Print

Workshop:
Screen Printing
Screen Printing is a very traditional method which was used in mass productions for posters etc. The screen itself is a woven mesh stretched over a wood or aluminium frame to help an ink blocking stencil to create a good image. During the process you have to spread the ink across the mesh panel using a squeegee. While spreading the ink the ink will eventually go through the mesh transferring the image onto paper.
The type of stencil we used photographic stencil which the mesh is coated in light sensitive emulsion. So where the emulsion is the ink wont be able to pass through. That's where the positive and negative happens. To get a great image you need to avoid the grey tones. You only need black and white areas. Showing clear contrast.

Process:
1. Tape around the frame making sure the gaps are covered so ink leaks out
2. Lay newsprint over your work area
3. Lay your printing paper on you table
4.Lay your ink/pigment on the top of your frame avoiding the mesh
5. Put your knee behind the frame making sure you are supporting the frame
6. Holding the squeegee at a 45 degree angle and apply a lot of pressure yet even while drag it down the mesh panel
7. Remove the screen off of your printing paper
8. Carefully pick up your and put it on a drying rack over the night
9. Remove the tape from the mesh frame and put excess ink/pigment into a tub so someone else can use it.
10. Wash your screen out by using a sponge. Make sure you do it properly other wise the ink dries in the mesh panel making it blocked.


Health and safety:
1.Keep room ventilated (doors and windows open)
2. Don't directly inhale pigments/chemicals
3. Lay news print over tables
4. Keep area clean and tidy










Creative Advertising 

Lino: for my graphic image development I wanted to try more traditional methods instead of photography. So I tried Lino. 

I didn't really want to try a while image on Lino. I just wanted to do some samples seeing how it would look. 

I did a section of Tierneys face. I decided to do an eye. Personally I felt like I rushed it. It does look like an eye however it's a bit messy in places. As well as this I feel like I should have concerntrated on tonal ranges. There are a lot of white areas due to me applying a lot of pressure to the Lino. I need to vary the pressure for it to look a lot better.

Another sample I did was the text. " help me" just like my photography I wanted to see how it would turn out. Personally I really like how it turned out. I felt like it need to be scruffy instead of just capital letters. To develop it more perhaps I should do it in different type faces.

Intaglio:
Again I wanted to try out more traditional methods. As I was interested on how my graphic image would look.
For this I did do a whole image although it was  very time consuming. Especially because there are a lot of dark areas. Due to me doing the majority of it in pointillism I feel like it was easier to get the ink out with scrim. As you can see some areas didn't print because I rubbed the ink off too hard. I tried this the second time and the same thing happened. So to stop this from happening again over those areas a used tracing paper to remove the excess ink instead of scrim. It did work although I wasn't too happy with how the print turned out. It looks very messy which can link to my theme however you can't see specific areas such as the eyes as clear as I wanted. As they are the main part of my graphic Image. So I don't think I'm going to choose this method to go a long with.

Health and Safety:
Make sure you have a firm grip on the etching tool because they are known for being sharp. Don't put too much pressure onto the tool as the needle can snap. Clean up the plastic because it can go into eyes etc.
 

Psycho Geography

Lino: 

Inspired by Mark Webber we created prints that were of mats however we carved into Lino with tools to remove layers of the Lino. Making it negative or positive. 

For this workshop we needed to chose a place that was special to us or we have been there before. I chose Bournemouth because I love going there. We looked throughout the map spitting the most well known areas within Bournemouth. We drew the map out in are way doing the different places in different fonts and sizes. After that we traced are map then lying it on the Lino. Going over it in biro so we can get a rough idea on what the map looked like. So we went over the imprint with pen. We then got our Lino tools out to carve the areas we wanted to remove lifting it off the page. This was a very long process.

Overall all of my responses turned out ok although the ink appeared to be too dry because there are a lot of dots of dry ink all over the paper creating a messy print.

