Every step of the way when attempting to complete the printed element of this module has been a struggle and huge learning process for me. The problems I have encountered are all part of learning on this course and improving my skills as a practitioner, which I know I will take on with me into the future when completing this course and on into industry.
Lino
When deciding upon lino as my printing process, i spoke with our printing technician at Blenheim to see what was possible. I first asked if it was possible for the uni to provide A2 size pieces of lino for me to cut and i was told that yes the uni can provide these for me - but that the other campus at vernon Street would be the ones who had it in stock.
Confident that this was the case, I progressed with my idea to do 3 A2 linos - creating designs at this size. Before my designs were complete I headed to vernon Street and enquired there about sourcing the A2 lino. It was then that I was told that they do not supply it and that I would have to source it myself from online stockists - of which they could not give me a name.
Determined to still go ahead with my A2 designs, I scoured the internet for A2 lino and slowly became away that this size of lino for printing was extremely difficult to come by. I managed to find some sheets at 400mm x 600mm (as close to the A2 size i wanted without having to spend an even bigger fortune on larger rolls of lino and hand cutting it to size myself) and placed an order at nearly £20 each per sheet.
The delivery of my lino took forever. The stockists made so many mistakes, sending my lino to my billing address in Cambridge instead of my deliver address in leeds whichI had clearly stated. I waited 2 weeks for my lino to be delivered, only to find the 3 sheets I had ordered were severely damaged upon arrival. The lino itself had score marks along the edges where the shops employee had cut the lino carelessly and the lino itself had large cracks which must have occurred during transit.
I could not work with the lino once it had arrived, therefore had to purchase more and wait for another delivery. By the time the second lot of lino had arrived, it was a few days before christmas and I was now extremely behind in the process of creating my lino cuts for print.
Money
The amount of money i have spent on this module has been easilty in the hundreds. From the cost of the lino itself, to the professional cutters I had been advised to buy (by both Vernon and Blenheim technicians) because the uni refused to lend out their own cutters, to the expenses of stock and large rollers etc. I hope to make some of this money back by selling my prints in the future and tell myself that the high quality tools I have purchased can be used again and again in my future practise.
2 lino plate separation
Originally my idea had been to create 2 A2 linos for each print. One for the block areas in one colour, and another for the detailed areas in another. I was aware of lino reduction and cutting into the lino for a second time once part of the design had been printed - and printing again over the top. This process was something I wanted to avoid as I knew how detailed I wanted my designs to be and could foresee the nightmare of registration in the future.
With my idea of cutting 2 linos for each design, i asked our print technician for the best way of registering the designs on the lino - making sure all the lines and areas of detail matched up. I was told that I could cut one design into the lino, then ink this up and print it directly onto the second sheet of lino to cut out the other areas of the design that I wanted. i quickly found out this was completely wrong advice. if lino 1 is cut and printed onto lino 2 - lino 2 would now be a mirror image of lino 1 and if cut and printed on top of each other - one design would appear one way and the other would appear reversed. Both linos would be mirror images of each other and create a complete mess in the final print.
This was a bit of a blow and in moving forward, I have decided to stick with one high detailed cut lino for each of my 3 designs, and create stamps/floats for a second colour (if i get around to it.)
Transferring my designs onto lino
Due to the size of my lino' and designs, i wanted a quick and accurate way of getting my designs onto the lino and so asked the uni print technician for advice on the best way to do this. I was told that if i create my designs digitally (or scan in hand drawn designs) then I can print these out using a laser printer and iron on the design. In researching into other ways, I have found that some practitioners use a 'matte medium' paste or carbon paper. In asking what would be best, i was assured that using the ironing method would work and it is the most cost effective and practical method of transfer due to the size of my designs. once my digital designs were complete, I quickly found out that this technique does not work (well not for me anyway). I printed my designs on the laser jet printer at uni and when this failed to work i contacted a family friend who is an architect who printed out my designs on their A2 laser printer also. The ironing on of my digital printed out designs did not transfer the image cleanly at all and after many attempts I was forced to use the old fashioned graphite transfer technique where I scribbled on the back of my printed out designs, then placed this on the lino and drew over the whole design. This meant that the time spent creating digital designs in the first place was a waste of my time and the graphite transfer technique was extremely time consuming. Another blow to deal with.
