Emma Bowd - Art Foundation

This was my first time working on a product design brief. At first I didn't know how to approach it but I found researching into designs and mind mapping helped to generate ideas.  I firstly looked into the overall design of the coffee cup looking at its efficiency as a hot drinks container. Through changing the design and making it look more artistic aesthetically I came to the conclusion that the original coffee cup design is very efficient and in my opinion it doesn't need re designing.  As I found the mark making brief the most interesting I wanted to combine those ideas with my design for a sleeve. Through mind mapping I developed the idea of creating a natural and organic design which led me to the idea of mark making using flowers and plants. The most successful prints were those made with flowers and acrylic paint. I think that they were the most subtle and looked delicate on the page in comparison. I further develo...

Stripes and Spots: I found this brief to be the most enjoyable so far as I really enjoy the freedom that mark making allows. For these marks I used limited materials, just black acrylic paint and Indian ink, and experimented with the mediums to explore all the different ways that they could be used. From using a paint brush, a stick and a pallet knife to apply the medium to the paper.  I am really happy with my final outcome, I feel that I produced a very visually appealing A1 sheet. To develop this project further I want to experiment with printing these marks onto acetate to create a textile surface pattern design that can be printed onto fabric. Rubbings: After experimenting with wet media I began to take rubbings using different surface textures from around the college. I then tore up these sheets and combined them to create contrasting compositions of a variety of marks. If I was to develop this further I would ...