Health and safety:

 Make sure you use the grid to cut into the Lino

Glide the Lino tool away from you not towards you

Put the Lino tool away from you when picking the pieces of Lino out of the mat

Drypoint

Drypoint is an intaglio technique where you etch into a piece of Perspex or a metal plate with a hard point needle. This technique is similar to doing a standard pencil drawing you just make different marks throughout the image. Also the amount of pressure you put onto the Perspex can change the whole image. If you apply more pressure than your line would appear more bold and vivid whereas with light pressure you would only get a thin line this is better in the lighter areas of an image.

Artists like Arne Bendik Sjur uses a variety of different marks. He rarely uses an outline he just fills in an area with loads of individual marks. Throughout his portraits he uses different tons like he applies different pressures making some lines more bold than others.

Health and Safety

1. Keep area clean and tidy
2. Keep area ventilated
3. Wear protective clothing (i.e apron, gloves etc)
4.Use a cutting mat when etching to avoid the plate moving

Materials, Techniques and Process

Equipment: 
Perspex plate
Etching Tool
Caligo printing inks
Scrim
Watercolour paper
Printing Press
Tissue Paper

Process:

Using your etching tool engrave into the Perspex creating different marks depending on the area you are working on whether it is a dark area where you would create loads of makes close together. Or in the lighter areas creating lines far apart with little pressure between the etching tool and Perspex.

When you have finishing etching you apply small amounts of caligo ink creating a THIN layer onto the engraved images. You then rub the excess ink off with a piece of scrim by rubbing in circular motions ensuring the ink is pushed in. To make your plate really clean use a bit of tissue paper to wipe off any more ink.

Onto the press. You lay your etched plate onto the printing bed and then add your damp watercolour paper (which has ben blotted). Then lay the felt blanket over the top and then roll through the printing press. Carefully remove you print and allow it to dry for a few hours.





Print

Monoprinting:

Equipment:

1. Caligo relief inks or Block Printing Inks

2. Extender mixed in with the ink to loosen it so its easier to work with

3. Thin bit of plastic or glass to work on

4. Mark making materials such as a cotton bud, paint brushes, sticks feathers etc

5. Roller for inking

6.  Paper :Cartridge paper, Newsprint, brown paper sugar paper all used for printing

7. Newspaper on the tables so it creates less mess afterwards

Method 1:

Drawing into the Ink
Step 1: Roll ink thinly on either a sheet of plastic or glass
Step 2: Use a variety of mark making tools such as pen, pencil, cotton bud etc to create different textures
Step 3:Mask off areas of ink using feathers leaves etc if you wish
Step 4: Place paper over the ink you could use you hands or fist create different pressures in areas. If using a plastic sheet you would place newsprint paper over and then put it under blankets on an Etching Press or Albion Press.

Method 2

Stencilling with Monoprinting

First of I rolled a few coloured inks onto my board I used orange , blue and white. I mixed some of the colours together and I rolled them all in different directions. I then used different utensils such as cocktail sticks and cotton buds to create some shapes for example circles. I decided to use bubble wrap to print onto the paper creating different texture.

Now onto the stencil. I created a stencil where I thought about where the shapes could go. So first I decided to place a few shapes on to the plain bubble wrap. I also went with a couple of lines for example the top left I just wanted the lines to stand out more as I used a block colour of blue. I also wanted to emphasise texture just like the cross hatch on the bottom right.

Method 3

Ghost Print

I reused the stencil and placed it onto paper. I then decided to use a different colour I chose red because it will stand out on top of the pale blue. I then decided to put it upside down. To improve it maybe I could add layers of paper and ink making it look messy and perhaps add different medias.

Mixed Media

Amnesty International 

Very much inspired by them due to their colour scheme. They are known to present current issues and make the public aware of them. They have done posters for human trafficking,human rights etc.

Each one is different some use photography and some are made on a computer.

I was very much inspired by their human rights poster because of the colour scheme. The colours they used were red,black and white. They used the colour red to emphasise a word making it show up again the monochrome poster.

