A PLACE IN QUESTION

POWERPOINT SUMMARY

Rowena Fry

Using historical and contemporary research

Unit 9Contextual Referencesa      research into historical and contemporary work, showing understanding of the contexts which influenced the work .

B recording and presenting information explaining the use of visual language in others’ work.

c    use of contextual references in own work

• A) Researching artist Andre Derain has made me aware of the Fauvism movement whilst I was researching his background. I found this to be art work with clear brush strokes and vibrant colours. To improve, I could have described the art movement of one the contemporary artists I studied, such as Simone Ridyard.

• B) For each of my seven artists that I studied, I described their work using terminology and formal elements, such as line and tone but especially colour. I then explored their styles in turn by either creating a copy of one of their pieces or responding in their style, to show that I have understood their work. This example is Elena Romanova.

• C) I used much of my artist research to influence my design ideas. For example, I altered Rita Furstenau’s motif for my ideas, by modifying the dimensions, colour and adding lines either side.

Location studies All Pathways- Fine Art, Design, Multimediaa. recording of experiences or information to develop intentions

What approaches did you use to examine and record your location? Representing the space; details; light etc. How did you decide and which worked the best? Why?

b  use of materials, processes and technology or a combination of materials, processes and technology to develop ideas

What did you learn through your initial enquiries? Experiments and techniques, use of an experimental process to generate new ideas, suitability of some rather than others?

a) I first made many primary studies of my chosen location, using a variety of media such as collage, ink, pencil and wax pastels. Each technique represented a different aspect of the building, for example the ink explored the texture and the blue pastel was to mimic the weather when I drew it – cloudy with some rain.

b) From these initial studies, I was inspired to create experimental responses. This led me to my triangle experimentation, which was the root of many of my designs. Additionally, I could then go onto my exploration of glass and interior relationships, shown by this acetate and acrylic sample.

Unit 13 (Design) a) Resolve the needs of the brief to develop intentionsHow did you develop the final brief? What client / end user is it for? Why?

What constraints and requirements did you consider?

What research did you undertake into your chosen area of creative enquiry?

b) Develop a range of ideas in response to the brief. How did you develop your ideas for the final outcome? What techniques did you use to generate ideas? What influenced you in doing this?

Developing your personal brief

a) When devising my brief, I knew I wanted to both play to my strengths and do down the pathway that I find most interesting. This led me to choose the design pathway. I decided to make a screen print based on my initial research for the client Amazon.com, as then the print can be applied to a variety of products.

b) From this brief, I then continued with more artist research of print designers to gather from them how to create an effective print and any other inspiration I might need. Rita Furstenau I found particularly helpful as she gave me an idea for a design aspect (the motif). Additionally, the mark making used by Helen Green inspired one of my designs. I also used my research on Aztec prints heavily as inspiration for designs, this being initiated by my experimental triangle research.

Unit 11 Develop & Produce Own Ideas

a) Create and develop ideas in response to the brief.How did you interpret your brief? What different approaches to the same theme did you explore? What decisions did you make to refine your ideas?

b) Plan and produce finaloutcome using specialist working methods and processes.How did you decide on the final outcome? Why was this the best approach? How did you choose the techniques you’ve used? Did they work effectively?

Developing your personal brief

a) For my final design I knew I wanted to have a print that would be versatile, as Amazon.com put their prints on a range of items, from phone cases to upholstery. So to suit this, I knew my design couldn’t be over-complicated and it may need to be scaled up or down depending on the product. I had to make many decisions when making my final piece. One of the most predominant was the choice to remove the patterns inspired by Furstenau on the beige layer, as it would have looked too busy on the print, distracting from the other layers and would have been very difficult to cut for the stencil.

b) My final design was a combination of my three initial ideas, modified to simplify and improve it. I also incorporated the idea of glass reflections and the interior image fighting for focus by having multiple layers of print over-lapping one another to convey this idea.