Final Major Project: Evaluation

I have analysed the requirements and parameters

of my FMP by creating a project proposal which presented my first ideas and plans for my project including how I planned to evaluate throughout. I produced various mind maps continuously through my sketchbook which show my views and opinions on the particular topics. I have also produced simple blog posts to show my ideas and progress throughout my project. When I found out the FMP theme was structure, I first thought of natural structures such as tree roots, cells, leaves, etc. Leading from this, I started looking into the human skeletal system and the structures it contains; however when producing an animal skulls board on Pinterest, I instantly found them a lot more interesting to analyse and draw.

Finding secondary research for my project was fairly easy as I used Pinterest for the large majority of it, however I did gather books from the library and used their images. As the theme of my project isn't something you see everyday, it wasn’t easy to gather primary research, although when not having any luck finding an exhibition which shows something of my theme, I was shown real animal skulls of all varieties and sorts at college. I used the images that I had taken from these to draw from, stitch into and also use some on my piece. The artists of which I studied and took influence from, I found through Pinterest via a piece of their work. My research was a massive part to the development of my project, especially my primary research as it was a lot more specific than my secondary or contextual since I could take my own images. My primary research influenced my final piece as a lot of detail is shown within the pictures I took, this then gave me the idea to stitch the detail into the canvas.

I think I have used visual language in a limited form within my work, however my pencil sheetwork and embroidery pieces both show evidence from shape, form, value, colour and pattern. tI have used a wide range of practical skills and methods within my project as a large part of my was embroidery; I also used pencil work within my sketchbook and sheetwork. As a large majority of my sketchbook/ project was purely detailed pencil drawings, I produced lots of quick

30 second drawings in pen to show my understanding of the criteria and to show diversity. I think one of my biggest difficulties was using the sewing machine; although it is known that practise makes perfect, no matter how much I practise I could never control the foot pedal. I planned up to my final piece by producing experiments such as the sewing machine and different sewing techniques. I also produced a ‘Final Piece Preparation’ sewn sketchbook to show a few processes in a photographic form. I think I could have definitely managed my time better through this project and also shared it efficiently to pieces of work which may have needed more attention, for example my final piece. I have reviewed my progress throughout this by producing simple blog posts and annotations which show thoughts and processes. My inspiration to use embroidery within my project was Eliza Bennett; for a while, I have admired how she uses embroidery( a term that is popularly known as old-fashioned, in an original and controversial way. I think I succeeded various parts of my project proposal although the majority of my ideas changed shortly after I had written it. In my exhibition, I plan to present my final piece  and 3 pieces of A2 sheetwork, each piece showing my abilities as an artist. I have prepared for my pecha kucha presentation by producing a powerpoint including 20 images which individually show my skills and processes through this project.

Overall, i think my work has improved from past units, especially since I felt free to experiment with new techniques such as embroidery. I think this is because the term structure has such a wide range of opinions and areas to explore and study.

Final Major Project- Fianl Piece

Final Major Project- Range of materials

When thinking of ideas for my final piece, I knew that I wanted to include a mixture of materials since a major part of my project was textiles based. I have stitched small parts of material onto the larger parts of the skulls.

Final Major Project- Primary skulls

Although I thought that it would have been challenging to gather primary research for a project on the animal skeletal system, I seemed to obtain a large and useful amount of images which all made a big impact in my project and its outcomes. These are a few: 

 

Final Major project- Primary Skin images, their influence

This image influenced my primary research of skin as the structure is quite unique.






These are some of my own: 

 

 

FInal Major Project- Human Body research

From seeing human structure within my initial research, I became more interested in the body than the more nature based structures. I used examples of quilling, pva stitching, embroidery to show my understanding of methods used.

Final Major Project- Eliza Bennetts influence on my methods and pathway

The work of Eliza Bennett massively influenced my decision to include aspects of textiles. Her series of photographic work 'A Womans Work is Never Done', portrays her opinion of the female generations role in society. Bennett used the method of needle and thread, embroidery, to its opposite as it is traditionally associated with femininity.

I think that Eliza Bennetts methods of showing her views will impact others way of seeing art and its meanings/morals.
I think the work of Eliza Bennett, largely presents her determination to show the hard work of women throughout history. Although her methods are disturbing to some, she still puts across her points even though, to few viewers they are mildly controversial.