Psycho Geography Workshop
Inspired By John Piper

John Piper is known for becoming a official war artist in the 1940's and known for his colour palette linking to the situation a certain building is in. For example in one of his pieces he incorporated red and yellow which represents the fire but could also represent the stained glass windows.

My response is incorporating Piper's style including the colour palette and the use of marks in his work. By using a few different tools such as a cocktail stick, cotton bud, paint brush, Candle wax etc. To create different textures.
For my response we chose an image of the same Cathedral but they all were from different angles. I chose a looking through the window shot. I wanted to incorporate most of the tools such as the bleach and wax to create the different texture. In the original image I can see rough edges around the walls so I though of rubbing dry wax over the area so the ink resists leaving a rough distressed line. In some areas I used bleach because I knew it was going to go a red/orange so possibly that could present fire from WW2 in general. Over some areas I'm going to go over with some Indian ink adding a bit more detail in areas especially in the bricks and window.


Experimenting:

Tea Bags:

 I wanted to incorporate texture so I was Thinking I could use tea bags and use them in different ways. So far I have experimented to ways. 

1. Cutting a slit at the bottom of the tea bag pouring out the tea leaves. I then printed a picture of mine and placed it into the tea bag. To seal the tea bag I dipped the bag into heated wax. This isn't just to seal the bag but it shows the picture through the tea bag. 

To make it more authentic and rustic j decided to use watercolours over the top . I know the watercolor resists but if you leave the colour to dry long enough some of it would stay. As you can tell I need to practise this technique as ymthwre are crinkles in the tea bag.

2. This was definitely a experiment because I was curious to look at how the tea bag would react to the boiling wax so I placed the tea bag in the wax. One dip was fine however  I placed one in twice and the tea bag split. This gave me an idea with the other tea bags. I decided to apply pressure to the tea bags so they would split/crack. As they were put in the wax the tea leaves were solid. When that was done I decided to paint them emphasing the crack in the tea bag. This technique could be used add texture and primarily used to create a solid colour instead of painting the chosen surface for my final outcome.

Lace experiment 

Originally I only used to it create a nice background/presentation.

However I thought I could use lace so I can put photos in the deformed circle or even putting them over a segment of a church. This would should that I have explored texture in a variety of ways.










Album covers
Inspired by Peter Blake

For this workshop we created a tile which has different objects on relating to ourselves. This was inspired by Peter Blake due to his love of music and doing album front covers for celebrities like The Beatles.  He would use a wide range of colours. Mainly bright ones. In some of his work he would just do letters and 3d objects these were placed in a strict format. He would not just use 2D objects he also used 3D creating different levels on the tile.

For my tile I chose a few objects. First of all I chose the letter J because funnily enough my name begins with it.  Then I did moulds of 2 dolls heads because when I was younger I loved playing with dolls I always had one in my hand. Then finally the 3D flower. This relates to me because Jasmine is my name and it is a white flower.

Before I altered the book I bought it from a charity shop. Originally the book is called The Country Diary Of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden. Throughout this book it has a variety of illustrations of birds,flowers etc. I would say the illustrations were done in water colour or Acrylic.

To make this book my own I started to alter some pages and creating a niche at the back which enables me to put a painting in it relating to the entire book or even put a few objects in.

To create this niche I stuck a third of the books pages together on each side. I then made a outline on how big or small I wanted the niche. To create the niche I used a scalpel to cut the pages going with the outline. I eventually got to the last page .

I have a couple ideas on what I could do with niche. Perhaps I could paint a country landscape or store some pressed flowers all though I don't think they would last long. Therefore I think I will go along with the first idea.


To alter my book even more I stuck pages together this creates thicker pages so I could use runnier medias such as watercolour without making the paper ripple. There is a lot of pages as well I have made sure its not in a pattern. As well as this I did a white wash on a few pages as it turned down the writing. Also it is easier to draw and paint onto a white wash.


