, show how I've got to this end result.

Julie Blyfield

Julie Blyfield

W is for wallpaper- So many designers I could say in this collection but the ones that made me think of techniques that could really work were
Tracy Kendall, Jon Burgerman and Sian Elin.
Sian Elin work is more relevant to what im doing now of the geometric shapes involved but it was the use of minimal colour involved in Elin work that I found suited me well.
Tracy kendall Iam a fan of- it was this piece again of the word minimal that triggered in my head of how minimal but complex it was being filled with textures.
Jon Burgerman was how it was not my usual sort of style which is why Burgerman interest me of how its so playful and just not what you expect of wallpaper, the composition thought in this work is what interest me of the whole piece not being all over colour and not being all over black and white it has proportion of colour which is what makes this piece more interesting.

Tracy Kendall

Jon Burgerman

Sian Elin

Due to me wanting to attend ruthin craft center, I did not attend a tutorial this week.

Intentions Week without Tutorial.

Due to not having a tutorial this week, I feel I need to reflect on what I have done so far.
My influence of Marimekko has driven me more and more.
Taken from the feedback majority of this week I have been trying to get my practice in for Photoshop. I have created a few designs to start me off and letting myself make mistakes make good mistakes etc.
I have tried to let my Photoshop reflect my hand drawn designs of keeping the nice lined shapes and creating the patterns within the circle also of not always having a white background. As can see one of the designs has one of my hand drawn designs repeated into the background which I carried through with me from the Photoshop workshop. This certain one I like as I feel it gives it more texture to the piece as well as fits in with the theme complex/minimal.

Image 90

Image 98

                                 











What has really brought my designs on more was attending the cloud workshop, even though learning the basics of Photoshop and even the commands I found it very beneficial and my Photoshop designs have came on a lot more. I feel more confident with these newer ones- you can compare the two and see the improvement.. Again with the newer designs I have changed the background colours to not just be white or black so that I can have white and black involved in my motifs. I feel the newer designs are a lot more experimental as well as they reflect my hand drawn work more also as allowing to think more about composition of how to position these shapes to create clean crisps shapes with detailed mark making involved.
I do like a few of the digital designs, but I feel my hand drawn work communicates my theme more and has that unique line making of the continuous line which I have really developed on and I don't know how to create that continuous line in Photoshop.
I have not focused on my drawing much this week as been trying to create designs through Photoshop but I had started to create compositional ideas of how the circular shapes should be positioned which I have tried to reflect that through with the digital designs of the circles.

sketchbook. 

Sketchbook

I'm feeling quite confident with the progress of Photoshop and waiting to learn more in the
 workshop sessions provided to let my work develop further as I may find some more techniques beneficial so I can improve more on Photoshop and then hopefully my designs.

Intentions Workshop- Drawings Task Two.

Think About Print Design process. The Approaches, starting to think and create design ideas by playing around with them. For this Task of using Three images of our own work to bring and photocopy two lots of. The Three Pieces I chosen were for these reasons. The first is what I produced in the other workshop session and it was the layers and the mark making that I liked about this piece. The second piece was the line work involved and how again they overlap which gives the piece a geometric feel. The third was the vibrant green that stood out for me and the bold collage squares.
Task- Design ingredients, element's to make designs. Develop drawings to designs- photocopies into collage. working in layers, seeing the designs in layers. screen and scale, scale up- larger equipment being used - bigger brushes a projector.
Create a design using photocopies and a range of media to then play around with a repeat process, experimenting to which should design real  life designs.
This Task I did find hard to grasp at first as to think like a designer of what would work for others than yourself. selecting key sections out of my own work, which areas would work like that and then this, it was quite hard at first. the aim was to create one design piece your happy with. my first attempt I photographed to see which way the pattern would look better but I had to leave it in the end as I couldn't get the feel. I would get back to that work.



 Starting a new design was a bit more easier as I knew what didn't work for me in the last one even though I did leave it half way through.. well this design I started to think more of my lines that the circles and of what of the circles worked for me better to give an interesting shape. I liked how this piece didn't repeat itself very much but it looked like a repeat if that makes sense. the lines really helped bring the piece in more giving your eye more to look at and using smaller circular shapes to get more detail involved. the detailing was influenced by Timorous Beastie of his attention to detail being small and big.

