Drawing and Film Week 6

My final week in drawing and film has been spent finalising exhibition ideas and finishing off editing and drawing. My last group tutorial was really helpful in my decision making for what my exhibit will look like, along with an exhibition planning sheet, which made me think about equipment and space I'm going to require. This whole exhibition process has definitely been a learning curve for me by having to think about working alongside so many other students and fighting for space and equipment. 

My exhibition will include a variety of drawings which work well together that I've produced over the last 8 weeks in unit x, I love this collage way of working things together. In order to get the drawings to fit together rather than them look thrown together, I have considered and really thought about the lines and colours in them and how they could look together. Also, with use of the overhead projector, I will be projecting my Photoshop imagery on top of areas of my drawings which seems to tie them all together nicely.

selection of drawings.

 The way my drawings will be exhibited will depend on the space I am given and the style of the exhibition space. It will be a response to the surroundings. As practice and to get an idea of my ideal display I have been experimenting with different compositions and suspending in the studio this week which has increased my confidence in what I will be doing for the exhibit.

My ideal exhibit would be my drawings suspended at a distance away from each other from the ceiling, allowing the viewer to not only see them through each other and straight on, but also to walk around and in-between them. I will attempt to get as close to this as possible for my exhibit, but due to space constrictions I will make the best of what I get given.

As discussed in my tutorial, I have developed my cut work drawings more this week, as seen in these images. I really love the effect of the cut open flaps on the large scale print out of my Photoshop imagery, inspired by Sachin Tekade's cut paper work.

 By hanging strips of acetate and drawing onto rolls of paper, I have moved out of the squared shape restriction that my other drawings seemed to have without these hanging strips.

Experimenting with suspension and compositions.

cut work into large scale print.

behind view.

Experimenting with projection onto drawings.

strips of hanging acetate.

Supporting video for exhibition film reel.

Reflection.

I have really enjoyed drawing and film for unit x, along with getting the chance to learn new skills in an area that would not normally be associated with textiles. I love the broad context of textiles and the many opportunity's within it. Having the chance to work as a group of students in the same studio has been great and definitely more inspiring for me as a student than working alone with no space to leave my work or present my ideas. I'd love to of had more time too develop this work possibly into constructed fabrics, but these never ending possibilities to units of work is what I find so great about it.

Drawing and Film Week 5.

This weeks group tutorial has helped me to recognise where I'm succeeding and not succeeding as well. The addition of colour in my drawings is working well as I introduced last week, but I'd still like the lines to be more considered and reflective of my Blackpool imagery- so I had the idea to print my Photoshop imagery onto acetate then use an overhead projector to get the imagery onto a large piece of paper to then work onto.

I think the clarity of line I got made possible from the projected acetates is definitely a success, and I really like the abstract look the oil pastel that I have used in these drawings pictured above has given. I'd like to experiment with different drawing media to get different qualities of line which I think will make my drawings more varied and interesting to look at.

This idea of cutting as drawing is working well alongside my drawings too, and I think when suspended at exhibition as I have pictured in my head, the way the viewer will be able to look through a drawing onto another one due to these cut out drawings will be really successful. This all relates to my theme of memories fading and blending into one, which I really want to get through in these drawings and installation.

  In terms of film, I still really like the way this documenting of my drawing processes is working, and I think that these will be nice to show parts of at the exhibitions show reel to support my drawings. I like the idea of the film showing me removing/cutting/tearing away parts of the drawing- reflecting these fading memories from the past.

Diana Al Hadid Drawings.

It was the drawings of fine artists Hadid's that caught my eye due to the complexities of the light and shadows with in them, but also how abstract they are. I like the way that in sections you can make out a structure or object, but in other parts nothing. I think this really relates too my theme, but also to the look of some of the drawings I have done, due to parts of them being clear and other parts not so much.