28th March Outcome Development And Tracings

On Tuesday 28th March, I started to develop my initial final outcome for my repeated screen print exploring the aspects and areas of "industry" and "justice" locally. The piece has been previously developed from initial ideas generated from my visual sheet exploring coal-mining which incorporated the Strike Movement, campaigning words and incorporated d research collected through the project. The task allowed me to problem solve accurately to create a final outcome to be transferred onto tracing and progressing towards screens being exposed and ready to be printed. Also, the task has given me the motivation to achieve and allow me to progress towards working within the workshop to produce a final outcome. The task made me think about chosen colour scheme and areas I am going to incorporate in order to achieve a striking but also harmonious outcome expressing my progress and development. I am aiming to produce a final repeated screen which will be experimented with a range of techniques and materials in order to achieve the highest standard and identify final outcomes. The task has allowed me to solve practical, theoretical and technical problems within the development of my final outcome and tracings. Also, the task has allowed me to plan organise and prepare for my final outcome and the development towards the Textiles studio and print outcomes. The task has allowed me to use practical methods and skills within Textiles to develop my knowledge of tracings and creating the final outcome. Finally, the task has allowed me to evaluate and reflect design skills within the project.

To start the task, I obtained my visual sheet and selected images which I wanted to incoeprate further towards the project and final outcome. For the layout, I decided to develop it further and include further emphasis of my theme “Justice” through a layout of Union Jack. This layout is iconic and relates to the unity that others faced across the UK from the Miners Strike which occurred in Wales, Yorkshire and Scotland. This emphasises the research collected of Miners uniting together to help others and how the strike impacted lives. The layout allows me to include further lettering and slogans and I decided to include further slogans used at the movement which was “Support The Miners”. This was emphasised within my sheet and captures how the Miners protested and united together through marches and events. The layout allowed me to incorporate four designs taken from my visual sheet and this was a problem I faced when developing the layout further. I decided to incorporate the “Police vs Miners” layout as it captures the conflict and tension between both sides but also relates to Orgreave event and the truth behind that event. The design incorporates the research obtained throughout the project and Orgreave was significant towards the Strike Movement. I was pleased with this layout as it incorporates illustration of characters and can be repeated easily. The design also relates back to artist research obtained to the works of Grayson Perry and Keith Haring exploring significant events and subjects. Also, the design incorporates my significant interest towards the strike movement and reinforces my theme of “Local Industry”. For the second design I decided to develop the layout “Coal Is Our Life” which incorporates a landscape of a town and the lettering previously used within the movement. The layout has been inspired by union posters and the Tapestry works of Grayson Perry. The piece captures how the event impacted everyone from local communities to large businesses. The layout has been influenced from Union tapestries which I found most inspiring from my primary research and development within my sketchbook. The colours are harmonious and relate to the previous design well. Also, for the layout I have used the textured design of “Coal Not Dole” which incorporates objects used within the Pit and badges used throughout the strike. The design captures my family history and the struggle they faced through incorporating Pit Lamps and badges. Pit ponies were also on display within the design which have been taken from my research to the Coal Mining Museum. This animal was also on display to emphasise the event which occurred at Orgeave as they were used my Police officers. I was pleased with this layout as it incorporates textures and layers and repeats a variety of designs within the surface design. Also, the design incorporates harmonious colours and complement each other when the layout is textured. The final design includes the landscape piece of industrial pieces found within the mining community. The landscape design has been influenced from my research obtained through Barnsley Museum and The National Coal Mining Museum. Also, the piece has been influenced by artist research through the works of Grayson Perry. I am pleased with this layout as it incorporates a repeated pattern that is symmetrical and can be produced easily. All of these designs will be placed onto four different sections and the St Georges flag will be placed in between the pieces. To create the layout for my tracings I had to create the layout which includes photocopying and painting the yellow St Georges Flag. The piece for the flag was created through Gouache as it is a striking colour and would allow me to create layers through using ink to capture lettering. Also, the piece would allow me to place a border around the colour yellow to allow the piece to stand out further and separate each individual designs. Once the flag layout was created I collected measurements for the designs to be placed onto each section with included 16cm by 23cm. This was the first problem I faced with the layout because the designs taken from my visual sheet were inaccurate measurements. The measurements within the board allowed me to create a border of measurements I wanted to achieve. To solve the problem I placed the designs through the photocopier and changed the enlargements to experiment with sizes which included

·         97%

·         90%

·         102%

·         110%

I struggled with enlargement of the pieces but to solve the problem I discovered one piece with the correct measurements and adjusted them to suit the sizes. Once this was created another problem I faced was that the measurements would cause damage to the design layout and appearance. The piece generated had to be transferred onto a different layout to adjust the sizes which included the final layout and outcome of St Georges Flag.  This was placed on the layout with all accurate photocopied measurements which were ready to be transferred into the Textiles Studio. The outcome is presented below.

Photocopies



Final Outcome

Union Jack Layout

Measurements of the layout

Final Outcome

Photocopy Samples

Visual Sheet Outcome

Photocopy Outcome and initial layout design

Next I focused with my tracings which is the first process to create my repeated screen print. The layers symbolise each colour scheme I will be using and identify each areas of colour which will be captured. For my colour scheme, I am going to use four layers which will be Red, Yellow, Black and White. This colour has been developed throughout my project and taken from primary research, secondary and artist studies. The scheme works well as they are harmonious and capture each design well and specific areas. The colour scheme was particular engaging through the strike movement and I wanted to incorporate this to present to the audience an accurate understanding and development. The colour scheme has been developed through a design sheets and experimented through a colour wheel. I am pleased with the outcome and I am wanting to develop my confidence with the scheme further and layers within the design layout. For the tracings, I placed paper above the design and used anchor points for guidance and accuracy. The piece was captured through Textiles Markers and permanent Marker pen for intricate details. I discovered that permanent marker pieces were less effective and allowed light to pass through. To solve the problem, I placed the layout onto a light box and layered the permanent marker pen. The outcome of the first layer is presented below.

Tracings placed above the layout

Capturing The Areas

Next I am going to continue to create my tracings which will be taken to the Textiles Studio to be exposed.