To make my pages more interesting I have incorporated text in some area I have circled the dramatic lines such as " I love you". Throughout the page the text stands out. To make the text stand out more you could use a bright colour.  Another way you can make the text stand out is the size. I used individual stamps these were slightly bigger than the text as well as this it is blue.


On this page I have added a drawing of a blue tit so it is relevant to the next page. For this drawing I just used the standard colouring pencils.

To improve this drawing I think I should have spent more time on the wing and the claws as they look a bit rushed and scruffy.

Here I have tried a different technique. I wouldn't call it a pop up but it is similar as the paper is getting thicker as the paper is layering.
 To do this I had to pick a picture in this book and when I found one I stuck the pages together. When that was done I used a craft knife to cut a shape. I this case its a oval. Each time I cut some of the shape I folded it down each time to create this.....










I then created a tag. I used a stencil of a tag and used one of the pages from the book. I chose a page where it has a image on it. I chose a bird in mid air. To make my tag different I decided to cut along the bird creating a curved line. Then on the other side I did a white wash muting the text so I can draw on it. On the top left there is a butterfly flying so I decided to draw that with pen and used water colour to fill it in. Personally I think it turned out ok although I wish I would have taken more type on the shape of the butterfly.



Lastly I created my niche. This is where I stuck a lot of pages together at the back and cut out a shape in all of the pages to create a hole. I can fill it with whatever I want. Object perhaps or a drawing. here is my final product without anything in it.

Painting

Workshop
Very much inspired by Kate Moross due to the hand written type. Looking into a newspaper we had to pick a word to write over and over again. Making sure you write the word in different fonts sizes orientations etc. san serif. Linking to Moross we needed to incorporate colour making it as bright as possible. Linking to her target audience which is teenagers/young adults because it is cartoony.

Self Directed
Inspired by Glenn Ibbitson I decided to do an observational drawing his style by using watercolours and a bit of acrylic. I wanted to see how it would look like so I just concentrated on the main area of my graphic image. The eyes. Personally I don't think they would be grabbing anyone's attention because they don't stand out because the watercolour is quite sheer.
Other than that the observational painting turned out ok. Clearly shows I have explored other medias instead of photography.









Psycho Geography Work Shop

Grounding

Grounding is a layer of primer or paint onto the paper this can be any colour however white paint is the most common. Looking at an image you would usually use one of the  main colours for example if the landscape is mostly sky you would choose blue. Then paint over it and add all of the detail (the fore ground).

There were a variety of different images of city landscapes. I chose this one because there are different buildings that are different shape, sizes and colours.
The background colour I used to ground was blue because the majority of the image is blue the sky, sea and some of the buildings. To add the outline of the buildings/landscape I used white paint and filled in the detail of the buildings with similar colours in the image. I chose do the whole painting in the style of the lipstick building because its made up of square windows. In the image it looks like its made of different tones of blue and I did that for the whole image in individual colours. I think it turned out ok. 

Debra Hurd: 

Known for her Music inspired pieces as well as city scape pictures. She's uses oil paints which is a thicker paint I. Comparison to scripts. Oil paints are thicker and has a lot more texture. Hurd mainly used palette knives to put the paint on so she can build layers.










Self Directed

Experimentation for Idea 1 was me painting over my self portraits doing a couple of animals that relate to me either looks or personality. For example I choose the chimp because I kind of look like one and also I generally like them. Whereas the Fish portrait was done because in the original picture I was pulling a fish face.
Linking to the idea I thought I could relate these portraits to family members and family pets. That's why I did a portrait of my dog on my face. I fitted the the dog image onto the right self portrait. I chose the one of my laughing because my dog had a similar look. So perhaps I can incorporate my parents and put my cats face on top of them.


Idea 2 Inspired by Michael Shapcott

Experimentation for Idea 2 was using a variety of different medias seeing which one looks best. I experimented with biro, acrilyc, indian ink and watered down acrylic. Personally I think the watered down acrylic look the best and also its the closest to Michael Shapcotts style.




