FINAL DEADLINE: WHAT DO I NEED?

 What should I have ready in my space for the deadline Friday 7th June:

1. All my previous work in the large plastic folder with my name on it
2. My digital portfolio uploaded to the blog here 
3. My space - exhibition ready - with written statement. Ensure this has my exhibition name, my name 2024, media, progression route. See examples on the blog here.
4. My FMP sketchbook with edited time plan and proposal form at the start
5. Design Ideas and Exhibition proposal (mounted on a sheet/in sketchbook explaining the intentions/installation and artist/other inspirations behind my show) 
6. FMP evaluation use this guide on the blog 

How to write an artist statement:

 

Click image below for a guide and also look in the FMP folder for examples of what students wrote last year.

 

Fragments Project shared folder

Click below for the shared folder for Fragments:

Upload finished works and include print format/instructions (e.g.  Black and white W A3 x 2) in the file name. Deadline for submission  23:59 on 18^th March 

FMP Tutor groups

 FINE ART ERIN

Sam, Ella, Dan, Daisy, Katie, Emily W, Keri, Alicja, Keira

 

TEXTILES / FASHION  IZZY

Eva, Emily T

 

3D / ANIMATION / ARCHITECTURE / CONCEPT ART JAMES

Izzy, Helena, Luke, Chantelle, Eni

 

GRAPHICS / PHOTOGRAPHY

Gabrielle, Harry, Jack, Alfie, Chris

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE COURTAULD:

 

Three opportunities which might be of interest: all online. two, coming up this half-term and the other (Seminar Sessions) taking place in March:

• Art and Queer Theory | Mickalene Thomas on Manet This online workshop, led by art historian Tilly Scantlebury, will explore gender and sexuality in the practice of Mickalene Thomas, whose multi-media large scale paintings rethink traditional art historical representation.
• Art & Identity | Race, Gender, Power. Why is art history relevant today and how can images from the past help us understand the present?
• Seminar Sessions. Offering participants, the chance to learn and discover Art History through live online discussions with fellow art historians from across the UK.

 

Students can book their place here

Megastructure Checklist so far: get up to date on your study day

 

FMP STATEMENT

 

Please fill this in and return by the end of Wednesday:

Written statement (300 – 400 words)  

To go alongside your FMP display and contextualise/explain your project. 

 

Suggested layout/prompts:  

 

Title 

Name and Date 

Media  

Progression: (uni and course, apprenticeship – where? - Employment) 

 

Written statement: 

What have you explored throughout your major project? 

What is the context/are the influences of your work and how is this investigated through your practice? 

What information can you give the public about the meaning and ideas behind your work? 

FINAL DEADLINE THIS WEEK!

 Hi all

Please use the FAD Megachecklist and FMP folder on the blog to stay up to date and meet the deadline as outlined below. Please note that there can be no extensions on this project due to moderation constraints. 

Library Opening Times

 Just to let you all know the library is going to be open over half term. These are the opening hours:

 

Monday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Tuesday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Wednesday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Thursday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Friday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Micro Gallery Checklist

 

Article for Micro Gallery project - click the image below

 

Colour Project Checklist

 

Research task for Graphic Illustration

To support your graphic illustration project you need to include contextual research. For this you must produce a moodboard and independently research 2 x sources from the list below (images, annotation, sketches, what is your emotional/analytical response to these sources? what ideas do they spark? what is the message? how can this help to develop your own work?)

Uni Applications Info

Course title: Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Level: Level 3

Exam board: Eduqas 

Units: 

Unit 1 Drawing and Colour as an investigative process in Art and Design

Unit 2 Exploring materials and making in Art and Design

Unit 3 Developing specialist practice and preparing for progression in Art and Design

Unit 4 Personal development and innovation in Art and Design

Unit 5 Proposing and reviewing a major project

Unit 6 Curating and presenting a major project

The start date is 09/22

End date is 06/23

WEARABLE ART CHECKLIST

 

LAURA - Typography

 TYPOGRAPHY CHECKLIST

COLLAGE

• David Carson research (plus other artists who might link?) plus annotation

• 3 typography collages, using limited colour palettes/type

• Annotate your collages - 

• what are the themes? 

• How did you limit your choices in this collage? 

• What works well/needs improving?

These don't have to 'say' anything - it's much more about exploring typography as a visual concept - using the shapes etc.

Visual rather than legible!

 

 

DARKROOM

• Photogram research (see folder. Can also find your own)

• 3-4 of your own photogram examples (or more!)

• Experiment with some of your photograms -

• cut them up and reassemble?

• layer them in collages?

• crop them to create different compositions?

• layer other text (collage/written/on acetate?) onto them?

 

STUDIO

• Research Jaromir Funke (and other photographers you may find)

• Your Studio contact sheet

• 3-4 Images (or more!)

• Experiment on Photoshop - 

• Black and White

• High Contrast

• Cropping to change composition

• Layering images

 

FONT BUILDING

• Font research (find your own examples of hand drawn type - lots of links in Typography folder!)

• Calligraphr hand drawn sheet

• Use your font to type something - 

• could be the word 'typography' in different sizes/colours

• could write a short paragraph about your font!

• Font research for Fontstruct (there are some block examples in the folder but you could also use examples from the Fonstruct Gallery, Pinterest, DaFont etc)

• Your Fontstruct Alphabet

• Use your font to type something (as above)

• Ji Lee Research (if you got this far!)

• Your Photoshop examples (if you got this far!)

JAMES - Dreamscapes

 

Homework: 

Create an in depth landscape landscape using shaded vector graphics, volumetric lighting and live shadows. 

In your sketchbooks: screen shots of your process and final print out of outcome (full page) 

In your sketchbook:

Sphere exercise - annotate to explain how you did it

Brush exercise - annotate to explain how you did it

Vector graphics and lighting exercise - annotate to explain how you did it

Development into own landscape: evidence of design ideas (start this over half term) 

Deadline: Wednesday 2nd Nov

You will be continuing this work after half term until you have fully realised your Dreamscape - final deadline for this is 1st December. 

Megastructure checklist

 

Welcome New Students!

 Welcome new students! See you on Monday 5th at 9am for enrolment. We need to fill in the full application form and you will need ID - take a photo of your passport! We will go through the new project together and pay the studio fee of £160.

ID badges will be set up after this so you will need to enter via reception.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

CLICK PICTURE BELOW FOR FINAL CHECKLIST AND TIME PLAN