Health
The main issue throughout this whole module and first semester has been my health. Last year i really struggled with many serious health issues and it seems that this is repeating itself this year which has been a huge blow to my confidence, self esteem and opinions of my own ability to be on the course and pursue what I love. Serious issues in terms of my foot problems have been difficult to deal with, unable to walk for long periods of time to uni for example and needing to see a specialist which took over 2 months of waiting. Finding out i have arthritis in my toes and needing casts on them has been something entirely different to overcome and as well as this I have been so poorly, developing flu, chest infections and now bronchitis which will not budge due to the stress i am putting myself under in order to complete this module and make up for absences and falling behind on work.
My uni absence has been extremely difficult to deal with emotionally. I am not on this course to study at home and feel isolated and to poorly to attend, its the last thing I wanted when going into the second semester. I enjoy going to uni and seeing what people are up too and attending sessions and learning - its why I am on this course, therefore after this module I aim to give myself the downtime I need to get better and improve my attendance 100%.
Reflections
I honestly hope that this is the end of the struggles whilst completing this module and that I manage to make up for the time lost. I am pleased with myself for not giving in at each hurdle and for powering through with what I wanted to achieve such as my A2 linos.
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Notes regarding linocut composition transfer process
After doing some research about lino printing and the process, i wanted to try and make life easier for myself - especially as I would like to push myself and my skills by attempting 3 A2 lino prints.
A process which i have come across which may help me by way of composition and finalising the designs on my lino ready to cut - is using iron transfer. According to research, a photocopied image, using a laserjet printer will transfer onto lino when heated and using an iron.
This has got me thinking - as my ideas and ambitions are so big and I am wanting to include as much detail as possible into my lino designs, I could possibly create my final designs digitally using illustrator or photoshop.
Possible process:
Create hand dawn roughs
Scan in roughs and create digital - high detailed version
Print out on lasterjet printer - or
print out on standard inkjet and then photocopy
iron on to lino to create transfer
begin cutting.
Link to research found regarding this process:
http://mariyaolshevskaexpressions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tutorial-quick-easy-image-transfer-to.html
Things to consider:
At this late stage I am unlikely to be able to print my digital designs in the print room as slots are likely to have been taken. Printers i do have access too right up until christmas are the A3 printer/photocopiers in the studio and library. This will mean creating my digital design in A2, then splitting the document into 2 A3's ready for print.
The design does not need to be reversed or backwards as the transfer process itself reverses the design for cutting, which will then print out the correct way around.
A process which i have come across which may help me by way of composition and finalising the designs on my lino ready to cut - is using iron transfer. According to research, a photocopied image, using a laserjet printer will transfer onto lino when heated and using an iron.
This has got me thinking - as my ideas and ambitions are so big and I am wanting to include as much detail as possible into my lino designs, I could possibly create my final designs digitally using illustrator or photoshop.
Possible process:
Create hand dawn roughs
Scan in roughs and create digital - high detailed version
Print out on lasterjet printer - or
print out on standard inkjet and then photocopy
iron on to lino to create transfer
begin cutting.
Link to research found regarding this process:
http://mariyaolshevskaexpressions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/tutorial-quick-easy-image-transfer-to.html
Things to consider:
At this late stage I am unlikely to be able to print my digital designs in the print room as slots are likely to have been taken. Printers i do have access too right up until christmas are the A3 printer/photocopiers in the studio and library. This will mean creating my digital design in A2, then splitting the document into 2 A3's ready for print.
The design does not need to be reversed or backwards as the transfer process itself reverses the design for cutting, which will then print out the correct way around.
Monday, 21 December 2015
What I want to Achieve/Time Management
I have been absent so much this semester because of so many health issues that I feel beaten, like I am drowning in the workload for this module and other modules running alongside it. I have no idea how I am going to manage to get enough work done in time for submission as well as work for other modules but I thought now would be a good time to create a study calendar and plan of action for over the holiday period, taking into consideration all module work as well as personal plans etc. I am aware it isn't going to be much of a holiday, especially as I seem to be faced with hurdle after hurdle trying to source all of my lino materials and begin the lino cutting process, but it is worth a try and creating these calendars and action plan will help me truly understand the amount of work I have to do and organise my time effectively.
