Visiting.

I moved on further in my project taking 2 trips into liverpool, one during the day time to take photos of the exterior and interior of the liverpool metropolitan cathedral, and another trip during the evening where i took a selection of photos of alma de cuba's exterior and interior, mainly focusing on their interior and how many of the churches previous architecture still remains today within the bar.

Liverpool Metropolitan - selection of my own photos

Alma de cuba- selection of my own photos

Further research.

I looked into alma de cuba alot more, looking through images of the previous church, events in which the bar offers and also the magnificent interior.

Change.

i have decided to change my original idea of using the metropolitan cathedral and the bling bling building AND instead i am focusing on just churches, these being the liverpool met and alma de cuba, formally known as St peters catholic church now turned into a well known resturant/bar.

Exhibition.

22nd November 12pm.

I am very very much looking forward to the exhibition of every ones shrines on Monday!

The front windows of our building are covered with our posters and it looks amazing, every ones work is just so good!

Architecture.

Further research.

'Bling bling' building.69 Hanover Street, Liverpool L1.  architect - Piers Gough, principal occupier Herbets Hairdressing salon and school.

Piers Gough has said that he wanted a building that would match the personality of Herbert Howe, Inside, the salon is fitted out in glass and marble, outside the building has a curved curtain wall with green tinted glass and three projecting 'pods'. The pods are made from stone which has been vermiculated and it is intended that with weathering this will give a leopard-skin effect over time.

WEBSITE.

Philipa's Patch.

As part of my course i have to create a website called Philipa's patch in which i have to introduce the company, promote and validate the company, increase their revenue, promote special offers and events and also integrate with social media.

Including the following pages...

• homepage with an introduction to the company and an embedded animation or film piece and social media links.
• about/gallery page with detailed biography.
• products and services page including download able PDF.
• contact page.
• logo you have designed.
• a banner which includes illustrative content.
• 4 navigation links (home, about, products, services, contact page).

The bar has recently gone undergone a full refurbishment and the business also has new chef named Henri Amouse Bouche and his new menu. They have also started a weekly wine club and a Monday night there are special offers on prices for meals and drinks and a once monthly Tuesday singles night.

The company also needs a new logo which should reflect their homely style and the proprietors love of France and its wine and cuisine.

The website should also include a motion piece (animation or video), photos of the proprietor, photos of the bar and dining area, the new chef and a map. The website is also in need of a blog section where the proprietor can post photos and news about the wine tasting events. The menus should also be available to download and there should also be a highly visible 'daily specials' sections which is going to change on a day to day basis.

I am going to start this project researching into local wine bars and look at the menus provided and the style of most wine bars and how i could adapt the styles.

LIVERPOOL.architecture.

I have researched into some of the architecture within Liverpool, the historic and the contemporary.

For the historic architecture i have looked into the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and for the contemporary the 'bling, bling building'. I am planning to visit Liverpool to take photos of both these buildings and also gather more information on them.

Week 8

New.

Received my second assignment today! and I'm really excited to make a start on this one.

I am required to design a series of page layouts for a publication named '1329 acres' for my chosen area (this being Liverpool). I have three categories from which to base the content of my publication on...

•  music
• the arts
• architecture

It was a toss between either music or architecture but in the end chose architecture as i had more ideas for this category. The publicatipn will consist of three double page spreads, including my own content and imagery for these spreads. My pages must also contain the following information...

• 1x historical piece of information
• 1x contemporary piece of information
• 1x detail of a personal experience

I will also have to consider how i will make my publication... either by hand, designed by hand and scanned in and worked on further in In Design or digitally.

The publication includes a front page and a back page too, the front page showcasing an aspect of the content within and a title...and the back page i have to design an advert that promotes an event within the Liverpool regeneration scheme, which again has to reflect my chosen theme.

Deadline.

I have officially handed in all of my work for my first project, woooop! But before i handed it in i managed to scan in a few examples of the typography i have created in the style of Eduardo Recife and have then used in my posters for the glorify section of the project.

Examples below...

Week 7

Posters.

After researching into different artists for the 'glorify' part of my project and also brainstorming various ideas, i have now finally decided what ways i want to advertise my shrine and the styles in which i want to do this.

I am going to create three posters in the style of Eduardo Recife and also Stefan Sagmeister, once i have done this i am then going to also create an invitation, using rocks and pasting the detials of the event using image maker. I am going to produce all my own typography in the style of Eduardo Recife for my first poster, which will include photos of part of my shrine taken from different angles.



Ideas...

After a successful day of research my head is now full of ideas of many many ways in which i could advertise and promote my shrine for my object.

Such as...

invitations (containing details of the event, then handing out to the public)

posters (collage, create in photoshop scanning in images relevant/photos)

rocks ( make out of paper mache and chicken wire or use real rocks and image maker details on)

3d objects - invitations ( paper mache rocks made from chicken wire and design so that it can be opened to show the details hidden inside)

3d typography (write letters onto individual rocks, masking tape words onto objects etc... and then photograph and develop into a poster)

Research...

Before i could even think of starting this stage of my project i started looking for ideas and inspiration of different techniques in which i could advertise my shrine. I began by looking through one of Stefan Sagmeisters books 'Things i have learned in my life so far', which consists of typography varying in different forms and has been published all over the world in spaces normally reserved for advertising or promotions such as billboards and magazine spreads.

Below are some examples of pieces work from his book...

Sarah Fanelli.

I also looked at work from Sarah Fanelli for inspiration, who is known for illustrating childrens books.

