Photoshop leaflet.

For my photoshop leaflet i decided to recreate my patterns on photoshop rather than screen printing them i though this would be a really interesting way to see the difference between digital and screen prints of the same patterns. Through this i have decided it was defiantly the best choice to screen print the 100 patterns rather than digital as the overall effect is a more professional quality than digital.

Evaluation

The intentions for my book of 100, was to create a swatch 'like' book of cultural patterns. I focused on 10 cultures, drawing 5 individual patterns for each of the 10 cultures. I  began with the research i already had collected over christmas, but as this was not specifically focused on cultures i needed to expand my research. I began by going to my local learning and student library as well as the college library researching as many cultures as i could and picking the 10 i found most interesting; African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Celt. I also went to my Aunties house and took pictures drew from cultural ornaments and fabric she had, as she has travelled around the world. I got a large percent of my research from books, which really helped as the informed me of a larger variety of patterns within cultures not just what i already new or thought. I spent a large portion of my time, drawing the patterns themselves and an even longer time screen printing.  It was hard to fit in screen printing, as i could not start until i had at least half of the patterns drawn, but also the fact that i could only screen print at certain times an the recent wether conditions did not help with my difficulty getting too and from college. I  think there is a large amount of work on the final idea as i only spend 2 1/2 weeks on my final piece and research. If i had more time there are areas that i would have preferred to research and test further, but for the time i had available i feel it is a significant amount of work. If there was time for me to develop this further i would like to have, looked further into different binding methods as now the book is finished i do not like the bind i choose (japanese). I had difficulty binding because the book is so thick and the drill was too small, so i had to drill in 3 sections rather than all in one, which resulted in uneven holes creating great difficulty when sewing the book together. I would also have liked to test my prints on different paper stock as well as drawing 100 individual patterns. If i had the time and amenities to do this i would like to have created 10 individual books for the 10 patterns. The original idea behind my book was a swatch book of  cultural patterns, but i feel the bind lets this down. There is no specific audience, only to be aimed at people looking at cultures or patterns.

I have however moved on from my initial idea which was to create a floral based font. I did really enjoy this and would still really like to do this at some point however when i had my crit it was decided that my idea was too narrow an i should develop my research and idea further. For my final book, i decided to screen print rather than digital, although this process wold take much longer i decided that the quality of it and the look of it would be far higher quality and fit the theme and idea behind my book much better than digital. I did because of this come across many issues, to get my prints finished in time as i could on attend at certain times and did have to stay behind till 9  quite a few times, but i feel the end results of the prints are worth it.

Final Resolution

My final resolution is a japanese bound book containing 100 screen prints of cultural patterns.

Statement of intent

For the 'What is a line' brief i intend to look at the line of dance, the way in which a dancer moves around the dance floor the direction and paths that they take. I want to look at the opposites an difference in line between a male and female dancer, the different paths and positions they take and mark these out. I am going to investigate this through photographs and illustration. I am going to look at creating a manual/ book for a dance and within it show correct posture, foot work, direction and timing. I am going to begin looking at the shapes and movement of different dance types with the intention of ending in sequence dancing.

Binding

As the idea behind my book  is that its a swatch book, i really liek the idea of a japanese bind, with an open spine, the traditional look of a swatch book will i feel look really good with the book of cultural patterns.

10 cultures

After my brief the other week, i decided to look further at patterns in general. I looked at cultures, eras and nature. Once i had researched i decided i would be most interested to look at cultures, so i have chosen for my 100 project; 10 cultures: Africa, China, India, Korea, Japan, Egypt, Greece, Arabia, Persia and Celts. My aim was to created 5 individual patterns which related to each of the cultures, resulting with 50 patterns, with the time i had left is still a stretch as i wanted them to be detailed and not just look like they took 5 minuets. So once my patterns are drawn i intend to screen print them, using two colours one for the background and the second for the pattern. To make my book into '100' individual pieces of work, i was going to print on paper and then on fabric as the effect would be different and my intention for my book was for it to be like a swatch book or cultural patterns. But with the time and resource i had i couldn't. So i rethought and although it would make my screen printing process longer i have decided to print the individual patterns twice but in different colours. However where it is possible i am going to overlay the patterns so the look completely different, this will make the 100 more individual that them just being in different colours.

Swatch books and ways to bind my book.

 I really like the swatch book bind, however i feel i will have too manny patterns and the pages would get easily ruined, as i do not have the time to test this bind out on paper stock to see which works best, as the pages would get easily ruined, at the point in time i feel the japanese or coptic bind would work best, but before i try i want to make a small mockup of them both.

Floral typography

My initial idea for this brief was to create a font based on my floral patterns, i developed my letters from the Times New Roman font and then put my flowers and swirls onto the letter, i created several versions for each letter with the intention of taking part which looked best on the letter to make a final letter. I intended to use small letters and capital letters, numbers, punctuation and accents to make up the 100. After my crit last week we decided my idea was too narrow for the collection of patterns i did have. I decided go back to my patterns collected over Christmas and add to my my research with cultural patterns as suggested in my crit. Below are some of the letters i started with, i do still really like this idea and at some point would like to follow on with what i had started as i did enjoy it.