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Assignment One
Part One: Project 1- Folding & Crumpling
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Linear accordion pleats
Project 1: Exercise 2 – Rotational accordion pleats
Project 1: Exercise 3 – Knife and box pleats
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Incremental and twisted pleats
Project 1: Exercise 5 – Basic crumpling technique
Project 1: Exercise 6 – Linear crumpling technique
Part One: Project 2 – Tearing & Cutting
Part One: Project 3 – Heating & Fusing
Project 3: Exercise 3 – Using hot water
Part One: Project 4 – Scratching & Embossing
Project 4: Exercise 2 – Embossing
Part One: Project 5 – Puncturing & Stitching
Project 5: Exercise 1 – Puncturing
Project 5: Exercise 2 – Stitching
Assignment Two
Part Two: Project 1 – Joining
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Joining straight flush edges
Project 1: Exercise 2 – Joining straight edges with a gap
Project 1: Exercise 3 – Joining curved edges
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Overlapping edges
Project 1: Exercise 5 – Forming corners and angles
Part Two: Project 2 – Wrapping
Project 2: Exercise 1 – Straight wrapping with threads (part one)
Project 2: Exercise 1 – Straight wrapping with threads (part two)
Project 2: Exercise 2 – Wrapping with materials and threads
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part one – Found objects
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part two – Do you see what I see?
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part three – Underneath my skin
Assignment Three
Project 1: Moulding from a surface
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Golden light moulding paste
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – PVA and fabric bowl
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Soft form pearl relief paste
Project One – Moulding from a surface – Air-drying clay
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Wool felt
Project 2: Casting the internal surface of a vessel
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – Plaster of Paris
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – Wool felt
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – PVA and yarn
Project 2 – Casting the internal surface of a vessel – Kinetic sand and wax
Project 2 – Casting the internal surface of a vessel – Flour paste plaster of Paris
Assignment Four
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Monoprinting – Mark-making
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 2 – Drawing onto the printing plate
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 3 – Back drawing
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Monoprinting – Working with stencils
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 1 – Create a collage block
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 2 – Polyfilla block
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 3 – Collatype collage prints
Assignment Five
Assignment Five – Stage 1 – Review of Assignments One & Two
Assignment Five – Stage 1 (part two) – Review of Assignments Three & Four
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research
Assignment Five – Stages 3 & 4 – Sample-making and Recording Outcomes (part one of two)
Assignment Five – Stages 3 & 4 – Sample-making & Recording Outcomes (part two of two)
Assignment Five – Stage 5 – Sorting
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Prototype/maquette-making
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Revised Final Piece in Response to Tutor Feedback
Research
Research: Assignment One
Research: Assignment One – Techniques and Tutorials
Assignment One Artists – Issey Miyake
Assignment One Artists – Vincent Floderer
Assignment One Artists – Anneke Copier
Assignment One Artists – Joana Vasconcelos
Assignment One Artists – Architect and designer Raffaello Galiotto
Research: Assignment Two
Research: Assignment Two – Techniques and Tutorials
Assignment Two Artists – Olek
Assignment Two Artists – John Bisbee
Assignment Two Artists – Hillary Waters Fayle
Assignment Two Artists – Carole Baillargeon
Assignment Two Artists – Hsiao-Chi Tsai
Research: Assignment Three
Research: Assignment Three – Techniques and Tutorials
Research: Assignment Three – Kinetic Sand
Assignment Three Research – Moulding with Sugru and Oogoo
Research: Assignment Three – Mouldable fabric
Research: Assignment Three – Paverpol, Powertex
Research: Assignment Three – Air-drying doughs and clays
Assignment Three Artists – Rebecca Fairley
Assignment Three Artists – Rachel Whiteread
Assignment Three Artists – George Segal
Assignment Three Artists – Victoria Ferrand-Scott
Assignment Three Artists – Karine Jollett
Research: Assignment Four
Research Assignment Four – Techniques & Tutorials
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Suminagashi – Japanese water marbling
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Shaving foam
Research for Assignment Four – Printing – Marbling with nail varnish on water
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Revised Final Piece in Response to Tutor Feedback
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Stencils
Research for Assignment Four – Drawing on the plate
Assignment Four Artists – Kim Major-George
Assignment Four Artists – Imna Arroyo
Assignment Four Artists – Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Assignment Four Artists- The Veteran Print Project – Various Artists
Research: Assignment Five
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Inspiration
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Techniques & Tutorials
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Artists
Sketchbooks
Sketchbook – Assignment One
Sketchbook – Assignment Two
Sketchbook – Assignment Three
Sorting & Reflection
Assignment One: Part One – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Two: Part Two – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Three: Part Three – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Four: Part Four – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Five: Part Five – Stage 5 – Sorting
Reflection on Assignment One
Reflection on Assignment Two
Reflection on Assignment Three
Reflection on Assignment Four
Reflection on Assignment Five & Course Overall
Tutor feedback
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment One
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Two
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Three
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Four
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Five
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Debbie Tomkies
OCA - Mixed Media for Textiles
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Assignment One
Part One: Project 1- Folding & Crumpling
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Linear accordion pleats
Project 1: Exercise 2 – Rotational accordion pleats
Project 1: Exercise 3 – Knife and box pleats
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Incremental and twisted pleats
Project 1: Exercise 5 – Basic crumpling technique
Project 1: Exercise 6 – Linear crumpling technique
Part One: Project 2 – Tearing & Cutting
Part One: Project 3 – Heating & Fusing
Project 3: Exercise 3 – Using hot water
Part One: Project 4 – Scratching & Embossing
Project 4: Exercise 2 – Embossing
Part One: Project 5 – Puncturing & Stitching
Project 5: Exercise 1 – Puncturing
Project 5: Exercise 2 – Stitching
Assignment Two
Part Two: Project 1 – Joining
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Joining straight flush edges
Project 1: Exercise 2 – Joining straight edges with a gap
Project 1: Exercise 3 – Joining curved edges
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Overlapping edges
Project 1: Exercise 5 – Forming corners and angles
Part Two: Project 2 – Wrapping
Project 2: Exercise 1 – Straight wrapping with threads (part one)
Project 2: Exercise 1 – Straight wrapping with threads (part two)
Project 2: Exercise 2 – Wrapping with materials and threads
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part one – Found objects
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part two – Do you see what I see?
