Interviews

I have been invited for interviews. In preparation for these interviews I have been asked to bring a portfolio for one and a presentation for the other. It is a little scary but I am excited to go and show my work and my enthusiasm for teaching. I have been working on a presentation for one interview showcasing my best work and I have put together a portfolio of my best work for the other.

Digital print making

For part of my cards I have decided to include a fabric element keeping in touch with the textural theme. To do this I have decided to make hand make envelopes out of silk or velvet for a luxurious feel. To make my prints I have scanned in my work and opened it up in photoshop, I then layered up different textures and prints and used my screen printing positives as motifs on top. I feel these work extremely well and I am very happy with the outcome.

Teacher Training

I have been putting together my Ucas application for teacher training as this is the chosen career path I have decided to take. I have had two meetings with career advisers regarding my personal statement and the application process now that my application has been sent off I am hoping for interviews. My main choice is a PGCE in textile and food design technology at MMU.

More mono printing!

After my last screen printing experiment I decided to go back a step and try to perfect something that I was good at and improve it. I have been working and trying got create more patterns and designs so I can scan them in and edit them on photoshop for digital prints. I am still sticking to my three colour restriction and allowing the colours to mesh and change however they want themselves with out any control from me. This time around I have focused mainly on textures and more intricate patterns as you have to be quick when drawing on your pattern as the paint dries fairly quickly. Although I have gone back to Mono printing I am not completely ruling out screen printing as there were some elements that were successful and I would like to still keep as a section of my cards.

Screen Printing

For screen printing I made background by mono printing and picking up the textures which I then took in to screen Print onto. I think these screen printing samples are nit my best work as the backgrounds I feel are too dark and take away from my print designs. If I was to do this technique again I think I would need to try and use more sublet backgrounds and less intricate patterns as sometimes the finer lines don't show up as much as others do. Apart from these unsuccessful prints there were a few that worked better, gold prints on white paper. These prints really showed off my patterns as they weren't fighting against a dark background. They also had the problem about finer lines and intricacy but this time it didn't detract from the motif it self instead it gave it a double layer which is something that is unique and attractive.

Change of Context

Over the past week I have been contemplating different contexts as I haven't been happy with ceramics as I feel it isn't something that expresses my work the way I want it to. I have changed over and decided to create wedding invitations with a difference. I don't want to create the typical cliche wedding invite. So, I have been looking at traditional South Asian wedding invitations. Typically a South asian wedding consists of three days, so the card includes an invite to all the different days. This has given me the idea to take my textural concept forward and create cards that have different textures within them. I have also decide to give my cards a fabric element to them. The reason why I have chosen a South Asian audience is because my work at the moment is based on this specific culture and my work caters and fits in perfectly with this theme. Although I have chosen this audience I am not trying to limit myself only to specific type of audience I would like to give the option to everyone.

Pictures of cards that I have collected 

Screen Printing Prep

I have decided to give screen printing a go this term. I have been inducted into the paper screen printing  room as my work at them moment is mainly paper based. for my screen printing positives I have made a series of motifs on acetate. I am extremely pleased with how these have turned out they are very intricate and display different shapes and motifs from all the research and work I have previously looked out. I hope to use these digitally aswell as positives for screens.