Stain Glass Window Work - City Brief

From the visit to the cathedral,
I was inspired to create my own
stain glass window. Using acetate
 and glass paint, I did an old style
city in stain glass window style.
     Although this is not complete,
you can get the idea of what I
am trying to achieve.

Developing Ideas - Umbrella - City Brief

From the thumbnails I created last week,
I further developed my umbrella idea.
     I explored the different possibilities
of materials, different cities and mixing
it with another idea that I had.
    I am going to focus on this idea and
the can idea mixed together and think of
ways of incorporating the two.
   

Religion In The City - City Brief

 On Monday this week, we visited
 the cathedral.
With religion being a central piece
of the city as far back as we know,
 it was interesting to visit a cathedral
and see the city's history through the
stain glass windows and architecture.
     The stain glass windows gave me
 an idea towards my final piece, so I
found the visit very beneficial.
   

Thumbnails - City Brief

Today, I began to develop small ideas that could possibly be my final outcome. I came up with 3 ideas:
1) The Umbrella: This idea is more based on Bristol than the general city, there would be hot air balloons hanging off of the edge of the umbrella and I would stain glass window paint the umbrella itself, which will be brought clear.
2) Cans: For this idea, I would collect larger sized cans, and paint a different city and it's iconic landmarks.
3) Briefcase: For this idea, I was going to buy a briefcase, which is what I think of when I think of busy city mornings and fill it with the city. I could possibly record busy city noises and make them play when the briefcase opens, as well as a kind of pop up of the city.

Cathedral Visit - City Brief

  This Week we paid a visit to the Bristol Cathedral,
  this saw us studying the history that went into this       cathedral, and the influence of culture and society       today. I learned that the stain glass windows in this cathedral are actually made of the shattered glass that came from the cathedral that stood before, after it was bombed in the war. Stain glass windows are beautiful pieces of art that give us an insight not only to the city's history, but Christianity's, which is the soul religion of the UK and Britain.

Sketching The City - City Brief

Going out into the city and just sketching is a great way to look at the city and it's history from different perspectives. I have sketched and painted an image of the iconic Suspension Bridge, this is an old and historic icon of Bristol, past this you can see the modern city, this shows how the history of a city develops the modern buildings we have today.

Mind Map of the City - City Brief

For this brief it is important that we are constantly developing our ideas and thoughts on something like a mind map, so over the week I have been constantly adding words that I associate with the city, this will help me think of small ideas that I could develop into my final piece. It is always important to keep a mind map for each brief.

Using Photoshop

We chose an image from the internet, I used Banksy's famous piece of art showing a girl hugging a bomb.we then reduced the picture to a basic black and white stencil, and placed it onto a suitable background image. We then distorted the image to fit in with the perspective of the background and made the image transparent.

New Brief - The City

We have just began a new brief after finishing the Creative Self Portrait brief, this new brief is called 'The City'. This brief is a 7 week brief that will develop into an exciting personal project that will be based on an element of the city that interest us. Our response should include observational studies, but should also explore ideas about the cultural life in the city: the rich history peoples sense of identity, community, different religions, festivals and landmarks etc. that make up a complex city environment. 

           To begin our brief, we visited the Mshed, a Bristol history museum that explores places, people, transport, war, fashion, education and much more through time.