Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Surface deign Evaluation

I was asked to design a new high piece of jewellery inspired by the punk movement. I have to create 6 small samples of different ideas and one final piece, they have to be 8cm by 8cm. I first responded by creating a pinterest board on Vivienne Westwood. I gathered about 20 images, after doing that i sketched out a mind map of ideas and materials that i could possibly use. After that i tested out different Lino prints of crosses and i also tried out impressing punk designs on alluminium tin cans.

My idea started to develop by testing out different colours and composition. I firstly started testing out colours like yellow and green, but i didn't like it because it doesn't relate to punk at all. The colours are to bright, so then i started testing out darker colours and i finally found the colours i liked. I think red and black really reflect the punk movement.

I think if time and money wasn't a problem i would want to make a jewellery piece with my design on it. I feel like i may be successful, I'm not 100% clear on how i feel. I do actually like my final piece and i adore my testers, but i just feel a little blank when it comes to this subject. I did overcome some challenges, i got confused and sad about how i would produce my final piece and i thought that i would fail everything, but i think I've done pretty well overall.

I think that my out come meets the brief because my final piece reflects the punk movement. I think my colours are appropriate and my media has been done pretty well.

Researching artists i couldn't get in to any of their work, i think Vivienne Westwood was personally the best inspiration for this brief. Her work really got me thinking about texture and composition. I like the fact that her work consists of patterns that relate to punk. Most of her work has checked dress lines in it. I love everything about her work. She thinks outside of the box, she takes everyday items and combines them, which makes them look perfect. What i like the most about her work is that it's different, it's not girly girl. It's for people who actually respect art and for people who wouldn't judge, for as she is very punk.

 This Lino print is related to punk because of the rough look it's got. The black and purple make it even more so, but i think blue and brown help compliment it more than push it. Around the shape of the cross, there are worm like shapes that have little fading dots. The dots makes it look messy and give it some attitude. Where i have used a collage of different sugar papers, to give it character. Where the paints i used were brighter than the paper this helped made everything stand out.

This piece was one of my first testers. In all honesty, i think this doesn't relate to punk at all. Pink is to calm for 'punk'. The design it's self however does relate to punk, because the cross shape is apart of what a typical 'punk' person would wear. The random patches of colour missing looks good, but it's not that eye catching with a light background.
I really like this piece because the texture is very rough and has a very 'punk' feel to it. This piece was also one of my first testers, i think that green doesn't really fit in with the punk theme, but because the card i used had bumps on it, it makes the design come to life by giving it character and an attitude.

Where the paint sits on the bumps it gives it a grass like effect. The bumps also leave little specs of white, so it looks more messy.
This was my very first tester. I honestly like the composition of it. I wished that i had used maybe red and black paint wish for this piece because yellow and green don't really say 'punk'.
But, where i have used light colours it brings out the black sugar paper, which also helps bring out the brown paper. The brown and the black have a nice tone to them, where the brown is a light brown it helps compliment each other.


This is my final piece. I chose this to be my final piece because the colour palate was perfect. The black, red and brown really compliment each other, and they are typical 'punk' colours. The collage of the sugar paper isn't overwhelming or distracting. The paper i used was nice because it left little cracks in the paint when it dried. Also where i rolled my lino print over the paper, where i might of not pressed hard enough, it left little areas of white patches. Where the collage of paper breaks up, it creates lines that separate the colours, this makes different light or dark tones.

For these images underneath, i did the same thing. I rolled out clay that was 8cm by 8cm. Then i pressed down items that related to punk like, paper clips, zips and round studs. After they got fired, i then painted over the top with them with red or black, i chose red and black because they symbolized 'punk' the best.


Health and safety notes
  • Be careful with sharp lino cutters
  • Wash Lino print after use
  • Wash up lino roller and board after use
  • Be careful with clay
  • Be careful with sharp tools
  • Whip clay tiles after applying paint 

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