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This page was my initial ideas for the monogram, I knew I wanted to combine the letters into 1 and have the J be the first down stroke of the W.

A few of these designs stood out to me, specifically the one in the bottom left corner which is the one I eventually went with

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This was an initial test on how to do animation, I am not overly proud of it but I needed to test how it all worked before I animated anything else

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for this video i wanted it to mirror my sculpture in the sense that it is a real person in the same pose with the same prop but when projected this will distort and mess it up completely.

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with this Lars Tunbjork inspired photo I wanted something that showcases the lifts at Ulster and how cramped they can feel at times.

To do this I needed 4+ people to stand in the lift at once with one person standing outside looking in knowing there’s no room left for them in the lift and the awkward feeling between the people in the lift waiting to see if you get in and you standing there waiting for the lift to hurry up and move past you.

In this mock up I drew myself as the person in the photo, however I knew I wanted it to be someone else as I wanted to be able to be the one behind the phone taking the photo.

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This is the final product I got with my inspired photo, I used a little bit of editing to enhance the image and make the shadows darker. I also played with the tone as I feel like the cold blue tone enhances that awkward feeling you get while staring into a full lift.

Getting everyone in the lift and getting a photo before the lift doors shut proved to be quite an issue and resulted in me not being able to get a large range of photos to choose from when picking my favourite.

If I had a chance to do this again I would much rather have a slightly lower angle as I think I took the photo slightly too high.

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With my photos I was given the theme of ‘Sanctuary’, with this I decided to capture the feeling of when you’re out at a bar/ club with your friends as my friends are where I find my sanctuary.

With my photos I specifically wanted to capture the bright lights and how they reflect on the skin and clothes of the people in the club.

I also aimed to include a large amount of motion blur as I feel this captures the fun carefree feeling you get while with your friends and it creates more of a feeling behind the image with the implications of movement and how your eyes almost can translate the photo into a short video in your mind.

When editing the photos i purposefully turned down the exposure, brilliance and black point while turning up the brightness very slightly and turning the saturation and vibrancy up to almost the full amount, this gave my images the exact feel I was aiming for, unfortunately I feel like this was slightly lost in the printing of the images.

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As shown in the mind I thought about a large handful of ideas however I knew I wanted to do something related to the human body and finally landed on doing a woman's body which I further experimented with on the next page.

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On this page I showcased 2 different ideas revolving around a woman's body, after talking to Laura about my initial mind map she suggested taking my sculpture in a more abstract direction to create a more interesting silhouette. I decided to go for the idea on the right of the page as I felt like this gave a more interesting shape which would cause more distortion to the video that I would be projecting onto it.

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This is my finished sculpture that I created. This is a sculpture of a abstract woman holding an umbrella, the legs of the woman twist into each other and then combine with the flat surface below her, this flat surface was added to help with keeping her standing as the umbrella made her quite back heavy causing her to fall.

The umbrella was added as I wanted some more space to project onto without having a blank wall behind her and this felt like a creative way of ensuring there was more projection space.

The arms are inspired by arms you would see in kid cartoons with their round appearance and lack of proper joints.

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This is the final product of my sculpture lens work, overall I'm very pleased with the outcome and feel it looks extremely similar to how I envisioned it.

If I could change anything about the final product it would be when creating the sculpture, try to use less layers of plaster and ensure that I keep it smooth to avoid creating bumps and uneven textures.

Overall I am proud with what I was able to accomplish with these materials and this brief as it is something well out of my comfort zone.

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On this page I added smaller versions of each photo behind the larger photo in the top left corner, I used the photocopier to change their colours and used the smaller version of the photo on the left behind the photo on the right and vice versa.

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This page I put the two photographs close to each other and put them quite low to the bottom of the page.

In quite a few of my pages I avoided giving them a border as I feel like the border gave them a very polished and organise appearance which I didn't think fit in this photobook.

With this photobook I wanted the pages to be quite bare with the photos themselves being the only focus point of the pages.

