Next Monday the Ba Interior students will be issued with a new project, "IF ONLY" is a competition run by FX magazine and is a live project. Part time tutor and Director of interior design practice KSS Sarah Wilkins will be coming in to brief the students on the direction of the project.
Today we spent the morning brainstorming scenarios and avenues that we could potentially explore. Dave (course leader) is keen for me to have major input in this project which is a fantastic opportunity for me to once again get down and creative with the team producing conceptual ideas and producing design boards. watch this space.
FX magazine article
Tuesday - 25-01-11 Audrey Kawasaki
As part of UNIT 01-Drawing today with YR1 GPc we explored Audrey Kawasaki's work.She is an LA based artists who produces erotica styled images produced in brusho inks onto natural block of wood, The team started out by producing a hand rendered sketch of themselves using a mirror and then went on to recreate the image onto their piece of MDF board. During the afternoon session then then started to play around with the different inks and tools exploring Chinese brushes, calligraphy sticks and fine art brushes. All in all it was a fantastic success the class enjoyed themselves and some of the outcomes were very string. below is a montage of images form myself documenting the day.
Monday - 17-01-11 - Friday - 21-01-11
Ba Interiors are currently off as there work gets marked (there are plans for me to re-visit Ravensbourne and discuss a collaborative project)
2nd years continue to work on their projects alongside portfolios - interviews have commenced so nervous times, preparation is the key and most of this week I was supporting them in designing the layout and structure of their folio's
1st years A-Z project is going well, we studied Calligrams this week and looked into artists Joni James
On Tuesday i attempted a part social part drawing exercise where by you draw to the beat of music, my weapon of choice was Dubstep and each student had either a pen, pencil or crayon in each hand. Placed into pairs they had to draw each other with a focus on not removing their pens off of the paper. Not all the students took to this but those who did the results were fantastic.
Work will start to be posted up as of next week
Jack Petchey Award Winner
Ok, so before x-mas i nominated one of my second year students for outstanding achievement and entered him into the colleges Jack Petchey award scheme. this scheme recognizes young and upcoming talent and individuals who are pushing the limits, well i must be doing something right because my student won. (please see article that was published in the college bulletin below)
GAD second years "structures" final Poject
Here are some images from some of the second years "Structures" project, all outcomes were varied and related to their chosen pathway. It was great to see such a great development and strong outcomes, we are still looking to exhibit this work as it clearly needs to be presented to the public as representation of the college.
Monday - 13-12-10 - All work in
This week presentations took place with both 1st and 2nd years handing in all of their final outcomes from their projects. Next week all projects will be marked and the students will have potential to improve on their grade. (photos of final pieces will be posted up soon)
Saturday 11-12-10 - Random got beautiful
On Thursday 11-11-10 I posted up that i had been out with 2nd years on a local photography trip just
having fun with photos and natural snapping techniques. this was to go toward producing a colour board.
This idea had arrived form visiting www.randomgotbeautiful.com which features hundreds of photos that have been picked from the public uploading images and then split into colour orientations. I decided to upload what i considered to me my personal favourite from that day and photography and sent it to them hoping that it would make the board. "guess what, it did"
(Top left, Dan Fardell Southend-on-Sea)
having fun with photos and natural snapping techniques. this was to go toward producing a colour board.
(Top left, Dan Fardell Southend-on-Sea)
Friday 10-12-10 - Woodview Campus - Aida Design challenege
As part of teaching Unit 12: Computers in art, Jo stringer has decided to use this project as a form of competition which I will be leading, The brief has been written and is currently being IV'd By Lee Hey.
The royal Opera house opened up new workshop and prepping facilities over in Purfleet and has had connections with South Essex since 1997. Using this as guidance and help Unit 12: will be to design a poser for an up and coming 2011 version of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida.
The ROH would like students from institutes all over the South East to digitally design a poster that can be used to market and promote the opera with the opportunity for the winner to have their design professional printed and used as part of the operas showcase material. This is a huge opportunity for not only individual students to excel withing their 1st year but for South Essex College to be recognised for outstanding work.
The competition runs until February 18th and I will be teaching both GAD 1st year groups on this project. Watch out for results!
The royal Opera house opened up new workshop and prepping facilities over in Purfleet and has had connections with South Essex since 1997. Using this as guidance and help Unit 12: will be to design a poser for an up and coming 2011 version of Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida.
The competition runs until February 18th and I will be teaching both GAD 1st year groups on this project. Watch out for results!
Monday - 06-12-10 - Catch up week
Class Returns:
Due to the snow all presentations have been put on hold this week and will take place WB13-12-10.
It was a pleasure to see students actually excited about coming back, as i think a lot of them couldn't produce the work load they wanted to using their home facilities.
Mentor Meeting:
I had another mentor meeting with Jo stringer today who is also the new GAD course leader over at the Woodview campuse (Grays). Jo has invited me onto the Woodview GAD team 1 day a week and I will be running a whole project and ed excel unit by myself, specializing in computers in art.
Jack Petchey Award:
On another note, two weeks ago I nominated one of my 2nd year GAD students for the jack Petchey award based on his outstanding performance since my arrival, I received confirmation that he has won, which is an absolute delight for both myself, the student and the course. he will be receiving £200 as reward money in which he can purchase new material and equipment o help in on his course.
Due to the snow all presentations have been put on hold this week and will take place WB13-12-10.
It was a pleasure to see students actually excited about coming back, as i think a lot of them couldn't produce the work load they wanted to using their home facilities.
Mentor Meeting:
I had another mentor meeting with Jo stringer today who is also the new GAD course leader over at the Woodview campuse (Grays). Jo has invited me onto the Woodview GAD team 1 day a week and I will be running a whole project and ed excel unit by myself, specializing in computers in art.
Jack Petchey Award:
On another note, two weeks ago I nominated one of my 2nd year GAD students for the jack Petchey award based on his outstanding performance since my arrival, I received confirmation that he has won, which is an absolute delight for both myself, the student and the course. he will be receiving £200 as reward money in which he can purchase new material and equipment o help in on his course.
WC 29-11-10 - College Closes due to bad weather
This week has been a real miss in terms of work load, with deadlines coming up over the next two weeks the weather took a turn for the worst and all classes were suspended from Tuesday onwards.
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