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“The images you have are great documentation” - Hannah

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Be clear that the process you are learning - what is it? It’s mono printing. Ensure you evaluation becomes critical - at the minute it is quite superficial. Don’t just say ‘I like it’ but comment on the work itself - are there any marks that are interesting - what about the form, tone line and shape? Better images of you prints would be more successful. Would perhaps suit betting in a powerpoint. Research is needed in the module - where is the research around mono printing? What artists use it? How could  you improve on this?
Digital - the notes need to have a narrative - how have you experimented with this beyond the session? Show examples and research.
Notes on the hyper workshop - what work could you make? What could the tools do ?
Try to combine some of these processes…?” - Hannah

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“Reminds me a lot about cubism” - Rob about my vacuum forming on acrylic sublimation

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This process was much better than photoshop but it’s a little harder to grasp onto.
Making projections using premiere could really help enhance my presentation for my project. This is the perfect way to create my own work and videos for experimentation.
I do wish I took more photographs through every step of the way which I will do in the future.
However, this shows the simple way of what’s happening and how premiere works

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Copy and pasting a duck!

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Personally this is the hardest one to use for me as it was hard to find the finishing point.

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This is by far the easiest and smoothest selection tool to use.

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During this stop motion video - we had to collage ourselves and move very slowly to create a good video

We did not really move slow enough causing certain parts of the video to move way too quickly.

Next time we would need to make sure we move slow enough.

This was a fun activity to do with the rest of the class, but I wouldn't really do stop motion on my own as it was a little too time consuming for me personally. I would do it again with a group of people as it was collaborative fun.

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Each image I have uploaded shows each step at the top.

This is a very good interactive way of planning out exhibition spaces. You can upload your own work into the space which makes it very realistic.

I added in my monoprints to see what they would look like plastered over the walls. They came out as clear images and I could move and adjust them to fit the way I wanted.

I would use this for my exhibition coming up to plan out my space in order to get a grasp or in preparation of how things would somewhat look.

I think I made the space a bit too big so I couldn't really properly get up close enough.

For future attempts, I will make the space a lot more closed up so I can really look at my work on the wall.

It was quite hard to place objects on the floor like plant pots, but I think with practice I will gradually be able to figure that issue out.

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I noticed a big change in tones after sublimating this work on two different materials. On the wood it became colder looking in blues and greens whereas on the acrylic it became pinker, red toned.

Maybe try metal or stick to wood as acrylics can get very distorted and floppy?

The work I sublimated was a photo i had taken of a friend you could not see the face of. This made it quite mysterious which goes hand in hand with my project.

The wood material stayed the same solid way it was before whereas the acrylic came out floppy and started to curl upwards.

The sublimation did distort the image a little making it completely hard to tell who the person in the image is but this is better for me in terms of my project.

I will be using this again and using more materials like metals and other plastics and different images.

I would like to explore metal next with sublimation as I think that would look amazing with bright coloured images. Maybe even different coloured metals as well.

Try to sublimate my project question "WHO ARE YOU?" onto my shelf maybe?

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Throughout this module, I have experimented using a broad range of different processes that have inspired and broadened my skills for my own personal project as well as other modules.

The processes I have learnt include Mono-printing, Clay, Vacuum forming, Cyanotype, the Hyper workshop, Text printing, Risograph printing, Sublimation, Metal bending, Stamp making as well as the digital aspect including Photography, Premiere Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Art steps, Google Street View.

This range of processes have taught me how in-depth fine art is. Originally, I thought I would be painting, drawing, and doing some digital drawing but entering this course has shown me the vast amount of work under Art.

By organising my work on Padlet using shelf mode, I could really manage my work and see what I have done and what I needed to add or wanted to add. Using processes like vacuum forming and metals alongside sublimation has shown me potential in my own work and how I can showcase so much more and push myself to do so much more.

Researching movements like cubism and artists like Jon Rafman, George Shaw, Joy Gregory, and Pierre Bonnard really helped guide me through my work and how to expand using the same processes. The impact each had on my work so far has been crucial to my evidence and buildup for my personal project, “Who are you?”. For instance, google street view has given me the opportunity to browse through different locations finding people who fit my work as it hides identity, and my work is all about questioning one’s identity in terms of who they are as a person.

The advice given from peers as well as my tutors has really expanded this guidance and my personal growth. For example, my tutor mentioning how my vacuum forming reminded him of cubism sparked an enormous number of ideas as well as research.

I would work on improving my documentation as well as consistently critically reflecting on my own work next time. Knowing what I know now about these processes has also given me the opportunity to improve on using them next time and know exactly what I’m doing rather than spending so much time experimenting - I can spend a lot more time focusing on final outcomes.

I would use each one of these processes again but maybe for different projects. I specifically think I would use sublimation, vacuum forming, metals, acrylic materials and risograph printing the most out of all these as they were the processes and materials I mostly enjoyed. I think there is a huge potential in these processes being a part of many future projects. The reason being, for example, sublimation offers so much in terms of what it can sublimate onto as well as what it can sublimate. The huge amount of work I could produce using sublimation is infinite as well as sublimating on materials like glass, metal, wood, acrylics.

