Example Graphics Project: Unit 1 (AS coursework)

Here is a great example of a journal from an AS Graphics coursework project.

Front cover

Initial thoughts

Brainstorm

Artist research & study: Joan Mitchell

Artist research & study: Robert Rauschenberg

Artist research & study: Gerhard Richter

Print experimentaion & artist research: Kurt Schwitters

  Development using Kurt Schwitters

Screen printing

Primary photos

Digital manipulation of primary photos

Collograph prints

Dry point prints

Working brief

Artist Research: Antony Gormley

Primary source photos influenced by Gormley

Typography research: Matthew Carter

Typography research: David Carson

Development of idea using artists

Typography experiments

Development influenced by typography research

Screen printing

Development inflenced by Carson, using dry point printing

Development of idea

Further primary source photos, specific to developed idea

Final piece plan.

Manipulating photos, integrating printing.

Mock final piece.

Mock evaluation.

Ideas for a film to go with poster.

Refining final piece.

Further refining- adding text and shadow under text.

Final piece

Final piece evaluation

Leonardo Drew: Sculptor

Drew is a contemporary sculptor who creates expansive abstract sculptural installations (often wall pieces) made from the assemblage of found materials. His work can be viewed purely as experimentation of composition and colour, but alternatively the use of everyday objects and the sense of weight present in the pieces, could suggest ideas of memory.

Found Object: image courtesy of juliegomoll

Number 122: image courtesy of arcticpenguin

Number 122 (detail): image courtesy of arcticpenguin

For more information on this artist and further images of his work, click on the links below:

Valery Koshlyakov: Painter

Koshlyakov takes the subject of  majestic buildings and paints them in a gestural way onto taped together flattened cardboard boxes. This juxtapostion of 'poor'/everyday materials and quick, 'messy' brush strokes against a grand subject matter creates a sense of irony.

High-rise on Raushskaya Embankment (2006). Image by cea

For more information and galleries of further images from Koshlyakov, visit:

http://see-you-in-moscow.com/blog/valery_koshlyakov/2010-03-22-70

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/valery_koshlyakov_grand_opera.htm

Forgotten Spaces: all we can do is wait...

The Forgotten Spaces competition has finally come to a close: the proposals are finished, the entries have been sent off. All we can do now is wait... fingers crossed!!

The teams came up with 2 very different, but just as inspiring ideas. One was to turn the derelict Moorgate House (which you can see on Moorgate Road as you walk down into the town centre) into The Common Room: a student hub for Rotherham which worked with recycled materials. The other was The Pentagon: a 'green' community centre, built under woodland to preserve the original landscape, with areas for allotments and environmental learning.

Both teams demonstrated amazing commitment and determination, working down to the very last minute. Well done to everyone who took part- we are very impressed with your designs, let's hope the judges are too!

The Pentagon

 The Common Room

And here are the entries, all packed up ready for judging. Good luck!

Abandoned Ruins

The link below will take you to a blog post by Francesco Mugnai which has loads of amazing photographs of abandoned spaces and ruins from around the globe- have a look, they will take your breath away!

Artist of the Month: February

It's February and all the coursework has been handed in- YAY!

A massive well done to everybody, and particular congratulations go out to Rebecca Robinson, Emily Twynham, Luke Emmot and Lauren Fawley whose fantastic final outcomes have earned them this month's Artist of the Month award.

A2 Fine Art: Rebecca Robinson

A2 Graphic Communication: Emily Tywnham

AS Fine Art: Luke Emmot

AS Graphic Communication: Lauren Fawley