Transcriptions

Here are a couple of transcriptions of Shapcott's work. This is where I explored his technique and ways of creating his amazing artwork.

Personally I think they both turned out well because they do look similar to the original. But I cant perfect the techniques of the layering of watered down acrylic. My transcriptions look flat. Perhaps I should do outlines on some areas making them stand out more.

The drawing looks quite accurate although the drawing looks messier this is due to not putting hair spray on top. However the outline and shading is pretty accurate also. But some dark areas are captured in my transcription because I didn't use a graphite stick.

Grid Method

Using an image such as this one your go over it with a few lines vertically and horizontally creating squares. Making sure each line is equal distance from the other. Then transfer another grid multiplying it by 2 onto a bigger piece if paper. You have to number each box on both grids. Then looking in every individual box drawing what is inside. leaving you with a similar drawing to the original image.

 

Here is an image I found on Google which clearly shows the process:

Here is my response to the workshop. Personally I don't think the grid method is for me. Firstly it its quite time consuming and it takes me longer to do this method compared to free hand. The outcome itself doesn't look like Adele at all the face shape is odd as well as the eyes. The colour palette is quite accurate and that is the only thing I like about this. Practise with the grid is needed for me to get it accurate.








Fauvism Landscape

For this I found an image of a landscape and then I drew a rough outline of the landscape. I used acrylic I used contrasting colours for example if the sky was blue I would paint it orange and so on.

PVA and String

For this I got an image of Audrey Hepburn and spread a load of PVA glue on it. I then chose a variety of different lengths and widths of string. So I can explore all of the different times of line. In some areas I used thicker string such as the hand whereas I used thin wavy string on the hair as it is very similar to hair. Also for some of the facial features I will use thin pieces of string perhaps even thread.


PVA and acrylic

Firstly, I mixed PVA and black acrylic. I then made a stencil and cut out my face in a picture and then I dribble the substance on to the page. Waited for it to try and then I decided to paint over it. I decided to create a face. Personally I think it looks a bit creepy but I think it turned out alright. To improve it I feel like I should have taken more time on the hair adding more tones into it, making it three dimensional.  As it looks a bit freaky I could turn it into a Francis Bacon inspired portrait by distorting the facial features.

Francis Bacon inspired portraits

For this we were given our Student ID pictures...

Where we had to distort our faces and completely make this normal picture into something abnormal just like Bacon's work. To start with I had to decide on the colour scheme. For my portrait I chose darker colours such as blue, purple and black. For my portrait I was inspired by one of Bacons portraits which was this...

To get to grips with Bacons style I decided to do a transcription of this exact piece this is it....

I then decided to paint my portrait in very similar colours and I did some shapes the same like the nose  although I should have distorted the eyes a bit more.


Health and Safety

1. When PVA glue is in eye wash it out with cold water thoroughly
2. When using a heat gun make sure you have you hand on the handle
3. Make sure belongings are under the table

Textiles

Ink and bleach experiment

Fabric:

For this experimenting I wanted to see how the ink and bleach would react to the different materials. I used materials such as calico, Muslin, Polyester and cotton. All of these materials reacted differently to the ink and bleach.

Polyester:

At first I thought this was the best to work on because it appeared quite vibrant at first. But you can start to see the ink resisting from the polyester making it very hard for the ink to dry and for the polyester to absorb the ink.  When I I finished this little sample I saw that it decided to fade quite a bit. I tried adding more layers but it made little difference. I then added the bleach. Again It appeared quite vibrant but it started to fade but it looks kind of cool. Perhaps for the lighter areas of a painting I could use polyester as the surface and lay ink and bleach over top showing contrast with the other areas of the painting (darker areas).

Muslin:

- quite a thin material

- quite a lot of texture involved 

To be honest I wasn't sure this was going to work because the fibres aren't really locked together like the cotton and Calico as it is quite thin. So I decided to fold the material over making it thicker. 

