6th day

I focused on placing my piece in photoshop on this day, after working out the scale of the structure

Fifth day

This day I further wanted to do research into building that take in the view around them as well as looking at light.

This led me to look at

Karan Aparartment -Donna Karan

Karan's aparatment inishally instread as Karan is a fashion designer then took to deignsing an aparemnt basiced in New York. I like hoe Karan wanted to celebrate the city bu having lots of wide opening doors and glass walls. I also found it intresting how due to the crampness of New York Karan wanted the apartment to be spacous and calming






Naked House and Curtain house -Robert Kronenbury
I was intresting in how bold and stong both of the pieces of architecture where. Espicially curtain house, as it was not like anything I had ever seen before, the idea to have two walls just as a curtain so that half the house could be completely open is what drew in to it inidetly. I think went to look at Naked house, which had a very stong consept behind Kronenbury wanted to design a house where the rooms where not set to be one thing or another they where all just spaces to live in.

I also wanted to look at movable art such as

ParaSITE

I like the polotics behind Parasite's work as the create structures for living of the wasted energy from other buildings noramally large companins.

and 'it living'

Forth day

On this day I wanted to further explore form and try and understand how practical my ideas would be to create.

This led me to designing my final structure

Third day

This day I dedicated to looking into research especially into towers and printed structures.
I looked at Tatlins tower which moved with the seasons, this structure intrigued me due to its different from.



Secondly I looked at the GLA building due to its interesting spiralling ramp structure inside, which allows people to see whats going on in the whole building at any time.














Finally I looked at Han Scharoun. Han Schminke. This was because of his use of print and pattern, the roofs and ceilings of his buildings are covered in a continuous pattern. As I was already given a pattern due to my object I knew I defiantly wanted to use that.

Second day

I want to develop my two favourit ideas on this day. I like using the idea the form as a viewing pervilion due to the intrestin pattern on the outside. Also the form is easy to build extremmly tall.

My second idea was to turn the structure into a libary this was due to the cut out shapes would be perfect for storing books as well as the round shape would make for a perfect hidden reading space inside of all the books.

First day

On the first day of this project I wasnt to develop the verious different forms I could create with thiis washing basket. I came up with verious differnt ideas which I could turn my form into.

The three R

This project was intresting as week took a random object and had to turn it into some kind of form or structure. 

I got given a green plastic washing baskit. 

6th Day

On the 6th day I founced on refining my structure so that I could then take it into photoshop. To then set it in a location of my chose and reflect clearly the materials in which I intend it to be made from.

Fifth Day

On this day I kept building my structure and also starting thinking about what my structure would be used for. This lead me to look at various different architects and performance artist. Because of the structure of my building this lead me look at performances artist such as punch drunk, I think a performance art company as punch drunk could easily use the space I am creating for a performances pieces.

Fourth day

We looked at which one of our structures was most interesting and mostly to be successful as a building or product. I wanted to look at architecture, so I chose a structure which I thought I could turn into a building. I wanted my building to strongly reflect my original structure however still seem fusible as a building, still keeping the rough edges and uneven finish. This was challanging as I then had to think of what it would be made of if I did create it as a building. This lead me to look at architects such as "---------------" who all look at buildings which are or look like the are almost decaying.

Third Day

On the third day of this project we focused on photographing our work extremely well so that we could work from the pictures. After taking the photos, we created a real life photoshop by using layers of tracing paper. this was so that we could see the structure we had made below then layer it with contexts so that you could tell scale, details so you knew where it was a producted or building and finally people.

I found this really interesting so see something coming from nothing.

Second Day

After exploring fixing and fixtures on the first day, we where then looking at using the laser cutter in creating new shapes again like we did yesterday. We had to factor in the thickness of the cardboard and to create slots. This was so that we could slot the shapes we made together so that we could create structures.

