Emma Bowd - Art Foundation

Week 1- Mainly this week, I’ve been focusing on generating ideas and coming to a conclusion of what I wish to focus on. Therefore I’ve been mind mapping, producing rubbings, collecting materials, visiting places for inspiration to help spark ideas such as the Fashion and Textile Museum in London and a variety of gardens to complete observational drawings.   The Fashion and Textile Museum featured work from Wallace Swell – who designed the interior textiles for transport in London. The designs were inspired by the environment which is London. The artists kept a sketchbook and completed observational studies from different places in London focusing on the shapes and colours. Using these studies the two created the designs in reflection to what they saw. In Barcelona I kept a very detailed travel journal of my time there. This has inspired me to look back through the book and perhaps use that trip as a starting point for my final project. So far I think that I mainly want to f...

For 'Muddy Hands' we were instructed to look bad on our previous work and build on our ideas and make small scale 3D structures inspired by shapes. We had to focus on the quality of the sculpture looking at the texture. Looking back at previous work from the 'Maquette' project, I decided upon a similar approach. I began by making small scale paper structures to help me understand/create the basic shape on my 3D design. From that I made a wire structure. I wanted to create a sculpture that was very fluid and included a lot of linear lines and negative space.  I then proceeded to cover the frame in mod rock. The qualities of mod rock mean that once dry, the texture is very powdery and rough. To try and eliminate the rough texture I layered up the medium to try and create a smooth structure which I thought would lend itself well to my fluid design. Overall, I was extremely happy with the outcome of my sculpture. I achieved the free flowing...

For this project, I started by researching into Transparent fabrics when I came across two artists, Beatrice Oettinger  and Claudia Casarino.  Beatrice Oettinger created a line of farbic that she named 'Blooming Fabric'. The designer primarily creates pockets in fabric in which she sews in plants, which creates an out of focus look to the plants due to the fabric that she uses. I was attracted to her work due to how delicate and sensitive her fabrics appeared. I aimed to re create this affect using different materials.  Claudia Casarino created the installation 'Sleep Disorder' which consisted of dresses made out of transparent fabrics that she suspended from the ceiling which creates this very eerie atmosphere that the audience has to navigate through. This installation inspired me to experiment with a similar material that she used, tulle,  to see if I could make a similar affect.  I started by using a range of different transparent materials...

 I found this project very difficult most difficult as I find working with 3D objects very difficult as it doesn't come naturally to me to think in that way.  The brief  was to create an egg holder only using paper which would protect the egg and prevent it from breaking when dropped from a height.  I was not successful on this task as my egg didn’t withstand being dropped and I think that this was because I didn’t think about what I was doing as I wasn’t comfortable when working with a 3D structure.  I went with my first idea and created something extremely basic in appearance. I didn't fully record the process through thumbnail designs which would have helped me to develop my ideas further to create a more durable and aesthetically pleasing design which would have made my project more successful. 

For this task we had to work as a group to create instructions for someone to construct a door with any written instructions or shapes. It also had to fit in an A4 envelope.  This task was extremely difficult as it had to make us think outside of the box and not follow our natural instinct which, in this case, was to create a set of simple instructions to follow. As a group we decided to recreate the door out of string as, when layed out, we thought it would be the best way for someone to see the basic shapes of the individual parts of the door.  Overall I think that we were successful at this task as we met the aims of the brief however, I felt that we could have been a bit more imaginative with the ways we used to rope to show different parts of the door as, to someone eles, they wouldn't be able to tell what part of the door is which. This could be done by using thicker rope or plaited rope to show the different elements. 

Our task for the day - Pick out three things that you are passionate about or interested in - Use analytical skills to bullet point words - Set out work in sketchbook - Think about textures, shape, form, structure - Take lots of photos - Sketch, write observational notes  Brick Lane Brick Lane for me was a very vibrant setting as every surface was decorated in eye catching graffiti that you couldn't help but stop to look at. I like the idea of graffiti as it is this collaborative art, each individual has an idea for and initially creates it for themselves but, as more people add to the wall, it becomes a large scale collaborative composition. River Side I find the architecture in London fascinating as there is always an amazing structure to look at where ever you are in the city, and each one is different. I like how unnatural the buildings all look together in the skyline, the sky is built up with these different shapes ...