Floor Plans

The drawings and collages I have been creating have had a mysterious quality to them, as the shapes are in solid black and it is uncertain what they represent. This reminded me of floor plans for buildings, as each part of a room is designed by the outline of a shape. The line qualities and positioning has really interested me as I feel I can use a lot from this style of drawing, adapting my own work to incorporate these line techniques. 

Albert Sjöstam

The prints I have designed are for wall panels or hanging pieces, aimed at an interior context. I have been researching artists and designers who work in this style, creating one off prints in a range of sizes. Albert Sjöstam is a current designer who's work I can relate to, as the spaces he designers for are where I invision my work to go. It is useful to see how one print can be applied to different surfaces and in changing scales. I am going to use this style of visualisation to explore how my prints will look in room scenarios. 

Wall Panels

To create prints that are interesting and eye catching I have scaled the collage up to A1, this has allowed the prints to become more complex and create unusual shapes. I have gone back and drawn more initial structures to add to the depth of designs I can create, as the images were becoming too thin when used on a larger scale. I invision these prints being one off statement panels or hangings. To present I have only worked on paper, however it could cross over into digital print onto perspex panels or fabric. 

Collage

The drawing process for these images is very time consuming, paying attention to detailing line relationships. In order to utilise each image once it is complete I have begun collage work, cutting drawn sections and reassembling them to create new shapes. This has allowed me to focus on composition and finalising shapes.

My print style is always in repeat, so I have experimented different ways of using these images in repeat, be that a simple rotation or the changing of scales to layer onto the image. 

Inspiration

To create a sense of a new world in my prints I needed to find a source of information that was unexpected and far from the norm when it comes to pattern. Stanlow oil refinery works perfectly for this, an ugly and unappealing complex by day, but by night it comes alive into a magnificent city scape.   The composition of the buildings and the lighting has given me the information I needed to create the drawings to be moved into prints. Line drawing has worked the most successfully, by keeping to black and white it leaves a sense of uncertainty to what the shapes are that I'm drawing. Each junction and line creates a level in the print that would work well repeated.

Metropolis

In-keeping with the idea of creating print through imagery of a mystical land or realm I have broadened my research into film. Metropolis is set in a future world of odd shaped constructions and buildings, creating a complex and layered land. The images captured from the film has inspired my drawing and also opened my mind to explore more possibilites when it comes to designing my prints.  

Collaboration

My work has been in black and white to present, finding colour is something that I struggle with so my initial work is often primarily monocrome. To overcome this problem I have collaborated with Victoria Young Jamieson, an artist who has based her work on colour relationships. She had the colour and I provided the maquettes, when put together it created an interesting set of photographs. These images add to my idea of creating work relating to a mystical world, a sense of many layers and shapes. I can take the shapes and space relationships into my print work, focussing on layouts and positioning of pattern.