I feel like the lack of a border gives it a slightly messier scrappier look which I quite enjoy and think helps with the image I was trying to encapsulate with this photobook, I was aiming to encapsulate the rushed and carefree feeling you get when out at night with your friends.

I did experiment with leaving masking tape on the pages and even having a few pages stuck incorrectly, however I felt like this didn't look correct and felt a bit too busy as the images themself are quite busy.

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In this page I paired the 2 photos I got of a local drag queen Coral Hole Mandi in which I was able to capture a close up of her performance.

Personally these are my favourite photos I included in the book as I love the motion blur in the ribbons and her hair.

The reason I included drag queens in my photobook is because to me drag queens are a quintessential aspect of Belfast night life especially in the bars and clubs I personally go to regularly.

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On this page I experimented with adding a red piece of paper between the two photos as both photos had heavy amounts of red on them as I felt like I walked to include weird pieces of coloured paper in a few of my pieces to show that despite their lack of borders and purposeful grit and lack of polish that I did consider the layout and there was time spent on not only how the photos are presented on the page but also the order, the pairing and the sizing of each piece.

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On this page I layered a smaller photo overtop a larger version of the same photo to create dimension.

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With the final page I included two photos of a local drag queen Elle Vosque.

In this pair of photos I was able to capture the moment right before any large movement and paired it with a photo taken at the peak of movement with her arms, hair, lips and dress all moving at once.

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I chose to capture the yellow paints with a yellow cup to wash the paint brushes in with the background having yellow paint on the wall.

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I captured the shadow in the corner created by the corner of the wall, the shadow created by a pair of legs and the shadow created by a figure in the distances who’s head shadow is poking through the shadow of the legs.

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I chose to get a reflective pole and have friend apply her mascara in the reflection of it

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I decided to take a photo of the underneath of the cupboards where people store their portfolios.

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I chose to take a photo of my friend moving her hair and the motion blur that created.

This small exercise was a lot of fun for me and allowed for me to test out photography to see what i liked and didn’t like about it and work from there.

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My groups still life has a very apparent colour scheme of browns, reds and oranges.

My item I brought in was the brass looking perfume bottle.

I took multiple photos from many different angles so I ws able to choose 3 to showcase.

This first one is one of my favourites as I was able to capture the red ammonias liquid as it was spilling out of the cup.

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In this one we experimented a bit with coloured lighting by holding tissue paper up to the light to create a slight red hue to the lightening I think this helped tie a lot of the colours together a bit more and created a creepier feel to the still life.

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This one we went back to regular lightening and I decided to get a photo from a back angle showing a side that other side wouldn’t be seen by anyone looking over at our piece.

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drawing from memory of another groups still life 

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drawing from memory of another groups still life 

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Multiple pencils in hand at once drawing of another groups still life 

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Multiple pencils in hand at once drawing of another groups still life 

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white chalk on black sugar paper drawing of another groups still life

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white chalk on black sugar paper drawing of another groups still life

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This was my personal favourite drawing exercise as not only was the white chalk on black paper a fun challenge as it forced me to draw the light values rather than the shadows which I sometimes get too comfortable at but also the subject in which i was drawing was also a fun challenge as it was a very detailed skull with intricate details on the surrounding objects.

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10 minute willow chalk drawing of my own groups still life

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10 minute willow chalk drawing of my own groups still life

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willow charcoal is becoming one of my favourite mediums to use in fine art as it really forced me out of what I know from sixth form and prevents me from becoming too much of a perfectionist over the small details in my piece which has relieved a lot of the stress for me in art and has helped me enjoy the subject quite a bit more.

Overall this drawing exercise was great at helping teach me perspective as we were always changing angles but also it helped me with timing as the limited time for each caused me to speed up my work resulting in me being able to create the piece attached in 10 minutes roughly. This piece attached is my favourite piece I produced in the fine art unit thus far.