I then layered the ink on top and as soon as it got into te material it bled. So this material wouldn't be could for particular lines. So I'm thinking Muslin would be good for textured areas and areas I. A picture where it is just one colour. 

I added the bleach  and it bled a lot just like the ink.

Calico:

- thick material

- yellow tint

This sample went really well due to the ink not bleeding. So this material would be better to make particular precise lines unlike the muslin. So calico would be better being used for very small felt ailed as the ink would spread. I then added the bleach and that turned out really well because it showed up quite vibrant unlike polyester.

Cotton:

- thick material

-White 

This appeared to be the worst material because as soon as I put ink on the material it bled. A little drop would spread 5cm from the original space. Just like muslin this wouldn't be good for particular precise lines. It would be could for block colours. When I put the bleach on it did exactly same bled all over. The sample was meant to be a window. You cannot see it anymore

Psycho Geography work shop
Inspired by Carolyn Saxby

Saxby known for her texture and use of materials. So in this workshop we were told to chose a landscape and dye different times of fabric such as..............and then chose the similar coloured dyes to match out image. I chose yellow, and a couple of different shade of brown. We placed them in the dye and timed them and took one piece every 5 minutes so we can see the difference between them are. Half of my dyed material was fixed with salt and.... and the other half were not. Comparing the fixed ones to the others you can definitely tell the fixed ones have more colour in them. Also the  fabrics that stayed on longer were a lot dark as they had more time to absorb the dye.

Here's my personal response where I have used a few different techniques trying to recreate my image. First of all I dyed all different types of materials such as cotton, calico etc. I only dyed them yellow and brown. I then tried incorporated them into the piece. As well as this I wanted to add a different texture by dry felting. I did this in the sky and I really like how it turned however I should have used different tones of the colour (yellow) to add depth. Also I incorporated thread to add more texture  just like Carolyn Saxby. I applied this in a wavy way to create different lines. I used a needle to get this to stay in place just like the dry felting.

As the image was quite delicate precise I decided to draw the building on because I'm not confident enough to do precise lines on the machine. There's a lot of straight lines in the image.Overall I think my personal response turned out good however to improve it I could have incorporated text into it relating to the whole image just like Saxby.









Sewing on top of an image
Inspired by Nike Schroeder

First of all we looked at a wide range of pictures of Nike Schroeders working making sure we understand her technique and style. We then decided to take pictures as if we were having a good time with friends. As Schroeder took pictures of people have fun or just people on the streets who she see regularly.

After we had taken the photos we printed them out. We could have chosen different colours but I chose the standard black and white.  We then set up the sewing machine making sure you pin the image onto a bit of fabric!. When you are all set up all you have to do s sewing the image. I could have chosen different lines but I just did the standard line. Key to Nike Schroeders work I made sure the colours went together. After I went over the image The bits I left blank I would rip creating just the outline.
Nike Schroeder is well known for the loose threads hanging off the main image for example from someone's mouth or from  a piece of clothing. To this you add to do it one at a time. I chose to do it on  the collar of my leather jacket. You have to  put the foot down on the area and sew for a few seconds.  You stop and pull your fabric away from the machine. You cut to the length you like and that will be loose thread. Do this over and over again until you are happy about the amount of threads.









Health and Safety: 

1.Never leave the appliance unattended

2.If the cord or plug is damaged DO NOT USE IT then inform the right person about this

3.Make sure the leads are safely tucked underneath work stations so they wont become trip hazards

4. Make sure all air openings on the machine are clear so there are no blockages

5. DO NOT USE BENT NEEDLES

6.Take care when pulling or pushing the fabric as this may cause the needle to break

7. Keep fingers away from any moving parts take extra care around the needle

8. If you have to adjust any settings make sure you turn off the machine before hand

9. Turn off all controls before taking the plug out

10. Take care when lifting the machine

11.No earphones in during the time you use the machine

12. No liquids near the machine

13. Always unplug the appliance from the outlet immediately after use

Creative Stages:

Wet Felting:

Equipment:
*Fibres
*Paper
*Bubble Wrap
*Mesh
*Soap
*Warm Water

First you lay down your paper so nothing gets onto the table also place your bubble wrap over the top.  Then layout your fibres first layer being vertical and the next layer has to be horizontal then repeat this step until you are satisfied with the thickness of the fibres. Next step is to put the mesh over the top and dribble the warm water then get you soap and massage that into the fibres so the fibres can merge into each other. You are now left with a wet piece of felt. You then have to rinse the soap out and squeeze all of the fluid out. The final step is to let it dry.

