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I tried experimenting with adding colour and although I liked the outcome especially the blue I didn’t really feel like it added anything to them the prints. I was also considering this to my final piece but I felt adding colour would take away from the drawings rather then add to them. I also think because I work primarily in black and white, keeping it that way was more true to myself.

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When printing the sticker using the bypass tray finding out the orientation of the paper meant a miss print which was quite interesting visually actually.

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The final product was a little collection of the bank notes that were made which John put together in a bank wad style with a card casing.

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Personally I think that the main leaders of the venue liaison group are Ivy and Maya. They have been working really hard on communicating with the Peckham Levels representatives and have been the back bone of the group. Although I definitely could’ve done more to help in this group I was there to help edit emails and gather information that was needed to be sent off from the other groups. I, alongside Aliha and Holly were helping draft messages across to Peckham levels but passed them onto Ivy as the main communicator as to not confuse Peckham Levels on who they were talking to.
This was quite a difficult job as the communication was quite slow but it definitely was an interesting insight into curating an exhibition and how much information and conferring is needed to put one on.

When it came to the forums I don’t know how successful it was as not many people showed up and the only people who did were usually from the same groups. This meant the communication between groups was pretty slow and subsequently caused a back log in relaying information to Peckham Levels. I think this would’ve worked better it there was some sort of consequence for not coming to these meeting or even making them after uni as sometimes people couldn’t make it in on time due to transport.

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I want to expand on this idea as I really like not only the way it looks but also I think it is a great way to map as it is visual field notes. I like the merging of text and image in a kind of journaling way and it is a successful representation of the places I visit. I think this is a good starting point and might potentially be the final product as well but I will see where the project leads.

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The sketchbook was a really nice way for people to have an insight into not only my work but also to my thought process and image making process throughout this project. The sketchbook is quite a personal book which allowed the audience to connect with me personally, which I think is a nice way to convey my art to people. Especially with the drawings of people it is interesting to see whether people imagine what it was like to be there in the moment with everyone and also to imagine who everyone is.

I think my piece was slightly small and having the installation be on a small table in the corner of such a large space meant that it was slightly overlooked. Also if the book was closed people were apprehensive to open it and have a look. I think a lot of people thought the piece was the set up of the installation itself. The people that did sit down and look through the publication were definitely immersed I think and seemed to enjoy the piece very much. I had very positive feedback from a few people so I think all in all it was a success!

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I made a multiple of 7 books which I think turned out great. For being hand cut and hand bound I think they look identical to each other and the sticker and hand written names are the cherry on top.

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Originally I was going to use the school printers to scan my pages in but then quickly was made to realise that they scanned at such low resolution that the images were pretty awful. Joe lead me to the scanner where we properly scanned each image into the computer and they came out crisp! I was scanning the back pages because I thought I’d print them as well as the drawn on pages but the thought of having to perfectly match up both sides of the paper seemed pretty daunting so decided to only print the drawn pages. The paper was thin enough that the printed elements came through anyway which was the look I wanted. I scanned them into photoshop and was taught how to clean the images up and greyscale them. I then removed any blemishes that I didn’t want shown and then transferred the edited images onto InDesign. This is where I put the pages into the right order and was prepared to print.

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When it came to printing the publication this was a hair pulling experience. At the beginning small issues were occurring such as sizing was off, pages were printing a little too far apart, a margin was being applied in the wrong places and then the pages started printing double-sided but upside down. After printing the publication around 8 times with none printing correctly I was starting to lose it. Different issues were getting fixed and old ones were coming back. I decided to call it a day and come back to tackle it the next day. I returned with hope and recruited John the technical wizard to help me and obviously he fixed it with one drop down menu. Classic.

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I chose to make an installation for my piece as I wanted the audience to be more immersed in the piece by feeling as though they were in my seat, literally, at the Peckham Pelican. I borrowed the stool from the Pelican and got the cider which I drink every time I go. I had a plate and a fork as I usually get a slice of pie too. Having the seat facing the window was also a choice as it meant the audience was faced away from the other pieces and the crowd and also gave an illusion of the large windows in the Pelican itself. It also gave a nice natural light to the publication which made it a nice viewing experience for the audience.

If I had unlimited resources and was going to take this project further I would create a 1:1 installation replica of the Peckham Pelican and have actors sitting around pretending to be patrons of the Bar/Pub. I would then have a designated seat for the audience member and allow them to draw in the book themselves. This would be the ultimate immersion which I think could be extremely interesting and fun!

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Although my screen printing process was a fail, the prints in the end came out really well on the light weight cartridge paper and then with the added stamp of my initials through lino printing I think they look quite professional.

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The stickers were a great success and the item I sold the most! I was really happy with the quality of the image and also of the stickers themselves. I enjoy seeing them about on my friends phones or laptop cases!

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I decided to switch the colour up to see how this would look. I loved this outcome but also realised I should’ve started with a lighter colour as the darker black ink remained a little even after scrubbing the block as clean as I could. This is a tip for my later attempts at Japanese wood block printing.