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In my collage I kept the general colour pallet keeping it focused around yellows, oranges, browns and beiges; however I also included the contrast of the blue in the sky to help create a more interesting image and adding a sense of dimension.

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Using a large brush and some acrylic paints we painted our collages onto a larger piece of card. With a few tips from Yasmin such as keeping a bit of the outline around certain objects I feel like I was able to produce a piece of work I am quite proud of.

If I were to go back and do this piece again I would choose different colours that were darker and a little more different to one another as certain parts of the painting blend together with one another in my eyes

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This first one I used blue ink and immediately knew it would not work, there is barely an outline and the outline that there is, is very faded and hard to make out.

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This was my first attempt with the black ink and second attempt overall. This one didn’t turn out the best but I knew what I needed to do to improve it for the next time and applied that to my next prints.

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This is the 3rd piece I done overall and I can tell I was staring to improve, I didn’t enjoy the print making process too much and struggled quite a bit at it as it’s not something I ever personally enjoyed; however I didn’t want to let that get in the way of my work and from this point began to experiment more with different ideas.

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This was the final print I made in class, in this print I painted the black onto the plastic sheet and left the shape I wanted to print white meaning that when printed it would create the image from my still life of the vase holding a hand, holding a banana.

Overall this was quite difficult to pull off and there were quite a few failed attempts before this one.

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The following week I went up to the print making room again on my own and experimented some more with a different type of paper and different inks.

I enjoyed this process a lot more and feel like the images I got from this were significantly better than the ones I done before.

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This is the 2nd print I made on my own and this is where I noticed the improvements, I realised the way I was creating the lines with the dull end of a paint brush was creating far too thick of a line and so I moved to a sharper point of a pen on the next couple of prints

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I was quite proud of this piece when I completed it and was finally beginning to understand print making and how to make it enjoyable for myself.

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This is the very last print I completed and it is by far my favourite as I feel like I was able to add a lot more detail that I was able to on any previous print.

This one included the cup with the liquid pouring out from my still life as well as the rope and cloth in the background which were details I couldn’t include previously.

Overall print making isn’t something I personally enjoy, however I was able to find a way to make it fun and was able to experiment some more with a medium I personally struggle to understand

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Amy Sherald and Chantal Joffe - Joel Watterson

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Abstract traced drawing of one of our charcoal drawings of our still life

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Abstract traced drawing of one of our charcoal drawings of our still life

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In this piece we were given a piece of tracing paper and told to trace the general objects in our drawings before turning the tracing paper 90° and repeating the process 3 more times.

After we done this we when rub the tracing paper onto a regular piece of paper and began to colour in the gaps and adding lines or shading to certain areas to create an abstract drawing from our still life art.

This was tedious to do yet the finished product is something quite nice and different for me as I usually don’t do much art like this.

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These are the 4 pieces of paper I cut and manipulated in different ways to create different shapes that would cast different appearing shadows. With these I struggled with coming up with ideas on different patterns and shapes.

When presenting these I chose to have all 4 drooping next to each other as all were intended to droop but all in different ways.

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This is the 5th piece of manipulated paper, the reason this piece was separated was that it was the piece I recreated in a larger scale.

Initially this piece was only the white elements but I added both pink and blue into it, I was inspired slightly by the design of fleur-de-lis for the shape.

If I had more time with this I would of liked to experiment with pushing the paper further and stretching out the shapes.

When presenting it I decided to drape it similarly to party streamers so I could create a droop similar to the other 4 but also giving it it's own unique shape.

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These are the larger re-creations of the smaller 5th piece I created, I created 2 of these with the intention of displaying them both in 2 different ways, the top one was displayed the same way as the smaller piece, initially I was doing to glue and tape it to sit in a similar way, however I quite liked the look of it loose with only the 3 colours hanging down limply as it created a slight difference and showed how the piece wouldn't work on its own on a larger scale.

With the 2nd piece (the lower one) I was inspired by vines and by pushing each of the paper folds inward it created a design similar to that of a flower. I scattered them along the page in a way similar to how a vine grows.