  

Final Major Project- why I chose fine art and textiles as my pathway

I chose fine art with aspects of textiles as I have always been interested in fine art and when looking at the initial structure pictures, I thought of many possibilities to include textiles; whether it be embroidery or and other methods.
Pinterest board to show fine art and textiles in structure: https://uk.pinterest.com/rachelbamforth/final-major-project-fine-art-textiles-in-structure/

Final Major Project- Initial Thoughts

When given the theme 'structure', I first thought of natural structures such as plants, trees, wildlife, science, cells etc. I used Pinterest to gather images to show my thoughts within my sketchbook.
I created this Pinterest board to show my initial thoughts on structure: https://uk.pinterest.com/rachelbamforth/final-major-project-structure/

Final Major Project- Structure List

Human Body
DNA•skin•eyes•cells•teeth•skeleton•biology•blood•brain•organs.
Mechanics
transport•gears•cogs•clockwork•train tracks•engine.
Nature
wildlife•minerals & gemstones•landscape- urban & rural•flowers•trees-branch & leaves & roots.
History
royal family•fashion•decades•background•evolution•ancestors•renaissance•politics•war.
Equations
mathematics•fractions•graphs.
Construction Toys
Lego•Megablocks•jigsaw•Michano.
Sculptures
renaissance/tradition•abstract•large scale•detailed•small scale•Stonehenge.
Art
installation•shape•abstract•sculptures-paper•colourful•composition•layered paint•fragments.
Society
money•life•judgement•death•social class•marriage•behaviour•interests•relationships•laws.
Mixed Media
fabrics•textiles•materials•knitting•textures.
Music
instruments•composition•records & CDs•versus•lyrics.
Shape
simple shape•3D•geometric patterns•2D•complex shapes.
Religion
place of worship•tradition•marriage•beliefs•prayer•afterlife/after death•rituals•rules.
Universe
physics•matter•elements•black hole•stars•space craft•cosmos•solar system•technology•planets•existence.
Literature
scripts•films•language•storylines•comic books•animation•books- pages & spine•illustration•storyboard•education.
Coastal
buildings-beach huts & lighthouse•sea defence•rocks•sand•marine life•ocean- waves•pebbles•beaches.

The Art Review Power List

1. Iwan & Manuela Wirth
Major gallerists.

2. Ai Weiwei
Artist and social activist, prominent in reconnecting art with issues of social and cultural value.

3.David Zwirner
The head of a New York and London gallery empire with an impressive reputation and spaces to match.

4.Hans Ulrich Obrist & Julia Peyton-Jones
Directors of the Serpentine Galleries, with HUO as the initiator of numerous extracurricular international art projects and exhibitions.

5.Nicholas Serota
Director of Tate gallery.

6. Larry Gagosian
Established gallerist with 13 venues worldwide putting on museum-quality exhibitions.

7. Glenn D. Lowry
Director Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.

8. Marina Abramović
Performance artist.

9. Adam D. Weinberg
Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

10. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Curator of the 2015 Istanbul Biennial.
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Iwan & Manuela Wirth:

 The Iwan & Manuela Wirth galleries, are ‘multi-purpose art centres’ that presents landscaped gardens, a schools programme, artist residencies, a restaurant and an estate shop selling increasingly local produce.
After nine months after opening, the Somerset gallery welcomed its 100,000th visitor, although the gallery is presented in a town whose inhabitants barely number 3,000.





 

 

Unit 7:Time Based Media in Art & Design- Evaluation

I have found my experience of working with contemporary time- based forms of art and design valuable. I think this because some the skills I have learnt, I will most likely use within future projects.

The recordings of my zoetrope was successful; although I don't think that the change of the cell could be accurately shown, this may be because the colours were not clearly separated and in a way merged together.
I think the recording of my iMovie could have been more successful, I think this because we were not given a large amount of time to create this. However, the plan we had for the video was thought out and could have been better with more time.
I think the outcome of the Action Painting I created went well since it achieved the look/ style of Jackson Pollock
I think that my reportage drawings could have gone more successful, this is because they don't look as planned as I would have wanted. Although, this is expected for 30 second drawings.
The recording for the Stop Frame Animation went successful as it was well over the time expected and all the photos flowed together well to make an animation.

