5th October Visual Sheet Development

On Wednesday 5^th of October, I continued to complete my final visual design sheet for my specialised workshop “textiles” and the project “Natural World”. I continued to generate further ideas for my visual sheets through my journey of the project which includes develop mood-boards and sketchbook research which includes primary research throughout the summer that I collected. The visual sheet follows and develops from my first visual sheet as they both include the same background and layout for my patterns and ideas. I continued to use the same background and layout as I believe that they emphasise the patterns and also presents my understanding of the keywords in “Textiles”. For example, I have repeated patterns on the layout of my sheet to demonstrate and present my interpretation of the important keywords to consider when creating patterns and initial design ideas. The completed final design sheets will be taken further into the workshop to create a final design layout which will allow me to create samples and explore a variety of materials and colour schemes. My final design idea, will reflect the design sheets as I will be choosing my favourite my design layout patterns and developing them to create a screen print design.

Firstly, I decided to create a repeated pattern of the subject of bees which has been inspired by my previous primary research at Glastonbury Festival. A campaign was presented throughout the festival to protect the bees from extinction and a collection of artworks that presented these and flowers were on display to inform the audience. I wanted to capture the knowledge I have gained from my primary research and moodboards to create a pattern highlighting this topic. The outline of the insects were gained from my moodboard layout and I decided to include characteristics towards the design. To make the pattern symmetrical, I used tracing paper to collect my original drawing of the bee and repeat the outline accurately onto the design.  The repeated process worked effectively, onto the design. After completing the outline, I believed that the background was basic and too simple. I was inspired by Johnathon Ashworths work and I decided to create a lino-print texture appearance which was a build-up of lines and depth. The lines worked effectively onto the design as they related back to the patterns presented on the insects. After completing the layout, I focused creating the colour scheme. I decided to keep the colours simple to emphasise the importance of bees on the design so I used symbolic colours yellow and black. Watercolours were used to emphasise the contrasting colours but also the characteristics of the bee outline. Finally, to complete the pattern I used watercolour pencils to create depth and shadows to the detail of the bee outlines.

Bee pattern outcome

Next, I focused creating a “graffiti” styled pattern onto my visual sheet which continued from my development of my moodboards and primary research. This pattern design influence also came from my visit to Glastonbury festival as a variety of “graffiti” artwork was on display at the festival which reflected to the topic of nature. I wanted to continue to create the same style and appearance of the pieces that were on display. I continued with using keywords within Textiles to help me through my design process and I developed the points of symmetry and repetition. These two elements gained an effective outcome towards my design as it emphasised the outline of the pieces within the pattern and also presented my inspiration for the pieces from my moodboard design. The colour scheme was also gained from my mood-board inspiration and I decided to use cool colours to compliment the natural background of the design. For my material, I decided to use acrylic paints as I believed that the material would capture the style I wanted to achieve for the pattern. The outcome was effective, as the design had a blurred effect which related back to the primary researched I gained through studying “Graffiti” artwork. Also, the paints were useful as it allowed me to create shadows and depth through the build-up of cool colours on the design.

The outcome of the visual sheet is presented below. Next I am going to complete my final design for my visual sheet and start to create my final screen-print layout.