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My final major project has now came to a close and overall I would say i am very happy with it. During the project i have mainly learned how to manage my time, which made the end part of the project alot easier then it has been in the past. This project has also been a great opportunity for me to hone my lino carving skills. I would say this is my favourite project yet and am very excited to include it in the end of year show.

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Have a look at these websites to start off your T-shirt design.  The brief has already been posted on your wall.  Submission by email by end Friday 5th.

http://doubleconcentrate.co.uk/

https://www.threadless.com/

http://www.mintees.com/

http://society6.com/?utm_campaign=1030&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc

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Hi Ally, nothing new on here since last week. How about some photos/screenshots and self-evaluations of your progress? Would be great to see visuals of what you've been up to this week, plans for colour schemes etc

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Following on from grades review today

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Hi Ally, Good to see some of your experiments up here :-)

For this activity, start with a review of your grades from Ontrack. Complete the table and do the math! It's not hard, but is important.

How can you improve your individual (and therefore overall) grades?

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Kathy - Independent work for Before 14th May

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Kathy - Independent work for Before 14th May

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Hi Ally, good to see some of your experiments up here

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I created a small lino block using an outline of a beetle I has drawn out in my sketchbook.

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1. Keep doing sketches, maybe add some colour

2. Create a tesselation

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Have a look at these videos - might be fun to print a tesselated beetle?!

shapes based on a triangle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=212XC1zfxXY

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Hi Ally- not much happened up here this week! Has all the action been in getting your lino, print colours and printing backgrounds ready for Thursday?

Post a visual (scan/photo/ screenshot) of at least your TOP 3 PIECES OF ARTWORK that you've generated yourself for your FMP project.

It could be drawings, design ideas, thumbnail layout sketches, photos you've taken yourself, planning storyboards, whatever shows a visual idea.

ADD A COMMENT on each one explaining how you could use it in your development.

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This one of the fabrics from Ikea and i think it has a Lucienne Day quality about it, with the mix of thin black lines and colour.

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After looking at Ikea's website i found out that they sell rolls of printed fabrics, some look photographic and some are more graphic and abstract

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Fabric - Curtain Fabric & Upholstery Fabric | IKEA

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Buy fabric curtains to create the perfect solution for your room. Choose from a variety of great products at affordable prices. Shop online today.

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Discover our affordable range of cushions. Find everything from inner cushions, modern cushions and more at IKEA.

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Hi Ally - what's new since last week? How have you moved forward with generating images for your planned lino-print this week? Images/ patterns ? What paper etc are you going to print on? What colour palette? Have a look at Laura Boswell's website, and investigate "reduction printing" using lino

http://www.lauraboswell.co.uk/gallery.php

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: : Laura Boswell - Printmaker - Prints, techniques and projects : :

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Discover our affordable range of cushions. Find everything from inner cushions, modern cushions and more at IKEA.

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Today I will be evaluating the images i have collected from different artists in my sketchbook, and talking about how can influence my work and what elements I like.

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Escher tesselation are a fab idea to look at! and the Digital arts online looks a really good site - I think I might copy the link onto my wall so other people can see it too. Keep going!

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Digital Arts Online

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Leading illustrators share their tips for perfecting artworks and patterns based on geometric shapes.

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Tesselations

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Great Ally - some nice links here and good starting points for your visual research. Make sure you collect plenty of examples to choose from - get them printed out in colour for your sketchbook :-)

Build on your "geometry in nature" and geometry in art" searches by combining other keywords such as "fractals", "golden section" "abstract" , "kaleidoscope", "japanese geometric patterns" etc

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MET MUSUEM

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The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

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Geometric patterns make up one of the three nonfigural types of decoration in Islamic art, which also include calligraphy and vegetal patterns. Whether isolated or used in combination with nonfigural ornamentation or figural representation, geometric patterns are popularly associated with Islamic art, largely due to their aniconic quality. These abstract designs not only adorn the surfaces of monumental Islamic architecture but also function as the major decorative element on a vast array of objects of all types. While geometric ornamentation may have reached a pinnacle in the Islamic world, the sources for both the shapes and the intricate patterns already existed in late antiquity among the Greeks, Romans, and Sasanians in Iran. Islamic artists appropriated key elements from the classical tradition, then complicated and elaborated upon them in order to invent a new form of decoration that stressed the importance of unity and order. The significant intellectual contributions of Islamic mathematicians, astronomers, and scientists were essential to the creation of this unique new style.