The first design I started I did eventually start to work back into the design of using colour to help further the thought as well as repeating process.
The outcome of both of the works have made me think more of colour, pattern and composition to which for the rest of the week I will be thinking more of to create further designs.

Intentions Tutorial- Feedback two.

Own Photo- Church Macclesfield

Own Photo- Macclesfield

The progress beginning to find new initial research has benefitted my newer drawings a lot, I felt I had more to work with and to create with. Visiting a church in my home town of Macclesfield. this church is located right in the town centre of Macclesfield as is known for its calmness whilst sit eating butty in the sun. I felt a church would further the development of its shapes from the architecture as well as the gates.








Placing work on the table and looking at it as a whole piece really surprised me as I felt like it really did create something on its own, all different qualities of drawings, techniques presented together as a whole thing. As I explained of what the images consist of was me working freely with the theme and developing the theme I had picked up which related to shapes mainly circles and squares. Producing many drawings to keep generating an idea it was clear to see I was happy with the drawing side and could further the idea in each design but some designs were very 'smart' 'clean' where am used to 'mess' I explained this to the group of how my style has adapted in this certain theme. Also lacking was colour- I don't know I felt like I needed a colour scheme as the work being mono.

Development work. Created on a App.

The feedback I was given was very assuring and I just had in my head of the group being disappointed with what I've produced for some reason, but again I was the same last week as its a hard position to be in speaking in a tutorial.
It was noted that I should 'not feel'- 'don't feel' meaning don't try and get colour out of my work it will happen naturally as it has been in my work already of which I had not noticed before that the colour green has slowly made an appearance, but if I felt like I want to then to try a range of colours- subtle colour maybe to relate to the minimal side of the theme.
Balance- mark making, clean. experiment the theme OPPOSITES.
Scale- Up the scale, get out of sketch book. A3,A2,A1 play around with the scale.
Composition- think a little more into the composition. ( Drawing workshop will help think more about that)
Research- Ell Decorations. Ikea of the Swedish interiors, outside the United Kingdom of interiors like Northern Europe- Scandinavia
 From the feedback the plan is to defiantly have a look back at the work and look at my key elements to  get my work to look like something. Again keeping the drawings flowing and developing them more and more to which hopefully by next week you can start seeing a development come together of designs.

Intentions workshop - Drawing task.

Monday afternoon session consisted on an intresting talk of allowing some insights of various artists work to which gave me personally some tips of how to present work in a sketchbook form, note form, artwork. it was intresting to see how these artists work and what they focus on in their works. a lot of note taking and information was involved, to sum the talk up it was inspiring and very intresting.
The workshop being based on responding to words, hanging visual 'stuff' on a abstract word. from that senetence its sounds challenging and it was for me personally,  as I felt like compared to everyone else I didn't have enough visual research and even more my work was all small in a A4sketchbook. but from the task being challenging it was helpful and allowed me to draw In different techniques and to help me realise what I was drawings whilst view finding interesting areas to respond to.
The 6 words I chosen were Simple, Graphic, faint, Overlaid and rhythmic. These certain words I felt did base themselves with theme and that they could hopefully open up further visual research to my work to get it started.

Simple I felt reflected the minimal side of the theme and chosen a blue pen to work with as its a soft colour but comparing to my other words and to the work created, I felt it was too simple. Graphic was for the geometric side to complex and as a thought to mainstream wallpaper it is much graphic, from the graphic drawing it was more rectangle shapes instead of circular which I felt worked well as was showing I was introducing more shapes into my work.


 Faint was a challenging of creating this faint approach to my
work, my work is very bold normally so faint was the challenge for me as it is not the norm for me to create. But I combined the two shapes with my faint work. On the picture you may see the faint circular shapes leading onto faint lines to create a grid effect and then to have bold colours involved to contrast with the faint lines.
The workshop today has pushed me to draw a lot more and bigger, not to keep in my sketch book as much. Needing to let this work evolve, and by starting a drawing workshop first thing on a Monday has actually benefited me to get on with the rest of the week.