I would of liked to make it even longer and have it wrap around itself a bit if I was given more time on it.

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On this plate I done a simple design of waves gradually getting straighter as the move across the plate.

Slightly inspired by the natural design of wood lines and how they curve around knots.

Unfortunately none of my plates had been cooked yet so all of the photos are of just the clay, they should be cooked and finalised by Monday.

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4 corner straight contrasting line design made with a wooden knife.

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Spiral design made with a wooden knife.

I have always liked spiral designs and wanted to incorporate it into my ceramics.

Overall I am pleased with all 3 of my simple ceramic plate designs.

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With this plate I decided to create a flower coming out of the ceramic plate.

Using thin layers of clay I built up the flower until it was large and full looking.

Overall I’m super pleased with what I created and love how it turned out.

If I had more time I would have loved to give it a more creative plate design as the cross hatching doesn’t look great.

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With this plate I created a bunch of tiny balls all different in size and stacked them in a way that makes it look like it shouldn’t be able to stand on its own without them all falling apart. To keep them together I used slip (water and clay mixed) and cross hatching to create a secure grip.

If I had more time I would have liked to create more dramatic curves in the structure and make it look even less possible for it to stand on its own, really push it to its limit.

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For this plate I was inspired by flowers before they bloom and wanted to create a plate with several flowers lined up.

I created this by rolling 16 balls and then pinching the top slightly to create an egg like shape and using a wooden knife creating a slit down the side to resemble flowers (specifically tulips) before they bloom.

I have nothing I would like to change about this plate and it is my favourite of all the ceramic plates I created.

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This is the larger plate I created as an extra piece after I finished. With this one I played around with warping the actual plate itself and creating a hill like design with a river flowing down between the mountains on either side.

Making sure the plate stayed warped and elevated was quite a challenge and proved to be quite difficult however by pinching the clay I was able to get it to hold its shape.

If I was given more time I would have liked to give the “hills” on either side a grass like texture instead of a lined style.

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I created 2 origami dresses, one large and one small.

The larger one was significantly easier to create and I was able to have a little more freedom with it where as the smaller one was very limiting and I struggled folding the paper as many times as I needed to, to create the design.

Overall I am quite pleased with how they came out and if I was given more time I would have liked to make a few more until I was more confident in origami.

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For my jewellery piece I wanted to create a very maximalist designed collar like necklace filled with different trinkets and small items that I feel represent me.

I used skulls along it and a rib charm on a chain as I’ve always been interested in biology and love jewellery designed to look like the human skeleton.

I included seashells as I’ve lived by the beach my entire life and always enjoyed going to the beach and collection shells when I was younger so I have a large collection of them.

I added pearls from an old necklace and used chains from old necklaces to hang charms off the collar.

I added small crystals off an old crystal bracelet as I have a crystal collection and feel like this represents a part of me that I wanted to include on my jewellery.

I included other random trinkets like buttons and pins to give more personality to the collar.

I wanted the necklace to feel very cluttered in the front and the flutter fading out as u move to the back of the necklace.

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on this piece I used mixed media and weaved paper and fabric inbetween the thread on the cardboard sheet.

This was quite difficult as I struggle quite a bit with weaving but I am very pleased with how it turned out.

I made sure that it stayed within my colour pallet as I wanted to not stray too far from my mood board when doing the textiles workshop.

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I used an apple with black paint on a white page and a strawberry with white paint on a black page.

I wanted to stamp the fruit several times and showcase how the print fades the more I stamp it on the page.

Overall I’m very pleased with how this turned out and like the story I was able to capture in the piece as I intended for the fading of the paint to almost represent the rotting of the fruit and how it loses its colour and shape as it rots.

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the basic paper weaving was one of the more difficult pieces I done.

Weaving for some reason is quite a challenge for me as it confuses me when I try and focus on it too much.