This alongside vacuum forming which has brought out a lot of cubism within my ideas for my work as it really distorts the image making it more mysterious and questionable which is what I aim for.

Personally, I would like to practice more sublimation as I haven’t gotten around to sublimating onto metals. I would also like to perfect sublimating onto acrylic making sure it clamps down onto the material fully making it more flat and not bumpy or curved in any way. Clay and video collage was probably my least favourite within this module.

However, with more practice and work on those specific processes, I feel I could grow to enjoy them more. I don’t think I spent enough time on them to fully understand or grasp onto the idea of how they could inspire and guide me through my own journey.

My work is successful to me as I feel that even if I make a mistake, it becomes part of my work. All my work for these processes has been a learning experience as well as producing outcomes that I will most likely showcase for my own project, As I moved onto the next process from the last, I made sure I was thinking about my own project more for the outcomes. I have a lot to improve on as I think that no matter what there is always more, I can do. An example being, I could improve on the depth of how much research I gather using sources other than the internet like books, magazines etc.

Overall, this process has given me the opportunity to use certain processes like sublimation and vacuum forming more as well as the knowledge on how to use them. I can also now use any of these processes because of the knowledge gained from tutors, peers and workshop leaders.

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And here is a photo of about 4 in one screen different placements moving alongside each other

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Here I placed the first star in the corner and set times for where and how quick I wanted it to move to the next destination

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Here I started adding more stars but in different positions and places

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Metal hole punch

Larger rivets ^

Flare on top of one sheet and test sticking up

Rivet gun

Rod should go all the one in so against flared surface and then squeeze

Pop rivet

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One wire that gets heated up.

Soften the tiny strip of plastic.

(Bending acrylics)

Pop it under. Gap on top can see the wire.

Leave it for a minute until it heats up.

Hold one side to see if it soft enough.

Leather gloves for safety (shouldn’t really need it)

Hold while bending to just keep in place.

Longer you leave in the hotter it’ll be.

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Undo clamps to put metal in place.

Redo clamps

45-degree angle

Lift handles to bend

Undo left side to open as well.

Start middle and work outwards.

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Cutters on the left

Make a hole.

For rivets

Flared top is the front.

Turn upside down once connected.

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Two steel rollers at front grips medal

Single roller creates curve

How higher dictates how tight

Further up the tighter the curve

Build up for tighter curves

Keep going to build it.

Two handles on back operates how high it is

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This is the finished piece with fine line added on top which I think made it stand out more.

Next time I will make my TEXT bigger and maybe add some more collaging to make it less empty.

It did not come out the way I thoughted because of the empty white noise.

I am still happy with this as it still showcases my project as well as a fun first try at risograph printing.

This process reminded me a bit of how outcomes of cyanotype come out as well as Text processes as well. However, I think I enjoyed this process more than both cyanotype and text as it was more fun, aesthetically pleasing and satisfying.

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This Risograph Printer - this printer printed so fast and the ink was a huge tube which would be inserted in a tray and pushed in. The designs/stickers on this printer are collaged very well and overlapped quite a bit which give it a really cool graffiti look. I also think it suits the idea of what we were doing here - collaged text prints.

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Warwick Street, Gateshead, England - Jon Rafman

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What is happening here?

Is that a child?

is the child okay?

How did the child fall?

Has the mother or adult seen this yet or has this image been taken just as the child has fallen.

There's quite a lot of questions going on in my mind about this work which is what I want to spark in my own work.

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Calle del Padre Pedro Vallasco, Valencia, Spain - Jon Rafman

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Jon Rafman:

"The world captured by Google appears to be more truthful and more transparent because of the weight accorded to external reality, the perception of a neutral, unbiased recording, and even the vastness of the project."

"I was attracted to the noisy amateur aesthetic of the raw images. Street Views evoked an urgency I felt was present in earlier street photography."

Rafman's project using google street view gives a range of different images across many different areas in different countries of many different scenes as well as the people in them. The most interesting part to these images is that you can't really identify who is in these images. It shows the harsh reality or the beauty in life but also hides the faces of those people hence the blurring of identification on most the faces.

This work could and does really inspire my own work as my personal project is all about identification. Who are you? Who is this person? What do they do? What are they doing? What are they planning to do? What is going through their mind?

All these questions are sparked through images like these as there are so many different things going on within this series of images.

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Language of Flowers (1992 – 2004), Cyanotypes, variable sizes 8” x 10 – 21” x 27”

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Language of Flowers (1992 – 2004), Cyanotypes, variable sizes 8” x 10 – 21” x 27”

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Joy Gregory:

The Language of Flowers - ‘Victorian’ form where every flower had individual meaning.

Mainly used for sending loved one's secret messages.

My initial reaction to her was the title. The title made her work so much more interesting - I wanted to know more of what each flower cyanotype meant OR what she meant by the language of flowers.

The three cyanotype versions of the same flower each show different tones of blue. The middle one spoke to me more as I liked the different tones of blue fading out and the flower itself being a strong, solid blue. Also, compared to the other two which look like a flower completely to me - it reminds me of a tree.

