23.11.11

Ben Shahn & Timorous Beasties











Some more drawing to aspire to - by the great Ben Shahn: Tutorials Tuesday as planned on moodle for Lev 4/1 with Mark B ( Mack in PM for tutorials for Lev 4/2 and 1 but by sign up email ) Your Drawing is still key to this assessment - your 3d ideas are experimental and a finalized 'idea' visualized ( not made ) is requited for hand in assessment and a maquette where appropriate. Show us material and samples if it is to be a textile piece or dress or similar BUT your drawings will be key to evidencing your process and also your final designs - PRINTING an image onto material is acceptable as a 3d piece. But your drawings again are key here to the success of this so KEEP DRAWING ! A full 'Portfolio of drawing is to be handed in for this unit - and will be graded on quantity, quality and bravery - experiments and mistakes.







Design museum profile and write up here  http://designmuseum.org/design/timorous-beasties

http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/people/textiles1/timorous_beasties_urban_fabrics/

Watch the film above. Paul ( with beard ) will be coming in soon hopefully for a guest lecture -  they are an Internationally respected duo so be great to have them guest if we can get them -  shop in Glasgow and London look on site and research their ethos and work

website here also http://www.timorousbeasties.com/products/Showrooms/

Look at the lovely Carolyn Gowdy work here  - drawings and prints
no copying mind magpies ! as Carolyn is part of my Magic Theatre collective and I'm protective !
we are showing in Norwich next - work is for sale via gallery and Carolyn

http://www.englandgallery.com/artist_group.php?mainId=59&media=Drawings+%26+works+on+paper

5.11.11

Magic Cabinets

Show now up and ready to visit - come in Monday or Tuesday and see Cabinets also 


For your first evaluative written task - do as discussed - or why not evaluate the Drawn line and small magic theatre shows in the Holden Gallery
Consider what it is emoting as a whole and the individual works and books etc 
write up 500 words to 1500 ( your choice ) for this first written task 

film book or show 
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Practical Visual Language task 3 

Design an object that connotes the concepts of adornment and Celebration - evolve your ideas based on your drawing practice and design and make a first stage maquette - this should be 3d and scupltural in form using ANY material - we will discuss materials over the course of the remaining semester - you will make drawings working plans and a final set of 3d maquettes - experiment and choose to make abstract or representational objects ... Scarf ,Rug, Head , Jewellery, Paper sculpture, Textile, Cloth, Material, Metal, Stone, Soil, Sand, Clay ,Ceramic are all possible However your material should folow the magical ideas of your concepts and thoughts - to celebrate subvert or disturb - you choose - surprise us !
  Deadline end of term formative internal assessments mid December ( but mid crit in 2 weeks )

Look at:  Jean ARP, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Eva Hesse, Hepworth, Lucienne Day, Frink and  The Chapman brothers, Look at Rachel Whitreads WAX & RESIN pieces and Cornelia Parker