1/4/14
These shapes of the fish and shells seemed to be a nice group but didn't feel quite right.
1/4/15
The LHS pics are of Brighton pavilion and the Promenade Victorian ironwork, again these shapes didn't seem to work and I realised that they were symmetrical and we were advised to look for asymmetrical.
1/4/16
I finally found something that felt right with the lines in a large stone I'd collected, and started to isolate the shapes.
1/4/17
I made some simple printing blocks with some of the shapes and tried them out with a black printing ink pad.
1/4/18
This was my final choice, but having finished the exercises now, I do wonder if I picked this because it looked like a cross between a bird and a seal, to me of course, you might see something else.
It was now time to play with this shape and see how it would work in lots of different design environments.
1/4/19
I did find this quite difficult to start with as it was quite prescriptive and I found myself becoming too enslaved by the instructions, but I did like the figure, and the initial P.
1/4/20
Next up was the pattern element, again I felt quite challenged by the tight instructions on this one and eventually resorted to the computer to see if I could free myself up.
Finally, having not produced much that I was pleased with I decided to do a couple of pieces without any instructions and then discovered the value of these warming up exercises, especially in the second one where I made use of the very first image of the stripes over the shape. I didn't like this image at all in isolation but loved the way the stripes worked in this sample.
1/4/21
1/4/22
I think this will be a good base to come back to and was an interesting way of looking at design ideas, one I hadn't explored before
Next stop colour.
Hi Sharon, yes I found these first exercises very prescriptive. I think as it is the first module i wasn't quite sure how much to branch out! but they were a good start up and a basis to expand on.i think the birds have it!
ReplyDeleteI also found this exercise hard, there seemed to be no context for the designs, just a matter of doing what was asked, but as I worked through the list I found that I got a bit more free in my interpretations. I very much like the final design in which you have used drawing, cloth and stitch.
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I've just been catching up on all the creative work you have been producing Sharon - I am in awe of you! It is being able to create abstract pattern that I find (and always have) so difficult. Your work looks very inspiring.
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