Self Evaluation for the Origins Project During this unit I have developed a range of skills: my main successes have been the detail achieved on the sustained drawings, learning how to manipulate designs with Photoshop and understanding weave notation by practising different structures. Completing the weave rotation online was challenging: I simulated an eight-shaft loom using a basic tapestry loom to create two final woven samples. I managed to replicate the inlay technique by hand embroidering motifs over the weave. These woven samples were my favourite part of the project - I would like to experiment with this method again and I am even considering weave and embroidery as my chosen discipline. I decided to add yellow to the pallet because my visual resource, Common Orange Lichen, Xanthoria Parietina, varies in yellow/orange shades. The introduction of this colour palette complemented my sampling - in both embroidery, when imitating foliose and fruit-bodies shap...
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Sampling Week 1: Drawing week: For my mark making I used materials foraged from my favourite walk along the ridgeway by Uffington White horse. The tools are a collection of lichen, chalk, flint, wild grasses, burs, golden-rods and thistles. Using the mediums acrylic paint, clay and Indian ink I experimented with applying different pressures, speeds of marking and accuracy by attaching the tools to my fingers. Through trialling these techniques, I created 20 drawings. I found of the drawing’s variety went well especially appreciating the clay textures and ink lines created by the grasses. However, I found that I couldn’t control the amount of medium on the tools, my main problems being that the ink would either spread out too much or the acrylic paint would clump the tools.



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