Digital Portfolio

I have been asked to send of a task to Leeds College of art attaching 6 images of my work that I feel best reflects my passion and love for textile surface design. Below are the 6 images that I attached outlining my starting point through to how I have adapted and used it as inspiration. Looking through old work I can see clear links with my current work so I decided to include them. 14

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Also within the task Leeds College of art asked for at least 500 words as to why I would like too attend their institution. Below is what I sent…

“The primary reason I am applying to Leeds College of Art is in response to the excellent reputation the art school has both in academic and industrial circles. A reputation, that prepares its graduates for the challenges they face when they graduate and reassures me that my time spent studying will be the very best offered by any institution. I have arrived at this conclusion by speaking to present students of printed textiles and surface pattern design, and all have emphasised the amount of support and encouragement they receive from the staff team and the opportunities that arise from participating on the course. I am also excited by the opportunity to investigate a range of practices in the first year of the course before specialising at a later point. This will, I hope allow me to make an informed decision about focussing my practice and specialising in line with potential employment opportunities that will emerge after degree study. This is the environment I wish to develop my studies in, on a course that will nurture and challenge me in a vibrant and exciting city.

I am inspired by the work of Daniel Libeskind, in particular his drawings as the hard lines and strict geometry of this work informs my own work. This practice was confirmed during early January as I spent two weeks on a work experience placement at Hemmingway Design in London. This was a challenging but rewarding experience that allowed me to demonstrate the skill set I have developed so far, while also signposting the direction I intend on developing in terms of interiors and the kind of design that excites me. I hope that this potential is evident in this portfolio and look forward to discussing my work with you at interview.” 

From this I got offered a Interview for Monday the 2nd of March.

 

 

Lino Prints

From a few selected images of my photography I am going to create a series of lino carvings of which I will print from and create some plaster casts. I am hoping the plaster will give me some really nice effects, however I don’t think I will get enough detail and texture from the carvings. I hope to actually go out and get the real casts of the cracks which will capture each and every nook and cranny. I have found an artist who uses the pages of maps and books to cover sculptural mediums. I think it would be great if I could use some of my photos that I have worked into with stitch and actually collage them onto the casts.

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‘What’s beneath you?’

I am giving my work this title as I want to give more thought into ‘whats beneath you’ on the journeys we take, and if our journeys were a little more vibrant, would it be more memorable? I have been working in photoshop on some quick photographs I took walking home from college. I like how the camera didn’t fully focus and how it looks slightly distorted/stretched. I feel this effect shows the journey better as it highlights the movement. I have been inspired by Andy, a class mate who has been using photoshop to layer up stains, using the saturation setting he got some really cool effects. I thought to incorporate my geometric shapes that have been present throughout all of my work, also inspired by Jelle Martens who uses photography and block colour.

My starting photograph

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On the photo below, I feel the subtle colour change works well. I love that each triangle has a different pixilated colour effect. I feel the yellow is most vibrant an reminds me of road markings such as double yellow lines. If on your journey home/or too somewhere looked like this, I feel it would be more memorable or it would be appreciated/taken more notice of.

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As I liked the vibrancy of the yellow in the above photo, I wanted to see how it looked being in all triangles. I think the composition works well. Yet wish that I had made the background black and white so that the original colour had been adjusted. IMG_5849 copy

 As the yellow reminded me of the double yellow road markings in the top photo, I decided to double the colour up. This now looks more distorted and makes the eyes literally look like they’re seeing double. I also adjusted the background colour into black and white.I feel it works much better as the contrast is more noticeable. IMG_5849 2

Using a similar photo, I cropped a section out. Adjusted the colour to black and white and chopped geometrics out of it. The blue has been inspired by my previous work. I used a mirror repeat of the background and Again inspired by Andy’s layering I overlapped the triangles to create this effect.

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I thought that it might be interesting to use a photograph of a more three dimensional quality to see how adding the triangular colour would work. I used a photo I took in manchester of very sharp shaped buildings.

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Getting my ideas together 

A simple mood board of the images that are inspiring the direction of my project so far. A visual idea of the colour pallet, shapes and textures I am wanting to work with.

The work of Mizar Akbar an Iranian architect in the 19th century who is my VAM inspiration (bottom left) as well as Daniel Libeskind’s architectural work (top left) are both the main focal points of shape in my project. My unit 1-4 project work has had an influence on this project as I have carried through some themes and ideas. My unit 1-4 work was inspired by the architecture at Park Guell in Barcelona, mainly the mosaic ceiling. I used the shapes from that to experiment with mono printing and sculpture which reminded me of a map and how it shows the borders breaking up places. When looking for an inspiration at the VAM I was drawn to architecture again and in my presentation I was given feed back from piers to maybe think about arial views as the architectural drawings showing divisions of space, much like a map. The arial photographs then inspired my direction for colour and textures. I feel drawn the the deep blue, black and white which I will experiment with further. I have looked and researched a range of different artists such as Richard Diebenkorn who illustrates dividing up spaces using line, shape and colours. Jelly Martens who uses photoshop to edit photos using geometrics.

In response to the images on my mood board, I have played around with some emulsion and inks to create textures and interesting lines/shapes.