August Art for Arthritis Project: UPDATE: Giselle's Family Portrait Finished

I have finally finished Giselle's family portrait. This illustration was done on A3 paper, in order to fit in a detailed portrait and background of the family holiday home in Cornwall in. I first sketched a rough out in pencil in order to arrange the individuals and background (as the reference photos of their faces were all from separate images). I then used water colour to add colour to the image. I then used black fine liner to draw in the details/faces etc. I wasn't happy with this as the final image though so I decided to add some depth by adding some acrylic paint to specific parts such as highlights and a border to fade into the image. Once this had been done I decided to neaten it up a bit by adding more details with some black fine liner, while I was doing this it allowed me to have another go at getting a better resemblance to the faces.

http://awaspinawig.tumblr.com/post/131222593830/151015

Find this on my Tumblr Blog under August Art for Arthritis Research; even though it has been finished in October, the proceeds are still going to this charity so I am keeping it under the same tag/page for now. I will be packaging and posting this image to the family in Ireland this week.

Graduate Scheme Research

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https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6190345/fundraising-and-marketing-graduate-programme/?LinkSource=PremiumListing

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Pottery Barn

http://www.newbarn.co.uk/pottery1.htm

Thought Bubble Zine

I was thinking of combining my COP3 project, focussing on the relationship between animals and humans, with my zone content.

The exploring this topic through art has been really interesting to me and I think the media I have been using in my sketchbook to do that would work well photocopied for the zine. 

NEST

Here's my NEST submission for the topic of 'light'.

©12/10/15 ☁️

A photo posted by A WASP IN A WIG (@a_wasp_in_a_wig) on Oct 12, 2015 at 12:23pm PDT

I decided to focus on the feeling of lightness when flying... however I used my research from my COP3 project to fuel this idea; investigating into the fact that one thing humans have no mastered through evolution is being able to fly naturally (using our bodies not tools), this means that birds still hold this skill over us. It is a key thing that we, as humans, long for, and you can see this when you ask people what their super power would be, the answer is often 'to be able to fly'.

I thought this fitted in really well under the topic of light so I decided to send it in to see what they think of it.

2015 Thought Bubble Zine Brief

Level 5 & 6 Summary Brief
Create an A5 12-page Zine plus front and back cover (4 A4 sheets photocopied, folded in half and stapled or sewn together).
Your choice of white or coloured stock.
There is an example mock-up of a zine on the noticeboard outside Studio 1.
Make a minimum of 5 copies to be sold at your table at Thought Bubble.
Thought Bubble dates: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November
Zine deadline: Tuesday 11 November, 4pm in Room 236.
Zines must be packaged and ready for sale.

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D O C U M E N T I N G 

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My Reflections

My Individual Interests; 

Briefs

Visits

Opportunities

Employment

Education

Skills 

Open Days etc

( D O C U M E N T E D    &    E V A L U A T E D )

Communication;

At a professional level. 

Across all medium. 

Interact with my Artist Researches!

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Confidentiality with clients;

Read documents!!

Note to self: 

Read my business book for some basic insight and knowledge. 

Get tickets for V&A India

B E    P R O A C T I V E 

Engage with craft fairs/events etc 

Say why!

Brand Research: Anthropologie

What does 'Anthropologie' even mean?

'Anthropology' 

It is the study of humanity.

Its main subdivisions are social and cultural anthropology, which describes the workings of societies around the world, linguistic anthropology, which investigates the influence of language in social life, and biological or physical anthropology, which concerns long-term development of the human organism. 

Eric R. Wolf states, "Ideas about race, culture and peoplehood or ethnicity have long served to orient anthropology's inquiries."

Anthropology in Art

One of the central problems in the anthropology of art concerns the universality of 'art' as a cultural phenomenon. Several anthropologists have noted that the Western categories of 'painting', 'sculpture', or 'literature', conceived as independent artistic activities, do not exist, or exist in a significantly different form, in most non-Western contexts. To surmount this difficulty, anthropologists of art have focused on formal features in objects which, without exclusively being 'artistic', have certain evident 'aesthetic' qualities. Below are some examples in this trend to transform the anthropology of 'art; into an anthropology of culturally specific 'aesthetics'....

 Boas' Primitive Art

Claude Lévi-Strauss' The Way of the Masks (1982)

Geertz's 'Art as Cultural System' (1983)

Helpful reference link: http://hypergeertz.jku.at/GeertzTexts/Art_Cultural.htm

This topic also really links in to my COP3 project; considering the 'human gaze' in relation to animals in art. 

YouTube: 

Website/Shop link:

http://www.anthropologie.com/uk/en/category/gifts/gifts.jsp?cm_sp=TOPNAV-_-GIFTS#/

http://www.anthropologie.com/uk/en/index.jsp?cm_mmc=Bing_UK-_-Anthropologie_Brand_RAIS-_-Brand_RAIS_MTE-_-anthropologies

http://www.anthropologie.com/uk/en/blog/meet-the-maker-michelle-morin/

P I N T E R E S T 

I am soooo happy they have a Pinterest with loads of fun, interesting and creative boards on- The link below is for their textures board, and I think that this board is going to have a massive influence on my COP3 aesthetic as I am studying animals and they are all about textures so this type of imagery will be at the fore front of my mind and inspire me to try out and experiment with new materials and the effects and feelings they can produce and portray!

https://www.pinterest.com/anthropologieeu/textured/

N O T E   T O   S E L F :  Talk to Vicky's friend Grace as I think she is doing an internship with them concerning fashion. Research into the artists they use such as the ones featured on their YouTube channel.