Time Management Calendars:
What I want to achieve/aim to have completed by the first day back in the New Year:
Thoughts
From completing my calendars and action plan, i can see that timing is going to be incredibly tight in terms of getting everything done. I really hope i manage to do the set work in the time i have allocated myself and that I don't run over into other days. I just need to stay proactive and dedicated to completing what work i need too as well as prioritising my time. Lets hope i can stick to this plan and make some progress in this module, as well as actually having a little break over the holiday.
Time Management Calendars:
What I want to achieve/aim to have completed by the first day back in the New Year:
Thoughts
From completing my calendars and action plan, i can see that timing is going to be incredibly tight in terms of getting everything done. I really hope i manage to do the set work in the time i have allocated myself and that I don't run over into other days. I just need to stay proactive and dedicated to completing what work i need too as well as prioritising my time. Lets hope i can stick to this plan and make some progress in this module, as well as actually having a little break over the holiday.
Lino Cutting - The Preparation
I knew that attempting to do 3 A2 lino cuts was going to be a difficult and very arduous task, but I had no idea how much of a strain the whole process was actually going to be.
With my digital designs ready and completed on Adobe Illustrator, I began the process confident in my choice and my compositions, excited to have such a large canvass (lino) to work with and put my own detail into.
The reason I chose to begin with digital designs is that I was told (and aware after some research) that I could print out my digital designs on a laser printer and then iron transfer the designs on to my lino keeping my compositions exact and saving the trouble and time of hand drawing the designs myself.
The transfer process
I first began by printing out my digital designs at uni just before Christmas. Unfortunately when i came into uni, the digital print resource to print my digital designs out on A2 was closed, so to combat this I separated my A2 designs into 2 A3 designs, printed them out in the studio and attached them together after printing.
Feeling confident that my 3 digital designs were now in physical form i tested out the ironing technique that I had been explained.
*Note: My designs didn't have to be printed out in reverse. Once the designs were printed then laid down on top of the lino, this then transfers a reversed image onto the lino to be cut. Once the lino is cut and paper is placed on top, this then re-reverses the designs - printing it the correct way around.
Instantly I came across problems. I wasn't sure if it was the thickness of the printer paper, or maybe that the printer I used in the studio to print out my designs wasn't laser jet (despite researching its make/model on the Internet prior to printing), so I contacted a friend of mine who is an architect who managed to print my A2 designs out for me on their A2 laser jet printer also. Despite all this effort, the design wouldn't transfer cleanly on to the lino-very frustrating.
I spent ages marking up both the lino and the designs to make sure that each design transferred onto the lino in the exact centre etc, only to find that when I lifted off my design after ironing - the design on the lino was hardly recognisable. At one point i ironed my design so much in the hope that the the extra applied heat would help transfer my image more clearly, only to cause the lino surface to bubble and burn.
This was a big blow to me. I had spent so long on my digital designs, using no tablet (just my track pad) due to to access at the time and no mouse - all for the ease of this stage in the process. My theory to do this digital process was to save time and create accurate imagery - being able to see and edit my designs, centre them and make each of the 3 A2 designs consistent with each other in terms of placement on the lino and where I wanted certain elements of the composition.
At such a late stage and needing to have some sort of a Christmas/New Year there was only one thing I could do. I reverted back to an old way of transferring and covered my assembled printed designs in graphite on the back and transferred each of my 3 designs my hand onto the lino. After the this, i re-drew over my design to make them clearer for cutting. This of course did take quite a bit of time, and I was worried that this transfer process might be a bad idea, as due to pressing so hard when drawing through the design onto the lino - it could indent/scratch the lino which I didn't want to show up when it came to printing.
This process worked and to bring out more of my design, I went over some of the lines in permanent marker so that it wouldn't smudge off during the cutting process. I hope to be able to clean off the marker once the cutting is complete, with some lino roller/brush cleaner I have purchased.
Once i had picked out all of the relevant lines I needed and was sure that my design would not rub off the lino, I was able to start the cutting/carving process. Exciting!
