‘The art of words’

As I have great interest in Literature, I found this project very appealing. I took the opportunity during this project to experiment greatly with the use of materials, and as the word I chose to portray was ‘Ghosts’ I experimented with transparency. I was able to use the skills gained in fashion and textiles during this project, and felt the resulting three pieces were effective in creating a ghostly atmosphere.

‘Lists Lists Lists’

During this project I was able to explore my distaste towards wasps, as well as explore my interest in illustration. Initially I began drawing the lists for a range of lists, and I concluded that ‘10 places to hide’ and ’10 things I don’t want to hear’ had the strongest prospect. After further experimentation, I decided to pursue the idea of ‘10 things I don’t want to hear’. I began with looking at onomatopoeia, which gave me the opportunity to experiment with typography. I created different styles of font, and whilst thinking of ideas I began to take interest in the sound of ‘Buzzzzzz’. I decided to use this word as the foundation of the project, and thus decided to look at different species of wasps and bees, which create this sound. I chose wasps, as I find the sound produced from them more menacing and I wanted to portray this to the observer. I experimented with the use of light, and managed to create a leering effect which conveyed my distaste of the creature. Ironically during this project, I began to see the beauty of the creature as I began to look at different species of wasp. I had two separate outcomes of the final piece; however on retrospect believe one to be more successful than the other.

‘30 things to do’

I found this project challenging due to the amount that we were expected to do, however it was also due to this reason that I found this project exciting. The fact that we were expected to do thirty mini projects at first was daunting, however, I soon came to realise what a great opportunity it would be to push my creativity to its limits and create interesting interpretations of the projects. I believe some were more successful than others, and I decided to push the idea of ‘Write your name in water’ further. This resulted in using ice as a material for my project, something I had not previously experimented with. It was challenging and time consuming, however, despite this I believe the final piece was unexpectedly successful.