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DEFINE Visual Research – ‘How Symbols and Brands Shape Our Humanity’
The lettering I have been trying to develop for this project has been quite representational – eg the writing about trees is modelled on tree branches I photographed. As I wrote here…
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DEFINE Visual Research – Natural Ink
I recently spoke to Ella Brett about her project – she is setting up a natural dye-making print studio which runs workshops. We decided to try an online dye-making session with Sian…
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DEFINE Visual Research – Paper Marbling
During my tutorial this week, Stuart and I discussed the need to find more textures to illustrate different elements of the project. After looking at Stephen Gill’s ‘Co-existence‘ project where he hand-marbled…
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DEFINE Deck of Cards
I have scanned in some of the experiments (with varying degrees of success, due to the 3d nature of some of them). To get started, I have begun to mock up some…
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DEFINE Visual Research – Paint Experimentation
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DEFINE Visual Research – Water Walk
Prompt: Walk to the nearest body of water I semi-planned this route, by looking for the nearest bodies of water on google maps. I only intended to visit one but there were…
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DEFINE Dérive Research
Having been stuck in a rut for quite some time now, I have been trying to find ways to motivate myself and get some clarity. Unsurprisingly I decided to go for a…
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DEFINE Field Exploration
A two-part day. This morning I dragged my housemate out for a walk to test out the cards in an urban setting (I’ve only tried them out once before and that was…
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DEFINE Visual Research – Tree Alphabet
As discussed here I have been thinking about how to create more of a link between written language and the natural world, and decided to try and create some letterforms. Didn’t really…
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DEFINE Visual Research – Challenging Perceptions
Yesterday I went to see Among the Trees, an exhibition at the Haywood Gallery. “By turns poetic, adventurous and thought-provoking, this group exhibition explores our relationship with trees and forests. Among the…
