Wednesday, 5 January 2011
CONCLUSION
Monday, 13 December 2010
Printmaking: Week 8
Rose Power 27/09/10
I give myself a score of: 95
I printed 3 together to look at spacing.
The finished wallpaper design on plain paper
Wallpaper
Wallpaper with spaces
I prefer the middle one, which was going to be my final piece. I like the blurring from the ink being slightly too thick, but other people might not have the same appreciation for happy accidents. I like the way the 6 designs are linked together with additional foliage that I drew in, rather than being 6 distinct drawings.
Monday, 6 December 2010
Printmaking: Week 7
Rose Power 06/12/10
How many prints did you make? 5
Visual Sensibility (understanding and expressing ideas in images)/ Competence in printmaking techniques: My mono printing style is definitely improving and I am able to better communicate my idea through this medium now.
Active participation in taught sessions: It was good to be back in the studio on my scheduled day, after weeks of snow and illness! I found it useful to see how everyone else is progressing and drawing their projects to a close
I give myself a score of : 85
Monday, 29 November 2010
Printmaking: Week 6
Monday, 22 November 2010
Week 5 - research
- Victorian life - the British empire, travelling to 'exotic' places, collecting taxidermy/decorative items, discovery, zoos...
- Victorian wallpaper/textiles
- Modern interpretations of these
- Birds in flight
- Birds in museums
- Victorian life - the British empire, travelling to 'exotic' places, collecting taxidermy/decorative items, discovery, zoos...
- Victorian wallpaper/textiles
- I like this bird/anenome wallpaper as the birds are hidden in the design, being the same colour as the flowers. The simple use of just 2 colours lends itself well to printmaking ideas. It was designed in 1882.
- This textile design, also by Morris, looks typically Victorian and heavily designed with lots of colours and detail. I like its symmetry and could experiment with using this in my own designs.
- Modern interpretations of these
- Birds in flight
- Birds in museums
Printmaking: Week 5
Rose Power 22/11/10
How many prints did you make? 2
I give myself a score of : 75/great. I have made good progress today with ideas, despite being intimidated by returning to printmaking after such a lot of time off.