Below is an example of the style of her work.

Eduardo Recife.

Another artist which i found inspiration from was Eduardo Recife, as his work consists of mainly very detailed collages and also very detailed typography, which i thought i could use and develop into my own work when creating my posters, invitations etc. Below are some examples of his work...

Week 6

Glorify.

As part of the third section of my project i have to glorify my shrine. This consists of promoting and advertising my shrine in different ways, so that members of the public will come to view my shrine on the 22nd of November ( date in which it is being displayed).

Week 5

Progress...

Below are two images i have taken of the stages of making my shrine.

The left is the rock shape which i have moulded from chicken wire and the right in the wire being covered in a mix of pva and newspaper to create a smoother, paintable surface to work with.

The next two images below are of a selection of my completed rocks, which have been painted and also include images of me and my sister, that have been printed on using image maker.

Now that i have finally! finished my shrine, with a total of around 15 rocks all i have to do now is GLORIFY them, moving on to the third section of my project.

Week 4

Deify.

It seems like ageees since I've posted on here, it probably is! I've just been so busy these past few days! So I'm having to back track a little I'm afraid.

Right! moving on to the second part of my project 'deify' where i had to create a shrine for my object, treating it as though its a God. I had many ideas, but in the end decided in creating a formation of rocks, using chicken wire to form and mould the rock shapes, then covering the chicken wire in a mixture of newspaper and pva glue. When the newspaper had dried i then painted grey, to look some what like rocks. Once this was complete i then collected photographs of myself and my sister, symbolising our relationship and printed the photos onto the rocks using image maker. Finally once i managed to scrub away all the image maker, i scribbled the numbers 2-18 (the years i have had my object for) using white and a pale brown chalk.

Rock formations which i got my inspiration from.

Week 3

London!

6th-8th October

Yess! As you can see from the heading of my blog, i did indeed go on a 2night trip to Londaaaaan! with my fellow degree students. Where we visited various galleries such as the Saatchi, Tate Britain, The Turner Prize and the Haunch of Venison. Some which i found amazing! and others which i thought weren't that relevant to me. However on the 7th we had a tour around Vogue! which was my favourite hour of the whole trip! I will explain in further detail on the happenings there further down in my blog.

Vogue HQ.

VOGUE HOUSE. LONDON.

During our short visit to London we were given the chance to go to the Voge house and have a tour around the Vogue offices and also meet the creative director Robin Derrick.

During the tour we were taken to the art department where we were shown the front cover of the december issue featuring Emma Watson and also some of the main page spreads within the issue, featuring some of the worlds most famous models photographed by the one and only David Bailey.

Below is the final cover of the december issue.

Once we had finished the art department tour we were taken down to the archive basement where we were allowed to look through the past 80 years worth of Vogue issues. This was a really strange experience as some of the really early issues had black and white illustrations, unlike the issues we see published now which are based around photography and using top models.

Whilst touring the archive basement we were also informed that retouching is not just a recent technique used when editing and representing beauty in photos, it has been used for years and that even some of the most earliest issues of vogue photos had even been touched up my hand, painting over what they seen as flaws in the image.

Tate Britain

There were various pieces of art work in the Tate Britain which i found particularly interesting, one

of these being a piece featured in 'The Art Now Programme' anexhibition by Clunie Reid

and James Richards called 'Your higher plane awaits' it was installation of silver ink jet print

collages fixed with gaffer tape, covering the complete wall of the exhibition space. The collages contained

a selection of iconic messages, commercial slogans and lots of scribbles of pen.

The Turner Prize

Dexter Dalwood, The Otolith group, Angela De La Cruz and Susan Philipsz were the four

artists featured in the Tuner Prize, each having their own exhibit.

Dexter Dalwood

Most of his work was oil on canvas, which featured bold, bright colours and of simple objects.

Two of his pieces which i particularly liked were, Greenhan Common 2008 and Death of David Kelly 2009.

The Otolith Group

The Otolith Group presented different aspects of its practice through the use of film, photo works, writings, cultural projects and discussions. One of the writings featured on the exhibition wall was 'An idea is only good when it has no power' written by Michel Serres.

Angela De La Cruz

Angela De La Cruz's was my favourite of the four artists, her exhibition featured traditional monochrome paintings, crudely broken, ripped or folded. Some of her work was even presented as masses on the floor, or even awkwardly wedged into positions. Her work was seemed really simple, yet was creative in how she presented the canvases and positioned them.

Susan Philipsz

Susan Philipsz's exhibition was an empty room with an audio installation of her voice as the central medium playing over and over again. Showing the immersive properties of sound. Overall i thought this was the worst of the four artists in the Turner Prize as i just didn't understand what the concept was.

Haunch of Venison

The gallery Haunch of Venison i have to say was my favourite of all the galleries as it contained

one exhibition which i loved! This being 'Loud Flash: British Punk on Paper' as it featured various

 flyer's, posters and fanzines of well known punk bands all curated by the artist and designer Toby Mott.

Week 2

Starting off.

Finally! my first blog post, took me long enough!

My first week = the beginning of my graphic course! where i received my first project... choosing an object which was personal to me, this being a childhood teddy, given to me off my sister when she was born. I then went on to produce 25 different representations of this object and its meaning to me, using various materials. I produced collages using cut outs from magazines, chalk drawings, oil pastel drawings, pencil drawings, photo shop creations, a page of words which represent the object and also typography. Once all my representations are complete, i then have to create a shrine suitable for my object and advertise it for public viewing.

So far so good really!