Evaluation

This was a very exciting project for me as it gave me an opportunity to explore what I love most in textiles: colour and composition. I started off my project exploring different aspects of ‘Journey’ which included visiting Liverpool Biennial, researching artists using books and internet and drawing using different media and techniques. Journey is such a broad subject and it can lead to hundreds of directions, as I learnt this by looking at my fellow TIPsters work and the artists who work around this theme. One main thing I have learnt from this course so far is the various methods of drawings. Coming from a Fine Arts background, I always saw drawing as visual interpretation of the subject matter using the traditional media such as watercolour, 4B pencil, chalk and ink. Pushing the boundaries of visual research is something I have enjoyed in this project and hoping it will move my work forward in the upcoming projects.

From the moment we were introduced to the different Textile Worlds, I knew Print would definitely be one of my two choices. After looking back at my work, I discovered that I was already looking at colour and composition so print seemed like the perfect option for this project. Keeping a blog and updating it 2-3 times a week helped me to select and edit ideas to be developed in print. I think my blog tells a thorough visual story of ideas and thoughts that I have followed throughout this project, however from the final feedback, I have found out that I need to improve my written evaluation more and concentrate on the ‘future’ instead of the ‘past’, meaning I should write about how I am going to push forward a piece instead of explaining how I made it and what elements I used.

Looking back at the project, I feel I could have put more effort into making connections between research and Illustrator work, as some of the motifs that I developed in printroom were created straight in Illustrator and did not link very well to my visual research. During this project I have discovered that I am a very versatile designer, which is shown through the range of media and techniques I have used to develop my work into final pieces. Above it all, I have found out that I am good with using colour and composition to achieve variation and abstract-feel in the samples.

By having a good balance of handmade and digital prints, as well as a range of hand-painted croquis, I have demonstrated my good time management skills. I enjoyed balancing my time in order to get as much as I can out of six weeks of Print. If I had more time, I would have a go on creating more repeated patterns in the printroom because at the start I hesitated on masking the screen and repeating a motif several time as it is time consuming and can get a little messy at times. In the next projects, I want to do more contextual research and find out exactly what path I to want to follow.