2015 presentation summary place in question.
- 1. Place Of Question By Whitney Henderson Reilly
- 2. I recorded my place in question by taking pictures in different areas as my location was at a wide area of the college. There was so many variety of things to focus on and develop. Lighting was important because when looking at certain objects you can see them in different ways as they could brighten up or cause shadows to appear to give the object more of affect. I focused on different objects that consist with different shapes so it could look more unique. Location studies 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? I learned that when using different medias things look different then they originally look. Also drawing the different objects like the wood sculpture and fence they are similar in a way even though I didn’t use the same material they remind me of both wood.
- 3. When I first was using sketch up I had no idea what I was doing. I have never used this software before and I had to make sure that I understood how each tool works before I do what I chosen to do as my inspiration for my 3D model and brief. When I did my sketch model and wanted it to look like the original object that I was looking at. So I made sure it is the same measurements, tried to make the colours similar and the look of the wooden sculpture. As you can see that the middle panel of wood is the lightest as the object I was looking at it was the lighter colour as im guessing it doesn’t get a lot of rain it so it doesn’t make it turn darker. Location studies SketchUp and Movie Adobe premiere pro is where I created the movie of my sketch up model and images, I found it difficult at first cause I had no clue what things were. Effect control is one of the tools that I knew so I understood what to do with that as it is something that I used in a different software.
- 4. I recorded my place in question by taking pictures in different areas as my location was at a wide area of the college. There was so many variety of things to focus on and develop. Lighting was important because when looking at certain objects you can see them in different ways as they could brighten up or cause shadows to appear to give the object more of affect. I focused on different objects that consist with different shapes so it could look more unique. When doing my initial ideas I used a variety of different media to see what works well with each other. The large drawing was my starting point. That’s how I came up with incorporating the leaves with the wooden object. Using different media gave the large drawing more of a better look, meaning that it doesn’t look boring because it isn’t just using one media. It has many. I wanted to use tone to give it more depth to the drawing. I first made a 3D model out of cardboard and it wasn’t really that good but it had all the shapes of the object I was looking at. I then went into the work shop to create a replica of the wooden sculpture. I put a frame in it as I wanted to make it look different and also I wanted to include leaves. As I wanted a bit of nature involved in my model. I cut out the negative space because you can clearly see through it and I found it different then having tracing paper and brown paper showing. Making and developmental work - (Large drawing, 3D, print)
- 5. Using historical and contemporary research When looking at other peoples work it makes me question what art really is. Art is such a wide range thing. Artists all have their different styles and I have my own, but seeing the artists that I researched made think about the way I approach things in my book and in how interpret things. I mean that they have made me seen different angles in art, I don’t just do my own style I try and incorporate other artists work within my own. When looking at other artists work I make sure that I write what I think about their work. I like to go in detail as I have so much to say about the different artists that I looked at. I find it very useful to look at others work then you get more inspired and have much more new knowledge to share in your sketchbook, well that’s how I see it. When looking at art works I make sure that I comment on tone, line, colour all of those visual language. It is very important that I understand why artists do what they do. Such as the colour that use is important they don’t want to use the wrong colours in their piece of work or it will be ruined. Each colour has a meaning if you really think about it and that is one thing I have learned not all artists have the same meanings when they use the same colour as they all produce different artworks.
- 6. Developing your personal briefa) My brief was that I was making a piece of furniture which incorporates nature. I created different initial ideas of chairs that have nature inspired designs. Before I thought my brief I did research on artists that do art by making furniture and I found two artists: Spencer Jenkins and John Makepeace. These two artists had very different approaches with their furniture. I really liked how Makepeace did a design of branches in the chair and that inspired me to create some initial ideas based on putting nature in a chair as I found that very unique. As I wanted to create a furniture that has leaves within it. That was my starting point. I knew that by brief will be around nature and mostly leaves. Also I had the idea of leaves from my 3D model as that incorporated leaves on it. b) I came to my final decision on what design to go to as I really liked the shape of chair as I found it very unique with how the legs aren’t straight, but slanted and on each leg there are leaves engraved to make it look different from other chairs as they don’t usually have designs on the legs but the one I have designed does. Where you sit down there would be a big leaf in the middle and it look like a realistic leaf, this will also be engraved like the design on the legs. I wanted it to be really different and that’s why I was inspired by Makepeace for the branches on the backrest. People want chairs that bright up a room and that’s what I tried to portray in my final design. Yes they did work effectively because it came out how my client wanted it.