Consisting of, or generated from, such simple forms as the circle and the square, geometric patterns were combined, duplicated, interlaced, and arranged in intricate combinations, thus becoming one of the most distinguishing features of Islamic art. However, these complex patterns seem to embody a refusal to adhere strictly to the rules of geometry. As a matter of fact, geometric ornamentation in Islamic art suggests a remarkable amount of freedom; in its repetition and complexity, it offers the possibility of infinite growth and can accommodate the incorporation of other types of ornamentation as well. In terms of their abstractness, repetitive motifs, and symmetry, geometric patterns have much in common with the so-called arabesque style seen in many vegetal designs. Calligraphic ornamentation also appears in conjunction with geometric patterns.

The four basic shapes, or "repeat units," from which the more complicated patterns are constructed are: circles and interlaced circles; squares or four-sided polygons; the ubiquitous star pattern, ultimately derived from squares and triangles inscribed in a circle; and multisided polygons. It is clear, however, that the complex patterns found on many objects include a number of different shapes and arrangements, allowing them to fit into more than one category.

Department of Islamic Art. "Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geom/hd_geom.htm (October 2001)

Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.

Necipoglu, Gülru. The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture. Santa Monica, Calif.: Getty Center, 1995.

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Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

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These abstract designs not only adorn the surfaces of monumental Islamic architecture but also function as the major decorative element on a vast array of objects of all types.

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This link contains a range of images which showcase different patterns found in nature, this expands on the nature part of my theme mind map.

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As human beings, we have been fascinated with geometrical shapes since the first record of our existence; a fascination that translates into how we live, where we live, and even whom we live with. But truth be told, humans are not the only ones who share this fascination. Take a look at our 25 examples of perfect geometry found in nature to see who else fascinates over perfect geometry (and here you thought taking geometry in high school was useless).

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25 Examples Of Perfect Geometry Found In Nature

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As human beings, we have been fascinated with geometrical shapes since the first record of our existence; a fascination that translates into how we live, where we live, and even whom we live with. But truth be told, humans are not the only ones who share this fascination.

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I've added on links to the BBC arts website (loads of interesting programmes), link to a website where you can download free figure drawing "how-to" books by Andrew Loomis (absolute classics), and an advert for limited places on a series of 4 free life-drawing classes being run at the BALTIC (excellent for improving drawing skills of every subject, but especially those specialisms involving figure drawing). If you are interested you need to email me straight away, or the places will be taken.

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Double Concentrate T-shirt design Competition

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Double Concentrate T-shirt design Competition

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This project briefed in last week. For development as short project mainly after FMP, but start thinking/researching ideas now to get ahead

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Lucienne Day - 50's abstract textile designs

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Lucienne Day - 50's abstract textile designs

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Have a look at this website

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Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation - Lives and Designs

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The official site for furniture designer Robin Day and textile designer Lucienne Day provides authoritative design history and lists all licensed products. The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation is a design education charity established by their daughter Paula Day in 2012.

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Start pinning up some of your visual inspiration too - for geometrics/graphics etc e.g architecture, microphotography of cells, crystals etc

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Hi Ally - some lovely contextual examples you've found here! Paperchase is a good one to look at for stationary and ranges of surface pattern design.

DesignersGuild.com is a good one to look at for bedlinen/wallpaper etc

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Stationery - Notebooks, Diaries & Pens | Paperchase

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Love stationery, love Paperchase! From every day essentials to something a little more special, our stunning range of design-led stationery always delivers.

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"PRINCE’S TRUST COLLECTION FOR GEORGE HOME GOES ON SALE" link

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Young designers' dreams come true | The Prince's Trust

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Two Trust-supported designers have had their first collections launched in George Home.

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Designer from Cleveland who has designed pieces for the Prince's to be sold in Asda. Uses sketchy lines drawing in majority of work

http://amandabradley.co.uk/

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'Orla Kiely is an Irish fashion designer based in London. She began her career designing hats, and moved on to design work on handbags and a variety of other items including kitchenware and cars.' Wikipedia

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Surface Pattern applied to textiles

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http://mimihammill.com/placement