Dry Felting

Equipment:
* Threads
* Needle
*Sponge

When you have you own piece of felt you want to make it even prettier buy adding different textures and colours.
First you have to have a sponge which will protect the table from any kind of damages and also it wont break the needle. You then lay your piece of felt over the top. Get you needle and repeatedly stab the felt with the thread on top. This will get the fibres to attach to the thread.

Mixing Fibres

Equipment:
* Paddle Brushes x2
* Fibres (different colours)

Place one colour on a side of the paddle brush and place the other colour on the opposite side. You do the same on the other side but make sure the other paddle has the same colours but into a different order. Put both paddle on top of each other and glide them together creating friction. You'll eventually see the fibres mixing together to create a different colour. You can then apply this to your felt.

 Sewing Machine

First you have to thread your machine. Put your thread on the thread spool and trail it through the thread guide into the tension control down to the foot hook it in and then thread you needle and take the thread to the back.

Now for the bobbin you place it in the case and put it back in until you hear it click into place its secure. To get your bobbin thread to the surface you have to turn the hand wheel towards you until you see the second thread appear from the "teeth". Take that thread and position it like you did with the first bit of thread.

Now time to sew. Put your fabric underneath the foot and clamp the foot down. You have a variety of settings  " stitch pattern selector dial". When you  choose your stitch you can press your foot down on the peddle and you will start sewing onto your felt/fabric.

Running Stitch

Pass the needle in and out of the fabric making each stich equal length. The stitches on the underside should also be equal length, but half the size or less than the upper stiches.

Back  Stitch

Bring your thread to the  front. Work your individual stitches from the right to the front. Always move the needle forward beneath the fabric and come up one stitch length ahead, ready to take another stitch. Make sure the stiches are even.

Blanket Stitch

Worked from left to right. The needle is brought up vertically and brought out of the fabric with the thread tucked under the needle.

5 Simple Embroidery Stiches

 Seeding

 This filling stich is made up of small straight stiches of equal or different length placed at random over the surface.

French Knots

Start from the bag and then bring through the needle to the front all the way until you have hit the knot. You then coil the thread around the needle twice. Shortly after this you need to hold onto the remaining thread. You then go through the fabric with the needle beside the place you came through. As you go through the fabric you need to hold the thread until the thread is gone.

Chain Stich

Bring the thread up at the top of the line and hold it down with the left thumb. You should then put the needle where it last came through and bring the point out a short distance away. You the n pull the thread through keeping the working thread under the needle point.

Couching Stich

Using 2 threads you need to lay down one which will be couched. With the working thread you do vertical stich's over the other bit of thread. Making sure these stiches are small and tight over the couched thread.

Fly Stich

Bring the needle through at the top left and insert it diagonally back into the fabric
from the right. The needle tip should point downwards. Pull the needle through over the
thread to form a v shape. Work a straight stitch to hold the loop in place.

Detached Chain Stitch

Bring the needle through as your starting point. Insert the needle again at the starting point and bring the tip up through the fabric a short distance away. Insert the needle back into the fabric on the opposite side of the thread, at the curved end of the loop, tacking it in place.

In my felt I have used   back stitch  because I wanted to out line the blue from the white making it two separate colours.  In my other piece of felt I wanted to make the pocket secure so I did a running stich across it make it stable and secure. On  another bit I did something similar to the blanket stitch but I didn't loop it the needle through so its just horizontal  stitches.