- 7. Developing your personal brief a) I was trying to keep with the theme of the place of question as my object was a wooden sculpture and I found the shapes very intriguing. As the object looks like a chair shape but you can not sit on it. So that’s how I started to develop my brief. I developed my brief by seeing what company I can put down that makes sense for my brief. The decisions I have made to refine my ideas is that I have to narrow my ideas down and make sure that the material I use its appropriate for my client and for the company that I have for my brief. b) When planning my final product I have to check that the materials that I am using I have enough of it all. Also the design of my product has to be in a clear layout so I know what I am doing, measurements, colours and designs have to be correct I would not like a mistake on my final design as I wouldn’t want to make a mistake when making it. Making a very detailed chair was the best approach as I want the chair to bring out a room and make people want to buy it as it would be very eye catching maybe not in the colour but the leaf design will be very fine and realistic. Wood was definitely the best option to use (oak) as it is very easy to work with the shaping and design. The leaves will be engraved so that its actually in the wood ad not painted on. The back of the seat will be a shape of a tree for the resembles the tree it came from. b) 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 final outcome 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? Illustrate (photo’s from sketchbook) and fully explain one example for each criteria. Explain how you have covered the criteria.
- 8. Applying Professional; practice in your work • As I wanted to look at an artist that is a sculpture and that’s uses wood to create their artwork. Lasserre’s drawings and sculptures explore the unexpected potential of the everyday through allegories of value, expectation, and utility. • b) It helped me design more of my of my initial ideas as I was very inspired by Lasserre’s work. It was very unique. Not only did Lasserre did sculpture work he did drawings which made me approach my drawings different and made me think more about the uniqueness of my designs and make them my own and not follow what someone else had created in their work. • c) Health and safety was very important for making a chair this is because making it has a lot of machinery involved. So gloves and goggles should always be worn when producing my final outcome. Always be aware of your surroundings as when making/producing the product as if you bump into someone you can injure them if you are using a machine.
- 9. Unit 8 Personal, Portfolio Development & Progression In my sketch book I laid out all my work in a clear way so it will make the examiner or any other people can understand what I have done. Sometimes I added boarders round my work to make things look secure and not messy. I haven’t used any presentation boards to make any of my work stand out. My sketch book has a lot of information on what I have done on each page so that the examiner will understand what I have been looking at. • My personal presentation of my book is good as I presented each part in order so nothing looks out of place within my book. • The written communications within the whole of book is really good cause I made sure that who ever is reading/looking at what I have done they will understand fully what is going through out my whole sketchbook. My writing is clear and shows the stages of what I was thinking at the time I was drawing or researching.
- 10. evaluation Overall this project has gone due to that I have made sure that each page there is annotations so that everyone can understand my thinking and why I did the drawings, research, sketch up, movie, 3d model and many more. This is one of the projects that I really got stuck into, because it was different as I could pick anything in my place of question and develop it. I found it fun to create my 3D model. Doing research about different artists and their styles really got me inspired because it made me want to use some of their style within my own work in my sketch book. Also I used different skills and learned new ones too. Such as mono printing is something I haven’t done very much and now I can say that I know how to use the ink, press and how to create a image out of plastic; it was fun. Also working in the work shop made me more confident with my self that I create a good stable 3D model. At first I was very fast doing all the drawings of my place of question and making sure that all of my work is in the right order in my book as I need to take time on the each page of my book. However, trying to think of my brief was difficult at first as there was so many options for me to choose from and it was difficult trying to pick the right one. The only thing that went wrong was how long I took to make a decision for the brief.