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At first the ink was a little blotchy as the in was still being absorbed into the wood block. Once I printed a few times the prints became more pigmented and the prints were coming out better.

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In our tutorials, it has really encouraged me not to be scared of making publications. As an artist for some reason I never wanted a final project to be something 2D such as a poster, flier or book as it felt underwhelming or even under-developed in my mind. This might have been because in school I was always told to go big or go home and this mentality has stuck with me. After chatting/debating with Joe on this topic I have given up on that mentality and allowed me to challenge myself in other ways such as developing my observational art style, learning book binding again, learning software to properly scan my sketchbook pages to give my publication the best quality it can have and also learning how to make repetitive publications. This was a really great way to open my eyes to being more relaxed with my outcomes while still producing something I am really proud of and that looks like a finished piece.

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I really liked this lecture as it was one of the first times we were introduced to a tutors work. I really like the block colours Geoff uses and also his line building drawings are really nice too and remind me of the style I am experimenting with in this project.

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Once again another artists work which is so simplistic but even changing the background to yellow makes it stand out so much!

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The simplistic style is really beautiful and maybe an inventive to try riso-printing

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The “messy” sketch style is really impressive as it is so care free and produces amazing tone.

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I love the comic style and also the drawings of infrastructure.

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The effortlessness is what i want my sketchbook to embody.

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I love the mix of colour and black line. I especially like the pages that look like they have drawings on sticky notes.

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I love her cartoon style and how the pages are so neatly laid out even though they look crowded each drawing is very carefully placed.

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I really like that they scanned in the front and back pages with the stickers on them. I also like the fine lined style.

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Another failed process was I ordered stickers online only to find out later they wouldn’t arrive on time for the exhibition. Therefore I ordered my own sticker paper (paper and vinyl) and decide to make them myself. The paper was compatible with all types of printers so I was able to make them through the normal school printers which was a god send. They turned out great and this is a process I will definitely be using in the future!

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I went to the screen printing department to try and use this process to make my prints as I love print making and have done a lot of print making before which has always given me great outcomes. This time though, my images had lines that were too fine leading to the prints being muddy and sometimes not even fully printing through at all. Although this was a little bit of a let down I was determined to get some prints made.

I instead printed my designs directly onto lightweight cartridge paper and then added my own signature stamp using a lino stamp I had made previously. This made it look quite professional in my opinion and I also wrote editions onto the back with my instagram handle.

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I made stickers of the stickers that were already stuck to my original sketchbook to add more personality to the publications. Sticker-ception! I got this idea from LALA’s “selected sketches” as she did the same thing and I thought it was a really nice touch. This was a really easy process as I just scanned the front of the book and edited it on photoshop the. Printed it onto paper sticker paper. I then manually cut them out.

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Originally I wanted to get my books cut in the letterpress room by the industrial cutter as to be as accurate as possible. But when I went down no one was around and I didn’t have time to come back in the next day. I had to do it myself in my make shift studio in my room. I measured the edges of the book to show how much to cutoff and used a ruler and a box cutter to give a clean cut. This went surprisingly a lot better than expected and I ended up with 7 identical little facsimile sketchbooks which I was very happy with!

Working at home was interesting as although I had all the equipment I needed it was a small cramped desk and a borrowed lamp that helped me finish this project. It proved to me how much I can actually achieve from the comfort of my room and although it was DIY it didn’t have to look shabby. I also put on a bunch of shows that I had already watched in the background to be able to shut off and plough through the work and it was pretty satisfying to see my ideas come to life.

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Book binding is one of my favourite processes so this was a really fun part of the publication making for me. I used black linen thread to match the colour of the cover of the book. I used a simple single kettle stitch to bind these books with the thread tie on the outside as to not distract attention away from the illustrations in the book. I really liked the neatness of this stitch and it made the book look even better.

This is a picture of the books after binding but before cutting them down to size.

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I wanted to focus on a theme I face everyday but also have looked into briefly in my first year final project which was being ethnically half Asian. Specifically, I wanted to dive deeper into how it feels to not 100% fit in anywhere. This stems from my experience of travelling to a lot of places that are connected to both sides of my family and not looking the same as anyone else. Going to Thailand and being with my mother’s family, I was also considered to have pale skin and people would be surprised when this “foreigner” could speak their language. On the other hand, coming to the UK, usually Ireland where most of my father’s side of the family reside, we would be the only remotely coloured people we encountered, not surprisingly, in any of the villages in the south west of Cork. People always wondering how our family fit together and my older sisters being mistaken for my mother or that I was their adopted sibling.

Since birth this is something I have come to realise not everyone feels and that even though it isn’t always in the front of my mind, still affects me to this day. I want to explore this further through potentially print making and applying that to designs I can put on clothing. I think this is a good medium as it is a wearable outcome meaning it can reach a large audience and possibly speak to a population of people who feel the same way I do.