Worries:
At this stage I am really worried about time. A lot has gone wrong so far throughout this whole process and cost me a lot of time and patience. I hope that cutting wont take too long. I need to animate after all!
I am also worried about my design. The digital versions transferred onto the lino are just roughs with areas of detail needing to be added as I go along. "Winging it" in this way could cause more problems and take more time as i try and solve and add bits along the way. I only have 3 pieces of lino for my 3 designs so making mistakes is not an option. Any mistakes i do make will have to be integrated into the design I guess. *Nervous!*
Note to self: Don't waste time that I don't have! Have faith in my roughs and get on with it.
With my digital designs ready and completed on Adobe Illustrator, I began the process confident in my choice and my compositions, excited to have such a large canvass (lino) to work with and put my own detail into.
The reason I chose to begin with digital designs is that I was told (and aware after some research) that I could print out my digital designs on a laser printer and then iron transfer the designs on to my lino keeping my compositions exact and saving the trouble and time of hand drawing the designs myself.
The transfer process
I first began by printing out my digital designs at uni just before Christmas. Unfortunately when i came into uni, the digital print resource to print my digital designs out on A2 was closed, so to combat this I separated my A2 designs into 2 A3 designs, printed them out in the studio and attached them together after printing.
Feeling confident that my 3 digital designs were now in physical form i tested out the ironing technique that I had been explained.
*Note: My designs didn't have to be printed out in reverse. Once the designs were printed then laid down on top of the lino, this then transfers a reversed image onto the lino to be cut. Once the lino is cut and paper is placed on top, this then re-reverses the designs - printing it the correct way around.
Instantly I came across problems. I wasn't sure if it was the thickness of the printer paper, or maybe that the printer I used in the studio to print out my designs wasn't laser jet (despite researching its make/model on the Internet prior to printing), so I contacted a friend of mine who is an architect who managed to print my A2 designs out for me on their A2 laser jet printer also. Despite all this effort, the design wouldn't transfer cleanly on to the lino-very frustrating.
I spent ages marking up both the lino and the designs to make sure that each design transferred onto the lino in the exact centre etc, only to find that when I lifted off my design after ironing - the design on the lino was hardly recognisable. At one point i ironed my design so much in the hope that the the extra applied heat would help transfer my image more clearly, only to cause the lino surface to bubble and burn.
This was a big blow to me. I had spent so long on my digital designs, using no tablet (just my track pad) due to to access at the time and no mouse - all for the ease of this stage in the process. My theory to do this digital process was to save time and create accurate imagery - being able to see and edit my designs, centre them and make each of the 3 A2 designs consistent with each other in terms of placement on the lino and where I wanted certain elements of the composition.
At such a late stage and needing to have some sort of a Christmas/New Year there was only one thing I could do. I reverted back to an old way of transferring and covered my assembled printed designs in graphite on the back and transferred each of my 3 designs my hand onto the lino. After the this, i re-drew over my design to make them clearer for cutting. This of course did take quite a bit of time, and I was worried that this transfer process might be a bad idea, as due to pressing so hard when drawing through the design onto the lino - it could indent/scratch the lino which I didn't want to show up when it came to printing.
This process worked and to bring out more of my design, I went over some of the lines in permanent marker so that it wouldn't smudge off during the cutting process. I hope to be able to clean off the marker once the cutting is complete, with some lino roller/brush cleaner I have purchased.
Once i had picked out all of the relevant lines I needed and was sure that my design would not rub off the lino, I was able to start the cutting/carving process. Exciting!
Worries:
At this stage I am really worried about time. A lot has gone wrong so far throughout this whole process and cost me a lot of time and patience. I hope that cutting wont take too long. I need to animate after all!
I am also worried about my design. The digital versions transferred onto the lino are just roughs with areas of detail needing to be added as I go along. "Winging it" in this way could cause more problems and take more time as i try and solve and add bits along the way. I only have 3 pieces of lino for my 3 designs so making mistakes is not an option. Any mistakes i do make will have to be integrated into the design I guess. *Nervous!*
Note to self: Don't waste time that I don't have! Have faith in my roughs and get on with it.
