Category Archives: Final Major Project

My project started with researching into three different themes. I was going to were dreams, Japanese culture and memories. I spent my time looking at Japanese patterns and Japanese art. I also looked up art that was created from peoples dreams and I also looked at my dad‘s work from his exhibition of memories. whilstContinue reading “Evaluation FMP 2021”

During this week my focus has been on my final outcome. Most of the week went as planned and my final piece was going okay however I then realised I didn’t leave enough room to attach the wood to make it into a scroll. But i soon found a solution and added on an extraContinue reading “Week 7 FMP”

Creating Japanese scrolls The firs type of Japanese scroll that I am creating is a modern version which is hung vertical on a string. I have decided to do shibori for these scrolls. I have chosen to do this as Shibori is a Japanese tie dye and I found it so intriguing when I wasContinue reading “Week 6 FMP”

This week was my final week of experimenting. I spent my week dyeing different types of paper with coffee. The first type of paper was thick cartridge paper. The second type was 80 gsm drawing paper. I then also dyed a small piece of printing paper. They all had different out comes however I’m hopingContinue reading “Week 5 FMP”

This week was a super interesting one as I got to dye fabric in two different ways. Rust dyeing and Shibori. It was a lot of fun as you got so many different textures and patterns. Rust dyeing ( This was done in a group of us.)To begin the rust dying we wrapped some materialContinue reading “Week 4 FMP”

Jumped straight into week three by beginning a worksheet. I tried something different this time as I’d seen this girl pour coffee onto a sheet of paper and draw around the shapes that were created so I decided to give it a go in my own style. I created a variety of different patterns andContinue reading “Week 3 FMP”

This week I wanted to concentrate on patterns and texture. I created rubbings of a Camphor chest which is a wooden chest for blankets that’s carved into. I don’t know specifically whether it’s Chinese or Japanese however majority of them are Chinese. But the effect I got wasn’t what I wanted. The pattern isn’t asContinue reading “Week 2 FMP”

When it comes researching this theme there is a huge range of areas that i could research. This is just a simple print however to create a piece inspired by this would be interesting with fabric and fabric paint. This would also look interesting in the form of a lino print. There are numerous waysContinue reading “Japanese culture”

This week was extremelynerve racking as it’s my final project in college after being attending for four years. I call it the make it or break it project. It decides wether I go to university. I started my week off by generating theme ideas. I came up with some myself however we went into groupsContinue reading “Week 1 FMP”

Reflection of the last two years Year one Exploration As part of this unit, I learned a lot of different skills. Through the graphic design side of things, I was able to further improve my abilities. I was able to hone my Photoshop skills and build work that was a little more complex than whatContinue reading “Reflection”