International Spring Fair Visit

Last year we visited to the International Spring Fair, i remembered that their was an extremely large collection on giftware and stationary exhibition their, i went through my previous research file to see if i could find some of the business cards i collected from their. I was successful and here are the results.

Finchley Paper Arts

These are a few of their gift cards, which i selected from their collection that i really like. I love the architectural details mixed with the female figures. They do actually look quite theatrical as well.

These are samples of their wrapping paper designs.

Prey Limited

This is one of their gift card designs

These are two of their gift wrap designs.

Berni Parker

I really like the delicacy of these cards.

Progression

Yesterday i had my Intrim review, which means were half way through the module and we have a discussion with our tutors to see were we are up to with work and research. They use this opportunity to express different ideas to further our work and to discuss options to build our collections further. Also we briefly mentioned about where i would like my final collections to be in the idea of final products. I do still like the ideas between, giftware/stationary, interiors and also it was mentioned that it would be really interesting to make my own paper dress with my designs printed or hand drawn on the the individual panels of the dress.
I feel much better now and feel i have a direction to work towards as i just need to expand on the work in the collections i have still using mixed media and different techniques.
I need to start been more market aware of products i'm interested in making my final one to be and being aware of what is happening out in the design world.
I have two weeks to build up my collections, then we have stop drawing and start designing with the work i have.
As i wasn't feeling very confident and had lost ideas and inspiration over the last couple of days i found this article on Tigerprint which give you people perceptions of regaining creativity. Below is the link, i found it really helpful.

http://www.arosieoutlook.com/2012/10/ideas-for-boosting-creativity.html

The First Cut

Today i went to the Manchester Art Gallery to view The First Cut Exhibition. I found it really interesting and loved all the work displayed. Here are some photo's to show you.

Lost

I have been feeling lost within my theme. :(
I think i have so many things to look at and consider as it is such a broad subject, it has just become overwhelming. I also have being feeling mixed up with the correct colours to express this them within my work. It has all just become too much.
I made the decision to leave my part time job as it was requiring me to be their five days over seven which was taking valuable time away from me, which was time i needed to be spending on my work. This is my final year after all, hence the immense pressure to get it right. It is In-trim reviews next week and i am not happy with the work i have for my theme so far, so i took my self off to the library today to get some inspiration, ideas and a colour palette that i feel i can produce work i'm happy to then start designing with to eventually make my final collections.

I feel i have had a productive day, i found myself a new colour palette, and have started designing new worksheets. As soon as they are complete i will add them for you to see.

This is me having a productive day, designing a new worksheet with my new colour palette

My grandma's table is under their honestly. ;)

Work To Date...

This is the work i have completed to date, taking in all points of recommendations from tutors and trying to create work that is expressing theatre as a collection.

These are drawings that i have done from looking at the masks from Venice Carnival, this will now become one collection of their own.

Also another collection i have started is costume in detail and trying to re create and capture the textures and marks with mixed media. 

I will also produce another collection of work that shows heads in black and white with decorative head dresses in colour inspired from The Rio Carnival, but i will also look at other costume headdresses.

I had also started another little collection which i have drawn from an old image detailing an 17th/18th century costume, it has been discussed with my tutor that it would be nice to further this collection by maybe drawing different style stomachers bringing out some of the details in texture from the costume collection further above.

Isabelle De Borchgrave

Im currently just looking at Isabelle De Borchgrave. She has become a name that is readily associated with fashion and paper.Her name is closely linked to the world of design. By working together with Caspari, the potteries of Gien, Target, and Villeroy and Boch, Isabelle has turned her imagination into an art that's accessible to anyone who wants to bring festivity into their home.

Here are some examples of her paper dresses:

Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel

Oliver Messel was a portrait painter and commissions for theatre and ballet work, he designed masks, costume and stage sets. 

Study Visit

I visited The Great Northern Craft Fair last week. I wanted to use this visit as a boost of inspiration for my current work. I was unfortunately disappointed with this visit as i thought it was much smaller then normal and didn't have many artist/designers their relating to print pattern design, which is what i would have liked to have seen. Although i did see Ruth Green and Amanda Ross, who i have previously looked at and loved their work.

Tutorial

Today i had a tutorial with my tutors to discuss my progress so far and for them to suggest ideas to me to how i can further my work.
The outcome of this was:
*To look into the subject areas that i have chosen to use as collections more thoroughly and in more detail, using mixed media and trying to use different drawing and painting techniques.
*Not to design at this stage
*Further research into artist and designers relating to my theme, such as Paul Poiret, Leon Baskt, Erte, Paul Iribe, Cecil Beaton, Oliver Messel and Alphonse Mucha.

Alphonse Mucha

*It was suggested that i could look at Venice and Rio Carnival for detailing on the costumes.

Rio Carnival

These images are very attractive and eye catching. They just express lots of detail, colour and patterns. I think that these will provide good inspiration and be really nice to draw from.

Venice Carnival

 

 

 

These are also very theatrical, vibrant and expressive in detail, but in Venice the detail seems to be on the face mask where in Rio it's on the headdress.
*Start to progress more worksheets bringing the themes into small collections.
*Also looking at the collection of work i have designed so far it looks like it would perhaps be more suited towards giftware and stationary collection.
I will now exploit different scale and interpretation of pattern, colour, line and treatment. For the next review i have half way through the module i would like to have a good start of three different avenues.