Digital Rough Generation
After researching and receiving more advice from our uni print technicians, i thought it would help me time wise to create digital roughs of my 3 A2 lino designs in Adobe illustrator. Once these digital designs are complete, I should then be able to print them out on a Laser jet printer and iron transfer the designs onto my large sheets of lino, helping create an accurate line based design to cut into.
I began with my original scamps for my chosen cities Octavia, Baucis and Despina, taken from my chosen author Italo Calvino's book Invisible Cities.
From these roughs I created more detailed roughs at a larger scale (A3) to scanin at a high 600dpi resolution and work from in Adobe Illustrator. I learned from last year the importance of roughs when attempting a digital based design in Illustrator. (My home scanner is only A4 so to save time scanning at uni, I scanned the following design in 2 parts and re-assembled thm in photoshop. They are only roughs to work from after all.)
Once my hand drawn roughs were complete, I was able to begin the digital process. Despite having some experience of Adobe Illustrator from first year, it took some time to become re-acquainted. I used different tutorials found on the internet to help me throughout and this sped up the process considerably.
Digital rough generation and process (in screen shots):
Despina (Slide notes: These notes explain the same process used for each of the 3 city digital rough designs.)
Baucis
Octavia
As I wanted to be able to refer back to my digital designs during the lino cutting process, i spent a little time editing my digital roughs, adding black for areas to be kept as block colour, and leaving elements and details white for the areas that needed to be cut out of the lino. Once i had done this, I mirrored/flipped my whole design vertically knowing that once the image had been transferred onto the lino, the image I would be cutting out would be reversed also. This would help when using my rough as a digital reference and the reversed image on the lino would now match up with the reversed digital rough.
Reversed final digital roughs:
Strengths
Once again I really enjoyed the process of using Adobe illustrator and learning to use the various tools etc to create the rough digital image I was after. I love the clean lines this program generates and i hope that I am able to keep these clean and precise lines once I begin cutting.
Creating my roughs digitally was really helpful in keeping my 3 designs consistent with each other, centred, accurate and having these digital documents means they are easily editable and helpful as reference whilst I am cutting. Adding details digitally at a later stage when cutting my lino and seeing how they work within the composition before actually cutting certain areas will help me hugely and hopefully minimise mistakes.
The 3 roughs I feel, work really well as set. They include the city elements, author portrait and details from Calvino's book which hopefully show a unique, interesting and visually pleasing portrayal of the text.
Weaknesses
I spent quite a long time on these designs making sure each composition was exactly how I wanted it. I wish I had been able to add more of the high level of details I hope to achieve whilst cutting, such as certain lines to create texture and more of the areas I wish to keep block colour vs the areas I wish to cut out. I am hoping to be able to overcome this when I start the cutting/ carving of the lino. I just need to be pro-active and decisive in my decision making, use these digital designs as reference and not take too long.
Next steps
Now to print out my designs and transfer them on to the lino. I am worried that the ironing technique may not work and wish I had tested this out at an earlier stage before starting the digital rough process. If it doesn't work and fails to transfer my designs cleanly and visibly, I can use an older technique of graphite transfer. The lino I have bought is light enough to pick up the graphite once i draw through my designs on to the lino so at least i have a back up option should the iron transfer process go wrong. I cant wait to start cutting.
Additional thoughts
I am a little lost with the animation element of this module. As mentioned in a previous progress tutorial with Teresa, I can create a mock up animation using roughs. As these roughs are now digital, it may be easier to do just that and hopefully get the hang of Adobe After effects. Once this rough mock up is created, i will have a better understanding of making my design move and hopefully then just add my final artwork in and voila-animation complete. (I am being completely optimistic here and hope that whatever issues I have with the animation, I can speak with Mike in IT for help.)
I began with my original scamps for my chosen cities Octavia, Baucis and Despina, taken from my chosen author Italo Calvino's book Invisible Cities.
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| 'Octavia' |
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| 'Baucis' |
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| 'Despina' |
From these roughs I created more detailed roughs at a larger scale (A3) to scanin at a high 600dpi resolution and work from in Adobe Illustrator. I learned from last year the importance of roughs when attempting a digital based design in Illustrator. (My home scanner is only A4 so to save time scanning at uni, I scanned the following design in 2 parts and re-assembled thm in photoshop. They are only roughs to work from after all.)