First day

First project

For this project we where asked to mess around with different objects originally to create organic spaces and structure. From these forms that be made we then had to turn them in to structures and buildings. We used a variation of materials such as plastic, foam board and paper

Fashion Weekly Review

I was surprised how much I enjoyed fashion week. As this was an area I had not explored before, I was unsure how I would work in that environment. I enjoyed how we took figures which were already clothed and had to try and reform or add things to them to change their outfit completely. I thought that texture was something that would be interesting to explore, that lead me to make texture my focus of the week. What I liked most about this week was working on a large scale and being very structural. I also liked how I was forced to think through and progress to one final idea. However what I didn't like about the fashion week is how tight and to the point the briefs seemed to be, this lead me to be more to the point and precise. this attention to detail is something that I will try and continue to work through out my chosen path way.

I think as my work in fashion was so structural and strong this lead me to create my decision of making 3D my chosen path way, 

Fashion -Day Three

In preparation for the final day of Fashion we had to think about the kind of structure/ garment which we wanted to create. After my work on day two I wanted to look at something that sat on your shoulders and was made out of brown paper. I also wanted to make it look quite masculine and strong. This lead to me devising this design. Which I created to look like this 

Fashion -Day Two

On the second day after looking at what we created yesterday we had to initially take images from magazines and add on top of them to create new and clothing and structures looking again at pattern, texture and form. I tried to see what I thought worked well yesterday and re-create it. I also wanted to look at little details not necessarily a whole item of clothing.

After that we had to focus on one area of the body and try and devise various different structures or clothing to be wore on this area of the body.  I chose to look at creating a shoulder piece. I wanted to take inspiration from the rest of my work in the fashion week. This is why I looked a lot at shapes which I could repeat and I wanted to mainly work with different forms of paper. I wanted my piece to be very textured however still look quite strong and very structured.

After that we had look at our favourite design from our first task and then create simple cloths from the pattern. I chose to look at ripped brown paper and photocopy it only in black and white, this came out in various different tones of grey. I liked this because I thought it did seem to have a fabric like look and also had a great depth however it would be very difficult to create this as a fabric or texture.  

Fashion -Day One

On the first day of Fashion we firstly looked at creating Marquette’s of clothing we would like to create looking at pattern, texture and structure. I wanted to bring all elements together, that is why I create a dress which had three layers all with holes so that you could see through to the different textures. I also made it a very large skirt so that structurally it was quite powerful. I also created a dress that was like a coil of ripped paper, this was because I really like the texture of the edge of the ripped paper and I liked the repeating of the patter. Finally as men’s wear is something I'm interested in I wanted to create something very masculine and structural. 

From this we had to repeat one of the Marquette’s we made 20 times on various scales. I found this challenging as my design was already very large and had various details. After this in pair we worked with what others had create to make an item of clothing or structure based on various different words. 

Finally we worked with our pattern on the pieces we create to make any item of clothing we liked, this is what we created. 

Photographers Gallery

My favourite exhibition in The Photographers Gallery was titled Mark Neville: Deeds Not Words. I found this exhibition pertically moving because of the issues it was trying to address. Initially most of the pictures seems to be quite humours such as Corby Carnival Queens go bowling.  However the collection of work was trying to raise awareness of the issues around the handing of toxic waste and the reuse of contaminated land. People and culture was effected by this toxic wasted lead to several babies being born with serious birth defects. All of Neville's work in this collection are very strong aesthetically due to the saturation of the colours. The compassion of Cobry Carnival Queens go bowling is very full, which makes it interesting to look at as so much is going on. This is in strong contrast to other work in this collection such as Ben bursting a balloon, which is very simple aesthetically. 'Ben's' eyes create a contextion with the audiences as he is looking directly at the lens. This is also supported by the dark background the audiences is forced to focus on Ben. When I first looked at this photo I did not initially realise the birth defect on 'Ben's' hand. I think this is due to the action of popping a balloon and the look in Ben's eyes.