  

2D

Workshop creative advertising
We were asked to produce a sheet full of text made in different ways.
Techniques I used:
1. tape+spray paint
2. stencil
3.pen (different fonts)
My favourite technique is the tape and spray paint because it looks very sinister which can link to my chosen theme Human Trafficking. It shows clear contrast and with the rough edges it looks even more scary.

For another workshop we had to choose a letter and we had to think of the different variations of the letter by rotating, translation and enlarging. We also had to explore positive and negative space. To show we have explored this skill we had to incorporate two letters and kind of merge them together. Changing the presentation of the letters.



Psycho Geography Work Shop

Inspired by a few artists such as John Macormac, Val Britton and Debbie Smith for different reason. My response is quite grungy and distressed I was inspired by Macormac for this because he would use quite earthy colours and he would make the paint drop to the end of the cardboard. He would also layer materials so I layered tissue paper and then painted it a dark brown creating an illusion that the map is in a hole in the ground. 
I was inspired by Debbie Smith because of the way she used pins and thread to create a word I haven't quite tried that yet although I have used the map underneath to guide me where to put the pins and what way the thread is going. I placed all pins where 2 roads meet on a major road. and some thread I have wrapped around twice so the line becomes more prominent and bolder whereas some pins only have a thin bit of string around them. This is also linked with the artist Val Britton.

Val Britton
Britton creates abstract collages using paper and other mixed media that reference the language of maps, network diagrams and astronomical photography


My personal response to all of these artists:
I really like how this turned out because I think it personally relates to the artists easily as well as putting my own style in there. I chose earthy colours such as brown, dark yellow, and black because the vibe I get from John Macormac and Val Britton is that they use darker colours to emphasise the lighter areas. However my response lack lighter areas but the majority of it is brown and black. So to get it even more like there style I should leave areas and make though's areas lighter by apply white watered down acrylic.  Just like Debbie Smith I tried to use string and wrap it around the nails. Firstly I had to think about where the nails will be placed. I decided to place the nails on the road where more than one was connected to it. (round abouts etc) I decided to use dark green thread because I feel like it compliment the earthy colours as well as this it adds a little colour.












Important objects to me
inspired by Andrea Joseph

Andrea Joseph known for her detailed biro drawings. She would draw random objects and place them in a different way using text as well. So being inspired by her we had to do our own drawing objects/things that were important to me. So I chose my Teddy bear, favourite apps, favourite drink, pencil (art),Sweets, Cricket ball signed by the England captain I played for Hampshire and the team won tournaments this was one of the prizes.
I just used biro creating a variety of marks exploring tonal range from dark to light. Using cross hatch and pointillism etc.






Health and Safety

1. When using a craft knife make sure you are holding it correctly and always make sure where your other hand is while you are cutting

2. Concentrate while you are cutting

3. Make sure all of your belongings are under the table

4. Look where the cable leads are and tuck them away.

5. When using a heat gun make sure your hand is on the handle and let the gun cool done after use.

Technical Notes

For my samples I used a variety of different techniques to explore line, colour and texture.
To create texture I  used copy-dex. First of all you layer the copy -dex onto the car. Then paint a layer of acrylic. It will eventually dry and you have to rub of the excess copy dex. This leaves some white patches as well as the acrylic creating streaks.
Another technique to create texture I used materials like bubble wrap to print on to my car. I used this on blank areas making it more interesting and colourful.
Another technique I used to create texture was dry painting I did this around a glue stick lid. Sweeping the paint brush away from the glue stick creating a dry texture as well as this I explored shapes.

To create line I used a technique which included masking tape. I thought about where the lines could go.  In some of my samples I did a vertical line and in some I did some diagonal. I then painted  around the masking tape, the n I removed the masking tape creating a sharp and clear line.

For  colour I made sure all colours complimented each other. I also mixed some colours as I was originally given primary colours. So I made purples, oranges, browns and darker blues.