summary of place in question project

1. Location studies
b use of materials,
processes and technology
or a combination of
materials, processes and
technology to develop
ideas
What did you learn through
your initial enquiries?
Experiments and techniques,
use of an experimental process
to generate new ideas,
suitability of some rather than
others?
I recorded my place in question
by taking pictures in different
areas as my location was at a
wide area of the college. There
was so many variety of things to
focus on and develop. Lighting
was important because when
looking at certain objects you
can see them in different ways
as they could brighten up or
cause shadows to appear to
give the object more of affect. I
focused on different objects
that consist with different
shapes so it could look more
unique.
I learned that when using different medias
things look different then they originally
look. Also drawing the different objects like
the wood sculpture and fence they are
similar in a way even though I didn’t use the
same material they remind me of both
wood.

2. Location studies
SketchUp and
Movie
When I first was using sketch
up I had no idea what I was
doing. I have never used this
software before and I had to
make sure that I understood
how each tool works before I
do what I chosen to do as
my inspiration for my 3D
model and brief. When I did
my sketch model and
wanted it to look like the
original object that I was
looking at. So I made sure it
is the same measurements,
tried to make the colours
similar and the look of the
wooden sculpture. As you
can see that the middle
panel of wood is the lightest
as the object I was looking at
it was the lighter colour as
im guessing it doesn’t get a
lot of rain it so it doesn’t
make it turn darker.
Adobe premiere pro is where I created the movie of
my sketch up model and images, I found it difficult at
first cause I had no clue what things were. Effect
control is one of the tools that I knew so I understood
what to do with that as it is something that I used in a
different software.

3. Making and
developmental work
- (Large drawing,
3D, print)
I recorded my place in question by taking pictures in different
areas as my location was at a wide area of the college. There
was so many variety of things to focus on and develop.
Lighting was important because when looking at certain
objects you can see them in different ways as they could
brighten up or cause shadows to appear to give the object
more of affect. I focused on different objects that consist with
different shapes so it could look more unique.
When doing my initial ideas I used a variety of different media
to see what works well with each other. The large drawing was
my starting point. That’s how I came up with incorporating the
leaves with the wooden object. Using different media gave the
large drawing more of a better look, meaning that it doesn’t
look boring because it isn’t just using one media. It has many. I
wanted to use tone to give it more depth to the drawing. I first
made a 3D model out of cardboard and it wasn’t really that
good but it had all the shapes of the object I was looking at. I
then went into the work shop to create a replica of the
wooden sculpture. I put a frame in it as I wanted to make it
look different and also I wanted to include leaves. As I wanted
a bit of nature involved in my model. I cut out the negative
space because you can clearly see through it and I found it
different then having tracing paper and brown paper showing.

4. Using historical
and
contemporary
research
When looking at other peoples
work it makes me question what
art really is. Art is such a wide range
thing. Artists all have their different
styles and I have my own, but
seeing the artists that I researched
made think about the way I
approach things in my book and in
how interpret things. I mean that
they have made me seen different
angles in art, I don’t just do my own
style I try and incorporate other
artists work within my own. When
looking at other artists work I make
sure that I write what I think about
their work. I like to go in detail as I
have so much to say about the
different artists that I looked at. I
find it very useful to look at others
work then you get more inspired
and have much more new
knowledge to share in your
sketchbook, well that’s how I see it.
When looking at art works I make
sure that I comment on tone, line,
colour all of those visual language. It
is very important that I understand
why artists do what they do. Such as
the colour that use is important they
don’t want to use the wrong colours
in their piece of work or it will be
ruined. Each colour has a meaning if
you really think about it and that is
one thing I have learned not all
artists have the same meanings
when they use the same colour as
they all produce different artworks.

5. Developing
your personal
brief
a) My brief was that I was making a piece of furniture which incorporates nature. I created
different initial ideas of chairs that have nature inspired designs. Before I thought my
brief I did research on artists that do art by making furniture and I found two artists:
Spencer Jenkins and John Makepeace. These two artists had very different approaches
with their furniture. I really liked how Makepeace did a design of branches in the chair
and that inspired me to create some initial ideas based on putting nature in a chair as I
found that very unique. As I wanted to create a furniture that has leaves within it. That
was my starting point. I knew that by brief will be around nature and mostly leaves. Also
I had the idea of leaves from my 3D model as that incorporated leaves on it.
b) I came to my final decision on what design to go to as I really liked the shape of chair as I
found it very unique with how the legs aren’t straight, but slanted and on each leg there
are leaves engraved to make it look different from other chairs as they don’t usually
have designs on the legs but the one I have designed does. Where you sit down there
would be a big leaf in the middle and it look like a realistic leaf, this will also be engraved
like the design on the legs. I wanted it to be really different and that’s why I was inspired
by Makepeace for the branches on the backrest. People want chairs that bright up a
room and that’s what I tried to portray in my final design. Yes they did work effectively
because it came out how my client wanted it.

6. Unit 8
Personal, Portfolio
Development &
Progression
In my sketch book I laid out
all my work in a clear way so
it will make the examiner or
any other people can
understand what I have
done. Sometimes I added
boarders round my work to
make things look secure and
not messy. I haven’t used
any presentation boards to
make any of my work stand
out. My sketch book has a lot
of information on what I
have done on each page so
that the examiner will
understand what I have been
looking at.
My personal presentation of my
book is good as I presented each
part in order so nothing looks
out of place within my book.
The written communications
within the whole of book is
really good cause I made sure
that who ever is reading/looking
at what I have done they will
understand fully what is going
through out my whole
sketchbook. My writing is clear
and shows the stages of what I
was thinking at the time I was
drawing or researching.

7. Your opinion and an evaluation of the project
Overall this project has gone due to that I have made sure that each page there is annotations so
that everyone can understand my thinking and why I did the drawings, research, sketch up, movie,
3d model and many more. This is one of the projects that I really got stuck into, because it was
different as I could pick anything in my place of question and develop it. I found it fun to create my
3D model. Doing research about different artists and their styles really got me inspired because it
made me want to use some of their style within my own work in my sketch book. Also I used
different skills and learned new ones too. Such as mono printing is something I haven’t done very
much and now I can say that I know how to use the ink, press and how to create a image out of
plastic; it was fun. Also working in the work shop made me more confident with my self that I create
a good stable 3D model.