The Photographers Gallery also had an exhibiting across two floor which had asked people to take a photo on the same day every year over several years, this was called Mass Observation: This is your photo. This was interesting as you gained an insight into peoples lives from all different walks of life. It was interesting to see how their lives had changed over the years. I also thought what was engaging about the piece was what different people chose to be their picture of the day that year.

http://www.photographersgallery.com/

http://www.markneville.co.uk/works/deeds-not-words/

http://davidcampany.com/mark-neville-deeds-no-words/

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/exhibition-sheds-new-light-on-corby-toxic-waste-scandal-that-left-16-children-with-birth-defects-8750182.html

Lens Based Media -Weekly Review

It was interesting in Lens Base Media week to forces on narrative so strongly and less about our practical skills in the path way. I enjoyed trying to create a narrative in 6 images. I think the main reason I enjoyed this was that it challenged me to think so strongly about my narrative and story line. I also enjoyed and we constantly has to crit each others work. This lead to my idea be really strongly developed and I believe to be a clear and power narrative. The crits lead me to think about thing I did not initially think about such a characters and camera angles. I hope that I can continue to do often crits on my work in my chosen pathway. Initially we spent time building ideas around narrative and characters, this was helpful as it lead me to think more creatively and think more cleverly about the narrative which I was going to create, I want to try and take activities like this into my chosen path way so that I continue to think very creatively. Len Based Media week was really helpful in leading me to be creative and more free which is something I want to keep and further explore on my time on my foundation.

Lens Based Media -Day Three

Our final day in lens based media, we drew all our skill we had developed over the passed two days in still image and story, we had to create an narrative which could be effectively reflected in six images. I devised a story about the transition of a £10 note and what money can be exchanged for. I took 30 images so that I could test out which works and what was effective. I then create my six image story, which then we got into group of six so that we could have a crit. The Crit was extremely helpful as the group helped me devise way to reflect my narrative more effectively and main to reflect more of the character in the single shots. The crit was also helpful as the group had interesting ideas how I could shot things differently. This lead my final idea to be the most effective and the narrative to be clear.

Lens Based Media -Day Two

In the second day of Lens Based Media we mainly fouced on narrative and story. Firstly we watch short films so that we started thinking about a story and how it is structured. We watched a short film called Fridge which was very effective in getting the audiences to context with the characters quickly as well as having extreme highs and lows in a short film. I found it interesting how there was little dialogue and was in black and white, I believe this drew the audiences in and made them more forced on the story.
After this we did a seres of actives to try and generate character, location and relationship between them which we could use to create a short story.

Lens Based Media -Day One

On the first day of Lens based media we explored still image, looking at images that we took of our habit, I decide to focus on a image from my home of books on a book shelf. I chose this image as it generated the most emotional contextion and I believe strongly reflects my home. We then had to draw and paint this image on a huge scale of A1. I found this punctually challenging, working to such a huge scale and also painting as it not one of my strengths. We then had to create a view finder and look at sections of the image and then reflect how this would create a different emotion to the picture as a whole.

Graphics Weekly Review

I really enjoyed the Graphics week, especially how we explored the idea of graphic image and graphic font. Creating faces from other images on the first day was my personal favour thing to do as it was an interesting area to explore and also makes me question the idea of beauty in society. It was interesting to see how similar all the women's features look when you take their faces apart, it was also interesting introducing text to support the image. We then went on to explore font, I enjoyed experimenting with different materials to look for inspiration to create our own font. I used a messy pieces of string to inspire my font, this lead my font to very soft and loopy. This font lead me too look at Marian Bantjes work, where she conbindes font and patten to create a strong graphic image.

I pertically found watching the Milton Glaser -point video interesting as he discussed graphics and art, this lead me too at the May 1968 strike posters and their bold and graphic images, this made me think of work done by Barbara Kruger as like the strike poster the use of a bold image and font are used together to make a powerful statement. This lead me to want to use image and font together for my final poster which we created on day three.

I think I enjoyed exploring graphics as graphic work always had a direct link with the public and is one of the only art forms that is constantly taking in by people almost subconsciously

Graphics -Day Three

Front the beginning of the week we where told that on the last day we where going to make a poster about our future. I decided to image in 20 years time that I would be a film maker, from our work on day one I thought it would be interesting to do something with college and pretend the images where from the films I had created over the 20 years. I was also interested in doing something with the profile of the face as the exhibition was about myself but I didn't want it to be too oveouse. Some of my initial ideas I also looked at doing something with my initials 'BM' This lead me to come up with a number of out comes. All based on the use of images.