About Me
I have been studying Art and Design now for 3 years. I have really enjoyed studying the subject, and have learnt a range of different techniques and processes, and my creativity skills have soared. I especially enjoyed the Textiles project from the first year, as I used my own photography to help further develop my work. Also for the Tell Me a Story project, I heavily included photography to help me achieve my outcomes. I feel now though that this is the time to study a specific area in Art and Design. When I started out I had no inkling of what I wanted to do in the future. As the course progressed, I developed a keen interest in Photography. I would love to be able to be given the chance to further develop my skills and learn more in depth about the subject and learn a range of techniques. I like to create diverse and effective images in Photoshop from my own photos. I have used this technique in a couple of my previous projects, and find the outcomes very visually interesting. In my spare time I do like to use photography, anywhere I can really. I like to capture landscape images and the natural world. I will continue to use photography in my spare time to gain confidence and experience, and in future projects I intend to use my own photography in anyway I can. For my FMP, I will base my work on photography. My career aim is to have a job in the field of photography. I am immensely proud of what I have achieved in the past 3 years and I am keen for my progress to continue.
I have been studying Art and Design now for 3 years. I have really enjoyed studying the subject, and have learnt a range of different techniques and processes, and my creativity skills have soared. I especially enjoyed the Textiles project from the first year, as I used my own photography to help further develop my work. Also for the Tell Me a Story project, I heavily included photography to help me achieve my outcomes. I feel now though that this is the time to study a specific area in Art and Design. When I started out I had no inkling of what I wanted to do in the future. As the course progressed, I developed a keen interest in Photography. I would love to be able to be given the chance to further develop my skills and learn more in depth about the subject and learn a range of techniques. I like to create diverse and effective images in Photoshop from my own photos. I have used this technique in a couple of my previous projects, and find the outcomes very visually interesting. In my spare time I do like to use photography, anywhere I can really. I like to capture landscape images and the natural world. I will continue to use photography in my spare time to gain confidence and experience, and in future projects I intend to use my own photography in anyway I can. For my FMP, I will base my work on photography. My career aim is to have a job in the field of photography. I am immensely proud of what I have achieved in the past 3 years and I am keen for my progress to continue.
My Work
Design Crafts Project
I have created outcomes in ceramics, jewellery and felt. My outcomes reflect my main inspiration, natural forms and organic shapes. In ceramics I have created 3 candleholders. The artist Rose Dickenson influenced my heavily. The cutout shapes allow light to shine through. I will hang copper shapes in the cutouts, to reflect light and combine materials. My ceramic samples show use of paper resist, sgraffito, slip decoration, glazing and oxides. In jewellery I learned how to texture copper effectively using the rolling mill and metal punches. In felt I have learned how create a 3d form using a resist.
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Bridge Project
For this live brief I had to create a sculpture for a sensory garden. My inspiration came from drawings of insects at Liverpool Museum. I took all the shapes of the insects and created them in handmade plastic using earthy colours to tie in with my theme of the natural world. I knew that in my sculptures I wanted to create light and colour to make them visually interesting. To get the effect of seeing them in the garden, I took the models outside and photographed them at an angle where it gives the model some scale. The backlighting adds drama and shows how effective the coloured plastic would be. In Photoshop, I like to create a new image from my own photos. I love playing around with all the different effects to create an interesting image.
Tell me a Story
In this project I produced a series of narrative images about my phobia of high buildings. This technique is . As I want to do photography, I thought this was a good opportunity to take my own photographs, so I went out and photographed high buildings. I then developed these images in monoprint, an effective technique with clear black lines which I scanned into Photoshop. To add detail, I added a range of patterns and colours to make the images effective. I combined the images of my work with photos of myself looking scared to help communicate my fear more. I cropped the photos of myself to highlight my facial expressions by zooming in. The storyboard is successful as I like the composition of the images and it helps to get the idea of fear of high buildings more easily.
Graphics Project
In this project I was asked to design a book cover. I researched a range of art movements to develop my book cover designs, and chose Pop Art as it’s bright, colourful and fun. In the research I saw a repetition of symbols; this is where my inspiration comes from. I learned the technique of screen-printing. I like this technique as its always interesting in how your design will print. Also I was heavily influenced by artist Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. With the research I then started to develop my ideas using mixed materials. This helped me into scanning pieces of designs in a manipulating them in Photoshop to create something new. The screen prints I think are successful as they communicate Pop Art well through colours and symbols. My final book cover design, I think is also successful, as I have used bright colours and symbols that relate to Pop Art and you can clearly see my artists influence by the benday dots.
Wallpaper Design
Drawing
The top images are samples of my still life drawing. In this unit I learned how to get the composition of objects correct. I used a range of drawing techniques including, pen and ink, chalk, pastels, collage and drawing with my left hand to make the drawing look loose. This project has helped me a lot with my drawing skills, I feel more confident now to draw a group of objects. In still life drawing, I learned how to measure and where certain things should be placed on paper. The charcoal image is one of my best drawings; I like this technique of drawing, as I can show where the light shines simply by rubbing out the charcoal, I like the high contrast effect produced. I really enjoyed this project as it helped with my confidence to be able to achieve a good piece of work.
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Textiles
These are a small selection of my textile pieces I created in the first year of the course. For this project I had to create 3d forms using textiles. I learnt how to use materials such as calico and vanishing fabric. I also learned the technique of painting brusho ink onto paper and then ironing it onto calico. This gives the piece a more textured look. One of my strong points in textiles is colours, I know what colours compliment each other and work well together, and ones that don’t. I enjoyed blending the neutral, calm and relaxing colours and fabrics together.
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Wallpaper Design
For this project I had to design wallpaper suitable to my chosen theme, which was hotel boutique. The techniques I learned in this project were screen-printing. I was influenced by the natural world and the art movement Art Nouveau. The bottom images was my first outcome, I really like how the colours work together, although they are quite bold colours, it comes across quite relaxing and calm. Although the leave shapes didn’t all in sync with where they were suppose to go, I think that makes it more effective. For my second outcome, I really wanted to challenge myself into creating a more difficult pattern to work with in screen-print. I was influenced by the curvy lines and shapes in Art Nouveau. With this print I experimented in putting the pattern on different colour backgrounds, I think the top two came out most successful as they are visually effective and interesting to look out.
The top images are samples of my still life drawing. In this unit I learned how to get the composition of objects correct. I used a range of drawing techniques including, pen and ink, chalk, pastels, collage and drawing with my left hand to make the drawing look loose. This project has helped me a lot with my drawing skills, I feel more confident now to draw a group of objects. In still life drawing, I learned how to measure and where certain things should be placed on paper. The charcoal image is one of my best drawings; I like this technique of drawing, as I can show where the light shines simply by rubbing out the charcoal, I like the high contrast effect produced. I really enjoyed this project as it helped with my confidence to be able to achieve a good piece of work.
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