I tried to challenge myself by ripping the paper to create a more interesting design however I’m not overly pleased with how this turned out and if I were to give it another go I would stick to straight even lines.

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with this mixed media collage I used fabric and paper.

I tried to stay close to my colour pallet while also including an entire person on the page.

This was quite difficult as finding a person who’s colour pallet didn’t stray too far from mine was a challenge however I was able to find someone who fit almost perfectly.

I like the contrast of all the different colours of fabric and how they conflict with one another creating a very layered look.

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This is a collage of different fabrics and paper that tie into my colour pallet featured on my mood board.

I found the running stitch quite difficult at the start but slowly got the hang of it, it was quite time consuming but I did enjoy it.

If I were to give this another go I would like to incorporate different textures of fabric as I only really included 5 different textures.

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For my shirts story I wanted to go back to being in school and specifically one of my favourite subjects, biology.

By doing biology I was combining my two favourite subjects in school, art and biology.

The design of the shirt was meant to resemble a skeleton with the back having a spinal cord and the front having a set of 8 ribs (this was intentionally inaccurate.)

For the bones I was inspired by cybersigilism but I didn’t want to go too far into cybersigilism that it wasn’t recognisable as a skeleton.

To create this design I used a process we learned in class, printmaking.

I cut sheets of cardboard into the intricate design, painted one side black and then stamped it on the shirt.

This process was quite risky as I had to move fast to ensure the paint wouldn’t dry while also making sure the placement was correct.

I also added a lace trimming around the collar, this was added solely to include another technique we learned in class, the running stitch.

When I finished my shirt I realised that due to the size of the shirt the design got lost a bit, to help try and pull the design in more towards the centre I painted each button black so there was an element of colour in the centre of the shirt, I believe this worked quite well.

Overall if I had another go on the shirt I would definitely get a smaller sized shirt and try and find a way of ensuring the design is completely visible from the front even when on a mannequin.

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the first piece of fabric of the far left was made with avocado skin and pit. I dunked the fabric in the boiling water with the pit and skin and let it soak for 2 hours, once I let it air dry the colour darkened and became very orange.

The middle piece was dyed using tea bags, the colour change is very minimal even after several cups of strong tea.

The third and final piece of fabric was dyed using crushed blueberries and is my favourite of the three, I love how the blueberries really changed the colour of the fabric and they worked significantly faster than the other 2 as it was almost instantly dyed.

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this is the design page for my necklace I created. I knew instantly what my design was going to be and was excited to create it physically.

The final design does not stray from the planning much besides the fact that I added a lot more clutter to the front than I once imagined.

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This is the planning page for my shirt.

Initially I had another idea of doing a shirt with a bunch of paint spills on it however I didn’t go with this idea as it felt very uninspired and predictable almost.

I would of dyed the shirt using different paints but I wasn’t sure if this would give the look I was envisioning so I strayed away from dying the fabric completely

I wanted a design that would lend itself to one of the techniques that we learned in class.

The skeleton design was instantly a stand out to me and was what I focused on mainly when planning.

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on my mood board i included my colour pallet which i stuck closely to through out my textile workshop and quite a large range of different inspirations, patterns, textures, designs, shapes and styles I could pull inspiration from ranging from dragon embroidery to fruit or florals.

I also looked at colour pairing such as white and gold, red and gold, blue and white.

I would have loved to include even more inspiration images but I was beginning to run out of space.

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With this word the first thing that came to mind for me was a smashed mirror.

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With align I chose to create a P out of shapes by aligning the edge of the triangle with the top of the rectangle to create a P shape.

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For balance I wanted to create a line of stacked triangles balancing on each other, some balancing only from the tip of the triangle.

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For contrast I wanted to create an eyeball that utilised dark and light by using the dark blue to create the outline and the iris while using the pale blue to be the white of the eye.

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For fold I created a folded piece of paper.

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For glyph I was a little less confident but I still attempted to create a swirly H.

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I created a grid using contrasting colours from my colour pallet, dark pink and blue