Intentions- PDP Feedback

Being the first tutorial it went surprisingly well and very helpful. Feedback towards my work was fair to say being a sketchbook full of drawings during the summer, but now it was time to get out the sketch book and get onto larger scale hopefully soon. My only issue being I felt I needed more visual research to extend the theme further. From the summer work and googling the theme meanings, I have started to pick out shapes involved in my work of circular shapes mainly to which I'm finding the word complex to be taken into a geometric theme which then allows me to fit into the wallpaper design area. But more visual research will allow me to add more ideas.
Alex was confident that the body of work was good and I could further it but if I felt the need to further the visual side then I may. It wasn't the work that was the issue he felt like I needed to not overthink the theme, it was more of allowing myself to evolve which meant my work would evolve, patterns, colours, textures hopefully evolving more and allowing myself to 'GO FOR IT'.  Presenting my brief draft during the tutorial,  I was surprised of it being acceptable and only tweaking it a little of how am I going to get started?
In agreement with the comments I feel more aware now of how to approach this project. Needing to relax a little and to trust myself and my judgements of creating quantity instead of quality.
The quantity side is the main focus this week of producing further visual research by gathering pictures, drawings and to 'GO FOR IT'.

Inspirations workshop

From the summer project it was clear there was as development element in my work instead of quick drawings, you could see a theme was occurring a lot in the work to which gave the group an insight of how and where this ‘idea’ was going, as I introduced myself I said wallpaper design/ interiors. So the theme or idea was heading into wallpaper and some being interior designs. The group seemed to agree that the theme and ideas were very well thought out and strong pieces with good use of different media being involved, to which I do agree I did try to use different types of media to reflect textures.

From the pictures shown to which the group had seen they agreed that print was the best specialism for me as my work is very print like. But it was hard to tell as yet of which way of print was I wanting to go of digital or screen - I do enjoy both but I feel at the moment in could go both ways of combining the two but who knows. For the improvement I would say to not get so fixated on one area as mentioned it was a theme or concept happening. I should have allowed myself more time to look into my other images I collocated and try to work with them instead of focusing on a potential outcome.  So for that reason I need to improve on for allowing to work with more and experiment.

For further artist inspiration I would have liked to hear some suggestions but none were given.
For the overall concept the group could see a colour scheme which they liked of the use of blues involved but then orange would join in and give it more life to which they had no problem with. I feel they did see potentially good ideas running through as I did basically dedicate a sketch book to running an idea through.

Eliza Bennet

' A Woman's Work Is Never Done – flesh/ thread

' A Woman's Work Is Never Done – flesh/ thread

Social media was how I came across Bennet work, and this certain piece really caught my attention.

        ‘A Woman's Work Is Never Done – flesh/ thread
Series of photographs of bennet literally sewing the top layer of her skin to present a worn out working hand, which you would normally see on a man’s hand after a hard days graft doing ‘man’s jobs’.  As bennet talks about her work, it is directed at both genders but who have ‘women jobs’ as she explains the likes of cleaning, caring and catering. But those jobs are hard work and that’s what bennet is hoping her audience understand with this as I say ‘extreme’ way of showing this notion.
I feel I have to talk about this as it really inspired me of how simply it isn’t about media of a pen or pencil and a canvas or paper, using yourself as the art work to which communicates to the audience directly to show how as an artist bennet feels. Its courage which I feel every artist/designer needs to push themselves in their profession- make people talk, make them gossip make them have their opinion and stamp on it just how I’ am by wanting to write about bennet in a positive way, as this work really made me see the bigger picture of how Bennet using this ‘womanly’ way of embroidery to show these sexist humans that embroidery or even women’s work isn’t easy and we do graft as any other human being. I work and go to university that’s two jobs. I may not have worn out hands but I do work as hard as anyone- I never compare I never have and never will as people do have certain work strengths which people can be better than others but I believe everyone tries there best in a job that they love or even like, so for Bennet to create this strong and brave move just gives women and even men a positive and some sort of sense of relief to say “yes I do work hard”

Chantal De Gaudio

Abundance III

Gloss paint and gold leaf on Masonite

122 x 80 cm

Framed size 126 x 84 cm

 

London based artist. Taking inspiration from gaudio is how I have interrupted her way to capture the audience than her actual work. Gaudio work is very powerful but it’s the message behind it that makes it more powerful to the audience- the works between masculine and feminine of both being very powerful and dominant beings.