The message behind this work (a somewhat secret message to loved ones) got me thinking about my own work and the subtle messages I could create using cyanotypes or other processes to people and see if they receive them (understand them) or not. I also like the simplicity yet strong meaning of each flower and if I was to do more cyanotype I would for sure make mine simple yet showcasing a message relating to my project.

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How can the hyper workshop help my project?

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How can the hyper workshop help my project?

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The straight sander and drills could really help with my shelf for my final project. I think if I used both the saw, drill and straight sander I could manage to create some really neat, precise slabs of wood. I could also use the sander to fix up my foam block i previously created.

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George Shaw displays his work of where he lived and grew up – Coventry: as this is personal – being the place he grew up in – it gives a different feel to his photos. The sense of familiarity and relatability with these paintings for others may be very comforting. He places he comes across are places he walked by or know on a different, personal level. His work has meaning to them which makes them more interesting. He also shows a side of how things have changed for the better or worse and this portrays a more emotional connection to his work. In his paintings, “home”, looks more abandoned and not very welcoming. Its very gloomy and maybe this is what he is trying to portray, the place he once grew up in is no longer as alive as it was, or this is how he grew up – in a very gloomy place.

This is part of who he is or his identity which connects to my ideas as well. Some people's identity is literally where they grew up and, in their eyes, it is who they are.

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This stamp book aka passport is a combination of mine and everyone that contributed within this task's stamps. This process was really easy-going yet complex in terms of how the stamp itself was made. The first stamp I made - the question mark - was quite difficult to cut around as it is very curved. I mainly struggled with cutting around the tiny dot and my first attempted question mark did break which I then turned it into a hook.

I then did a remake of the question mark which was a lot better than the first as it did not break and was cut smoother.

This did somewhat remind me of the TEXT PRINT process which I will also be using for my personal project.

Although, I do not think I'll be making my own stamps and stamp making for my project, I will use this process in my own time or possibly for future projects.

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Again - This sublimation distorted the image a little as well. It isn't as pigmented, and the tones are very cold compared to both the original and on the acrylic sublimation.

The sublimation was definitely not as pigmented as it should have been, but this was a second use of the same photo sublimated again onto this piece of wood.

However, this sublimation is closer to the original than the acrylic sublimation as the colours are quite cold in the original too.

I would like to try this again with a fresh photo to see if it comes out less distorted and more pigmented.

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I kept quite a few of these prints without cutting them because it was a collaborative piece and I think the concept of both these merged together was good to keep. I used a fine line to go over some of the TEXT and DESIGNS because I felt it was quite bland and empty.

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This is the cut version as we did this work in pairs. A collaborative process.

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I wrote and drew little question marks and other little things using a fine line pen.

Better to use black pen or marker as it prints better.

Once the first print is done, we can add it back to the scan with the text placed on top with the same or different ink.

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Here we needed to collage things we wanted on our first sheet print and scan it in the printer to create many in a specific-coloured ink.

I chose myself, and many of the pieces from the first collage I did in a making lesson the start of university.

I liked the collage as there was a lot going on but not at the same time. I also think the cut out of me creates a mystery vibe which goes with the text I wanted to print on top of this.

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Materials:

Eraser

Scalper

pencil

Spare paper

Tracing paper

Cleaning wipes

Ink

Steps:

1. Line the eraser up on the tracing paper. Outline the eraser onto the tracing paper. This is done so that you can draw out your design in the right size.

2. Then cut out this outline with the design on it and place it face down onto the eraser.
Press down onto the eraser and you should get an outline of the design on the eraser.

3. Taking your scalper - start to cut around the outline to turn this design to 3D making it a stamp.
When curving make sure your scalp is somewhat tilted outwards so you can cut smoothly

4. Once you’ve gotten your stamp - start to place it onto the ink making sure it’s fully covered

5. Using your spare paper - stamp onto it to make sure your stamp is working well to your standards.

6. Then reapply the ink and start to stamp onto your paper.

7. When finished make sure to use the spare paper to stamp onto so that the remaining ink is mostly taken off.

8. Use a cleaning wipe to clean off any ink left as well - this is to make sure when using other inks, you don’t end up mixing colours.

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The window method did not work effectively as most of the attempts did not come out with a clear image. They were distorted and hardly recognisable.

The UV light worked a lot better as it was strong, direct light on the work. This made sure the images came out clearer.

The blue tones on the outcomes were

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I felt that this slip roll ruined the metal a little on the side. It's like somewhat damaged.

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The slip roll metal (the curved one on top) was harder to achieve as well as the edges of one side got quite bumpy and damaged which I didn’t personally like.

Next time I think I would need to experiment more on maybe the height of the rolls as maybe that is why it got affected that way.

The other metal bending machine was a lot easier and in my opinion looked more aesthetically pleasing. I would use this to create my book holder for my shelfie project as well as other little metals for my presentation.

I would like to experiment on these metals using sublimation as well in the future. I think combining these processes could work very well for projects including the current one I am working on.