Evaluation - Arts and
Crafts
In this project, I was tasked with studying and researching
the works of both an arts and crafts “pioneer” (either William Morris or Charles
Mackintosh) and a contemporary artist of my choice (Henry Moore)
The primary research I did for this project included seeing
some of Henry Moore’s sculptures first hand at the Yorkshire sculpture park.
Secondary research mainly included pictures found on the internet and other
information on Henry Moore and William Morris.
The reason I chose Morris over Mackintosh was because I find
his patterns more inspiring and, frankly, better drawn. When considering I had
to apply his or mackintosh’s style to my chosen contemporary artist (Henry
Moore) in mood boards later in the project, morris seemed like a better choice
due to the amount of detail in his paintings being easier to mix with other
artists’ styles.
To put my mood boards together I stretched a sheet of A2
paper over a board each time (if using wet media), and, dependent on the piece
I was producing, applied a background before drawing and colouring.
I decided to choose Henry Moore for my contemporary artist
because he would support my theme. He would do this by creating an interesting
yet effective mix with morris, of which turned out well as Moore’s sketchy
technique collided with the detailed floral patterns of Morris.
Throughout the project I have experimented with: mark making; when copying some of Moore’s
sketches of skulls and also applied it in a study of Morris to integrate the
two styles, ink scratching; in moore’s sketches of sheep, oil pastels and
watercolours.
Health and safety procedures were obviously covered when
producing my mood boards; such as obvious precautions to avoid cutting yourself
when using scalpels and sharp objects. Risk of burning was apparent in the
textiles department with the wax used for batique and heat guns.
The feedback I mostly consisted of comments about speed and
annotation. Throughout the rest of the project I tried to complete my work faster
and achieved this goal. However, I didn’t include much annotation on other
sheets, as it wasn’t needed.
I feel the main strength in my designs is how the two styles
of my chosen artist have integrated so well, both the simplistic yet chaotic
like sketches of moore and twisting, convoluted leaves of morris create
something unique. Another strength I found after completion was how the colours
didn’t undermine the pencilled sections’ dark aura and tone.
If I were to do the project again I would spend more time on
the floral patterns to make them more eye catching or even include more
complicated studies of moore’s work as I found the ones I chose were quite easy
and not challenging.
The processes I used in the project include weaving, batique,
puff binding and sewing.I feel I managed my time as well as I could in the
short amount of time I was given, although it was hard keeping ahead of work
because I was unsure of what to do. Thorough
