Three Weeks of Specialising: Week One of Print

Print was the rotation which I have chosen to specialise in for the next three weeks. I enjoyed this rotation first time round and was interested to see how I could make the rotation more personal to my way of working.

I chose to work with the word 'Duality' as my starting point for print, thinking about how duality references juxtaposition, I chose to focus on architecture in Manchester.

For the first week of print I focused on gathering as much visual and contextual research as possible, I took a camera through the streets of Manchester photographing the cities architecture in a juxtaposing way. Focusing on capturing both the modern elements of the city and also the historical side to Manchester, I have been able to build enough materials together to begin mind mapping and planning ideas for my design process.

Photograph taken of the church, Albert Square
Juxposition of 'old, historic' architecture

 

Photograph taken of Emporio Armani, Deansgate
Juxtaposition of 'new, modern' architecture

After photographing the architecture within the city, I chose a number of the photographs in which expressed strong definition of linear structures, this helped me to research artists/designers which had created both linear and geometric prints, in particular fashion designers Mary Katrantzou and Helmut Lang.

Black and White sketch using fine liner

of the Palace Theatre, Oxford Road

(references photograph)

 

Towards the end of the first week I focused on drawing from my photographs and researching contextual references which resulted in me choosing to work towards designing a statement wall print for interior.