I think my time based research is effective as it helped me a lot within the workshops and with understanding the meaning of time-based media; I looked at artists such as Helen Green, David Hockey and Bill Viola.

I think that the Ani-Motion exhibit at the Civic helped me understand the variety of time- based art. For example a piece in the exhibition used the Oculus Rift, this gives a whole new experience for the art industry and also opens new opportunities.


For the majority of the workshops, I have produced a storyboard to create the process of the video. I also wrote notes during the workshop to remind myself of the process when I was later writing the blog post for it.

I have used a lot of IT skills throughout this project as it is all based around media. I have also used my understanding of the key words such as Thaumatrope, Time Lapse etc.

I had a problem when attaching videos to my blog posts, I solved this by uploading them to YouTube then embedding the links.

I think I have used my blog well when documenting and recording my processes as it clearly shows the steps I have taken to produce my work; Also, the blog posts are frequent.

To improve my blog posts, I could include more example of the processes my attaching links to other videos.

I think I have managed my time well throughout this project as if I got behind on it I would not understand how to complete/ talk about the processes.























 

History of Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion animation was originally introduced in the late 1800s, almost as long as traditional film-making. This was quickly followed by cel animaiton. And then animators experimented with clay animation and puppet animation which is what you may be familiar with in Wallace and Gromit and so forth. 

Some modern Stop Motion includes classics such as Jurassic Park and Robo Cop.                 




http://www.stopmotioncentral.com/articles-5.html                                                                                                                                                                     

Stop Motion Animation- Jerry: The Lonely Fish



In the Stop Motion Animation workshop, we first created the storyboard of what we would want our animation to include/show. I chose to create an underwater scene. 


We created the set using blue paper and paper cut out pieces which could be moved throughout the shoot.

IMOVIE

The Futurism Movement

Futurism was an Italian art movement of the early twentieth century that aimed to capture the art and energy of the modern world; the movement wasn't immediately identified with a distinctive style.

Futurists were fascinated by visual technology such as animation and cinema and how it allowed the movement of an object to be shown through a sequence of frames. This technology was an important influence on their approach to showing movement in painting, encouraging an abstract art with rhythmic, pulsating qualities. 




http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/f/futurism
http://www.theartstory.org/movement-futurism.htm

Bill Viola

The work of Bill Viola is an American video and sound installation artist. He creates his art by using imagery, lighting and sound to produce an intimate image and feeling for the viewer. For example Viola's piece 'Emergence', shows that the sound put with the video, allows a whole new side of how video can influence an artist.

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/bill-viola-2333

Jean Tinguely

Jean Tinguely was a Swiss sculptor; he began experimenting with mechanical sculptures in the 1930s by hanging objects from the ceiling and using a motor to rotate them.
His work was mostly made from everyday objects, pieces of scrap or junk.






http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jean-tinguely-2046

http://theculturetrip.com/europe/switzerland/articles/the-art-of-destruction-jean-tinguely-and-dadaism/

Bridget Riley

In the 1960s, Bridget Riley evolved a style in which she explored the dynamic potential of optical phenomena. These 'op-art' pieces produce a disorienting physical effect on the eye. 
Op Art captured the imagination of the public and became an influential part of the sixties. The fashion, design and advertising industries were highly influenced with its graphic, sign-like patterns and decorative value.
 
http://www.op-art.co.uk/bridget-riley/

George Rickey

George Rickey is an American sculptor of kinetic sculptures; he turned his paintings into kinetic sculptures. Ricky used his knowledge to design sculptures which moved along with air currents.

His early sculptures showed impressions of Calder's; although later on, Rickey began soldering scrap pieces and using extravagant materials.

http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag99/oct99/rickey/rickey.shtml

David Hockney

David Hockney started using the Apple product in late 2008; since, he has produced hundreds of drawings on his iPhone and iPad. Some of these went on show at his exhibition, David Hockney:Fleurs Fraiches at the Fondation Pierre Berge- Yves Saint Laurent, Paris. Flowers are a frequent subject for Hockneys iPhone drawings; they range from abstract to highly detailed.

http://www.hockneypictures.com/iphone_pages/iphone_etcetera-01.php