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| 'Baucis' |
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| 'Despina' |
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| 'Octavia' |
Once my hand drawn roughs were complete, I was able to begin the digital process. Despite having some experience of Adobe Illustrator from first year, it took some time to become re-acquainted. I used different tutorials found on the internet to help me throughout and this sped up the process considerably.
Digital rough generation and process (in screen shots):
Despina (Slide notes: These notes explain the same process used for each of the 3 city digital rough designs.)
Baucis
Octavia
As I wanted to be able to refer back to my digital designs during the lino cutting process, i spent a little time editing my digital roughs, adding black for areas to be kept as block colour, and leaving elements and details white for the areas that needed to be cut out of the lino. Once i had done this, I mirrored/flipped my whole design vertically knowing that once the image had been transferred onto the lino, the image I would be cutting out would be reversed also. This would help when using my rough as a digital reference and the reversed image on the lino would now match up with the reversed digital rough.
Reversed final digital roughs:
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| 'Despina' |
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| 'Baucis' |
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| 'Octavia' |
Strengths
Once again I really enjoyed the process of using Adobe illustrator and learning to use the various tools etc to create the rough digital image I was after. I love the clean lines this program generates and i hope that I am able to keep these clean and precise lines once I begin cutting.
Creating my roughs digitally was really helpful in keeping my 3 designs consistent with each other, centred, accurate and having these digital documents means they are easily editable and helpful as reference whilst I am cutting. Adding details digitally at a later stage when cutting my lino and seeing how they work within the composition before actually cutting certain areas will help me hugely and hopefully minimise mistakes.
The 3 roughs I feel, work really well as set. They include the city elements, author portrait and details from Calvino's book which hopefully show a unique, interesting and visually pleasing portrayal of the text.
Weaknesses
I spent quite a long time on these designs making sure each composition was exactly how I wanted it. I wish I had been able to add more of the high level of details I hope to achieve whilst cutting, such as certain lines to create texture and more of the areas I wish to keep block colour vs the areas I wish to cut out. I am hoping to be able to overcome this when I start the cutting/ carving of the lino. I just need to be pro-active and decisive in my decision making, use these digital designs as reference and not take too long.
Next steps
Now to print out my designs and transfer them on to the lino. I am worried that the ironing technique may not work and wish I had tested this out at an earlier stage before starting the digital rough process. If it doesn't work and fails to transfer my designs cleanly and visibly, I can use an older technique of graphite transfer. The lino I have bought is light enough to pick up the graphite once i draw through my designs on to the lino so at least i have a back up option should the iron transfer process go wrong. I cant wait to start cutting.
Additional thoughts
I am a little lost with the animation element of this module. As mentioned in a previous progress tutorial with Teresa, I can create a mock up animation using roughs. As these roughs are now digital, it may be easier to do just that and hopefully get the hang of Adobe After effects. Once this rough mock up is created, i will have a better understanding of making my design move and hopefully then just add my final artwork in and voila-animation complete. (I am being completely optimistic here and hope that whatever issues I have with the animation, I can speak with Mike in IT for help.)
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
OUIL503: YCN Fedrigoni Competiton
After looking at all the wonderful 2015/16 competition briefs as part of the YCN awards, I am really inspired by the Fedrigoni paper brief. I have a lot of history with paper engineering, craft and design in my practice and have not had the chance to use/develop these skills in any of this years work so far.
In looking at the brief, I have a lot of ideas already and cannot wait to get started. Fedrigoni provide a sample pack of some of their high quality papers as part of this brief, therefore I have wasted no time in requesting this.
Email to Fedrigoni marketing requesting sample pack of paper to incorporate into designs/concepts
Project pack provided by Fedrigoni and downloaded from YCN site:
Logo provided by Fedrigoni:
This brief is right up my street and already I have many ideas. The design problem here is to be innovative with the paper Fedrigoni provide, whilst also being informative and serving a purpose of which is to showcase their new store location. The solution would benefit from being interactive in some way, to get people excited by paper and the possibilities of uses.
Ideas so far:
Paper cut block of tear off paper swatches with company/paper details embossed/cut out of each piece. Each piece of paper on the tear off swatch block will be a different sample of the paper stock Fedrignoi supply.