The usage of colour involved in Gaudio works are so lively and energetic to the audience and the marks used to create that wilderness of flowers being blossomed on branches is reflected beautifully. The strong mark making lines of the branches are very bold and strong to which you can see that’s the masculine lines and combined with soft pastel colours of the blossoms with rich gold colours blooming out shows the feminine side. Having the two combined together creates a very dominate bold piece for both genders.



MMU Degree Show.

18^th JUNE.  The degree show was defiantly an eye opener for myself, you don’t realise when you attend degree shows or art galleries that these creators have been in the same boat as myself, they all started off as first years, confused of what pathway they may take, what risks they may take, and most likely doubted there selves and the style of how they communicate- does it fit in the real world?
Walking through benzie just how I normally do, walking towards the textile department ready to see what this studio has transformed into. It was creative. The whole transformation was creative and to then see the work flow together was even more creative. Walking up the floors seeing the likes of graphics and film was different. Even being in the same building you don’t tend to go up any floors especially to graphics or films floor. But the stuff they had created was on par with textiles. The rooms were so bright and well coloured and seeing the hard work and dedication towards these artworks was very moving.

The first work that caught my eye was a textile in practice student named Annie Baker. The picture shown is Baker work that was presented at the show.  
This piece was just my style. It’s simple but yet a lot of work went into this outcome, the lines which are hand painted are so crisp and bold and would fit into a modern interior. In the bio Baker mentions her interest in surface and textiles which is a strong interest of mine also. Mark making is key to her work to be a wallpaper designer and you can clearly see this in her work that the mark making is how she communicates. In the bio its interesting of how she is wanting to became a wallpaper designer of designing/working with a high-end company or creating her own brand- me wanting to go down the same field as Baker is very useful information of me not knowing many high end companies is very useful source for me. Be very positive to hear of Annie baker’s success and wish her all the best in her career as a wallpaper designer.

Annie Barker
 

3D design students created this exciting and ‘funky’ piece of work. When I saw it for the first time it just caught my eye straight away I thought “Oh wow. That looks funky” I just think it’s beautiful. The colour, the ‘fringing’ it’s just so very contempary for 2015 especially having fringing to it- everyone loves a good fringe. The colours being so bold and in your face just cheer up a gloomy day.

I didn’t know if you could or could not sit on these chairs but I didn’t want to test the theory in case I broke one- but to me wanting to sit on these chairs/ sun loungers I felt it captured its audience as that is the purpose of wanting to sit and use them for day to day intentions. They just look so comfy and very classy all ideas of using them and where they could be placed were in my head. Just loved them. What I took from this art work was clientele. This work was done for a purpose it was produced to a certain standard, clients asked them, gave these students a brief to work to and from reading the bio, these students certainly pushed the bar.

3D Design students 50/50 seating project

 Farzana Ullah. Wow. Literally took my breath away, I didn’t know what to do I felt like I needed to touch it, stroke it, take picture or take it home. This piece is incredible.

This piece looks like wallpaper but a twist it’s a very interactive wallpaper. Like I said Wow. That is what you say literally straight away and you embrace it a little more and realise this piece has a 3D element to it- just want to touch it! The colours the texture the surface of it all is amazing and for a wallpaper to be that interactive is incredible... the only thought was where would its cliental be? Would it be Gallery or interiors?
I love layers. Layering and layering all day is ideal for me and to see this standard of layering is breath taking. I just couldn’t believe it. With Ullah work it is beautiful but only Ullah could do that where for me it is too complicated and over powering but to look at is lovely but not my style. From Ullah work I do take inspiration of knowing if I keep the layering and texture on going I could possible produce work to a similar standard and that’s what I like to think.

Farzana Ullah

The students I have spoken about have let me have an insight to what I could achieve one day and its exciting but scary, but all of them have gave me advice from the works of be original keep to your strengths but as well take the risk by collaborating and keep to how you communicate through the use of textiles.