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Project 4 – developing design ideas, Stage 4 – What have you achieved?

Friday, 17 February, 2006 - 11:28

Making space move

I really enjoyed this exercise because it was so abstract, and involves looking at space so directly. It’s amazing how the whole box changes when you move the square around. There is a different dynamic in the relationship between the black squares and the space in the box, depending on if the square is tipped diagonally, how near it is to other squares, where it is placed in position to the edge of the box or even if it is over the edge of the box. I also enjoyed placing straight lines in different positions in the box. It helps me to understand abstract art so much more by doing exercises like these.

My stage 3 drawings

I’m not very pleased with the drawings I did in stage3 and 4. I didn’t feel I could engage fully with what I was doing, but I did enjoy using my PC to change the colours and sizes of the images, and to focus on specific areas of the images. This was really exciting, as it meant I could work in a quick way, especially in terms of inverting the image and changing the colours.

I think my lack of enjoyment of the design project is directly related to my motivation about the course at the moment. I have found it difficult to engage fully when I feel I should be getting out into the world and engaging with people rather than working alone at home. Certain changes in my personal life very recently have contributed to this change of perspective, and perhaps given time things will settle back down so that I can feel more balanced about dedicating time to the course.

I enjoyed working on developing design ideas from the cacti photograph. I felt I could engage fully with developing design ideas from it. Why was that?

The visit to the Barbara Hepworth museum made a big impression on me, especially the conservatory. It reminded me of when I lived in Portishead, a peaceful house full of succulents and cacti. I think that my emotional relationship with the image helped me to engage more fully. I am also seeing a theme emerge in my work, in the style of dots and repetitions of circles. It’s shown through my depiction of pebbles, different sized circles grouped together that live in a cohesive group. This image is a powerful one for me to work from because it already encompasses a theme that is developing in my work.

Author: cath
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