The block itself will have the logo + detailed imaginative design cut out of the side in a 3 dimensional style. Details / address of new location embossed.
Example/inspo:
Sample Pack has Arrived!!!
Time management issues has meant that I have been unable to approach / finish this brief unfortunately but definitely one to look out for in the future!
In looking at the brief, I have a lot of ideas already and cannot wait to get started. Fedrigoni provide a sample pack of some of their high quality papers as part of this brief, therefore I have wasted no time in requesting this.
Email to Fedrigoni marketing requesting sample pack of paper to incorporate into designs/concepts
Project pack provided by Fedrigoni and downloaded from YCN site:
Logo provided by Fedrigoni:
This brief is right up my street and already I have many ideas. The design problem here is to be innovative with the paper Fedrigoni provide, whilst also being informative and serving a purpose of which is to showcase their new store location. The solution would benefit from being interactive in some way, to get people excited by paper and the possibilities of uses.
Ideas so far:
Paper cut block of tear off paper swatches with company/paper details embossed/cut out of each piece. Each piece of paper on the tear off swatch block will be a different sample of the paper stock Fedrignoi supply.
The block itself will have the logo + detailed imaginative design cut out of the side in a 3 dimensional style. Details / address of new location embossed.
Example/inspo:
Sample Pack has Arrived!!!
Time management issues has meant that I have been unable to approach / finish this brief unfortunately but definitely one to look out for in the future!
Friday, 4 December 2015
Progress Review: 2
Progress Review with Teresa
Comments:
It was really great to meet with Teresa after my continued absence and have the chance to show my progress so far with this module. I am excited about the next stages and beginning the final steps towards my end results and in speaking with Teresa, I think my ideas, project proposals and action plan were well received.
The plans may be ambitious as I thought, but i like having options to work towards and i would really like to be able to produce some strong final resolutions in both linocut print and screen print.
I really need to crack on with blog. I keep making posts and not finishing them, so seem to have loads of drafts. I will try and set aside a day to get caught up and then I will feel more confident in progressing to the next stage and begin my final print processes by starting to create my final compositional development.
Notes regarding health
I cant believe how poorly I have been. It is like my immune system has completely given up on me. I seem to catch anything that is going around and it stays with me for weeks instead of days. I am feeling extremely run down most days and this is putting a massive delay on my work and affecting my uni attendance in a huge way. Falling behind is the last thing I want, especially when I am dedicated to this course and really excited about the nest stages of this module. No only this but i have had to wait 2 months to see a foot specialist about my arthritis issues. Feeling like I am falling apart is something that has been getting me down emotionally for quite some time and may need to look into further student support for advice and reassurance.
I hate how my health issues may look to other people and the last thing I want is them to be seen as excuses. They aren't, they are real struggles that I have to deal with daily, and all I can do is try my best to persevere, look after myself and overcome the many hurdles that seem to come way.
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It was really great to meet with Teresa after my continued absence and have the chance to show my progress so far with this module. I am excited about the next stages and beginning the final steps towards my end results and in speaking with Teresa, I think my ideas, project proposals and action plan were well received.
The plans may be ambitious as I thought, but i like having options to work towards and i would really like to be able to produce some strong final resolutions in both linocut print and screen print.
I really need to crack on with blog. I keep making posts and not finishing them, so seem to have loads of drafts. I will try and set aside a day to get caught up and then I will feel more confident in progressing to the next stage and begin my final print processes by starting to create my final compositional development.
Notes regarding health
I cant believe how poorly I have been. It is like my immune system has completely given up on me. I seem to catch anything that is going around and it stays with me for weeks instead of days. I am feeling extremely run down most days and this is putting a massive delay on my work and affecting my uni attendance in a huge way. Falling behind is the last thing I want, especially when I am dedicated to this course and really excited about the nest stages of this module. No only this but i have had to wait 2 months to see a foot specialist about my arthritis issues. Feeling like I am falling apart is something that has been getting me down emotionally for quite some time and may need to look into further student support for advice and reassurance.
I hate how my health issues may look to other people and the last thing I want is them to be seen as excuses. They aren't, they are real struggles that I have to deal with daily, and all I can do is try my best to persevere, look after myself and overcome the many hurdles that seem to come way.
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