Monday, 13 June 2011

Show nearly finished!

Got assigned my space for the show today, It's about 12-16ft long!?


I don't have to use it all but I could potentially do my screen print for a long stretch of the wall.
Heres a mock up of how my final piece will look <<

After experimenting with several different ways that I could display the screen printed words I decided that the method bellow achieved the best looking result. Others that over lapped were difficult to read and i think the mix of words creates a fun confusion when reading the text.

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Yesterday evening, as a small side project I decided to take my letters on a tour of extravagant and exciting places. I used photoshop to distort perspective and size to allow the letters to sit well within their new settings.

final drawing before repeat...


I'm so terrible at keeping up to date with this blog! So I put together the digital mock ups of the display and I'm thinking the repeated pattern looks more impressive (and sticks with the maximalism theme even more) So i'm going down that route...

Friday, 27 May 2011

Last minute issuesss.....


Having last minute issues on what will be displayed for the final piece.... my 3D letters are coming on really well and I only have one left to finish here's a sneak preview:
All the letters have been made from card, this one has been covered with the cuttings from a hole punch (took AGES!) and i think it looks really effective.




So anyway, I'm having a problem with the other two pieces that I was planning to show for the final piece...

As you know I was planning on creating a repeat of the 'Form follows function' phrase onto the wall by screen printing in order to make it difficult to read, similar to this: 
and I was going to display photos of my 'ornament is a crime' font being punished. Yet now when I think of them being displayed together I'm not sure how well they gel...
And I'm also thinking it's a shame to not use the feather pattern in my final piece as I'm really proud of it.
So I'm now considering using 'Less is more' for all the pieces displayed...
Will keep you updated, maybe I should try a digital mock up of the display?

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Update...

So i've been working hard at it and have a few things to show..

I took my feather pattern and created a repeat (very time consuming!)
I think it looks really good but I'm not sure I'm going to use it for the final show, having trouble with the whole form follows function thing as using the previous font that I had with the pattern  didn't really play on the phrase (as the function of type is to be able to read it and it was legible). I've been thinking of ways in which I can make text illegible...
I tried a few ways of liquifying a rasterized font in photoshop and making it increasingly illegible as the words fold out. And also played with letter positions and transparencies:


Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Two weeks to go...

I knew I wouldn't be great at keeping up with this blog!

So I've kept at it and my project has developed quite a lot. I'm sticking with the 3D "Less is More" and have even started making my letters from card-rather difficult! Each letter will be covered in a different
material (lots of multiples) to stick with the 'More is more' aspect of the type.



I also created a font:
I want to use it in my final piece too, After speaking to a tutor I've decided that I should find ways of 'punishing' my font (such as burning at the stake) as although visually it has reference to ornament, it doesn't have one to crime. So thats my plan for that...


I'm also planning to create a repeat pattern using a similar illustrative style to the first piece I uploaded onto this blog using the words 'Form follows function' and covering the wall with it like wallpaper. I think it will be really aesthetically exiting for the viewer.

Only 2 weeks left till half term and then a week after that the show goes up... oh gosh...!