Project 2: Exercise 3 – Uneven wrapping – Part three – Underneath my skin
Assignment Three
Project 1: Moulding from a surface
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Golden light moulding paste
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – PVA and fabric bowl
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Soft form pearl relief paste
Project One – Moulding from a surface – Air-drying clay
Project 1 – Moulding from a surface – Wool felt
Project 2: Casting the internal surface of a vessel
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – Plaster of Paris
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – Wool felt
Project 2 – Casting the internal space of a vessel – PVA and yarn
Project 2 – Casting the internal surface of a vessel – Kinetic sand and wax
Project 2 – Casting the internal surface of a vessel – Flour paste plaster of Paris
Assignment Four
Project 1: Exercise 1 – Monoprinting – Mark-making
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 2 – Drawing onto the printing plate
Project 1: Monoprinting – Exercise 3 – Back drawing
Project 1: Exercise 4 – Monoprinting – Working with stencils
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 1 – Create a collage block
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 2 – Polyfilla block
Project 2: Collatype printing – Exercise 3 – Collatype collage prints
Assignment Five
Assignment Five – Stage 1 – Review of Assignments One & Two
Assignment Five – Stage 1 (part two) – Review of Assignments Three & Four
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research
Assignment Five – Stages 3 & 4 – Sample-making and Recording Outcomes (part one of two)
Assignment Five – Stages 3 & 4 – Sample-making & Recording Outcomes (part two of two)
Assignment Five – Stage 5 – Sorting
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Prototype/maquette-making
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Revised Final Piece in Response to Tutor Feedback
Research
Research: Assignment One
Research: Assignment One – Techniques and Tutorials
Assignment One Artists – Issey Miyake
Assignment One Artists – Vincent Floderer
Assignment One Artists – Anneke Copier
Assignment One Artists – Joana Vasconcelos
Assignment One Artists – Architect and designer Raffaello Galiotto
Research: Assignment Two
Research: Assignment Two – Techniques and Tutorials
Assignment Two Artists – Olek
Assignment Two Artists – John Bisbee
Assignment Two Artists – Hillary Waters Fayle
Assignment Two Artists – Carole Baillargeon
Assignment Two Artists – Hsiao-Chi Tsai
Research: Assignment Three
Research: Assignment Three – Techniques and Tutorials
Research: Assignment Three – Kinetic Sand
Assignment Three Research – Moulding with Sugru and Oogoo
Research: Assignment Three – Mouldable fabric
Research: Assignment Three – Paverpol, Powertex
Research: Assignment Three – Air-drying doughs and clays
Assignment Three Artists – Rebecca Fairley
Assignment Three Artists – Rachel Whiteread
Assignment Three Artists – George Segal
Assignment Three Artists – Victoria Ferrand-Scott
Assignment Three Artists – Karine Jollett
Research: Assignment Four
Research Assignment Four – Techniques & Tutorials
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Suminagashi – Japanese water marbling
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Shaving foam
Research for Assignment Four – Printing – Marbling with nail varnish on water
Assignment Five – Stage 6 – Revised Final Piece in Response to Tutor Feedback
Research Assignment Four – Printing – Stencils
Research for Assignment Four – Drawing on the plate
Assignment Four Artists – Kim Major-George
Assignment Four Artists – Imna Arroyo
Assignment Four Artists – Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Assignment Four Artists- The Veteran Print Project – Various Artists
Research: Assignment Five
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Inspiration
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Techniques & Tutorials
Assignment Five – Stage 2 – Research – Artists
Sketchbooks
Sketchbook – Assignment One
Sketchbook – Assignment Two
Sketchbook – Assignment Three
Sorting & Reflection
Assignment One: Part One – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Two: Part Two – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Three: Part Three – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Four: Part Four – Stage 4 – Sorting
Assignment Five: Part Five – Stage 5 – Sorting
Reflection on Assignment One
Reflection on Assignment Two
Reflection on Assignment Three
Reflection on Assignment Four
Reflection on Assignment Five & Course Overall
Tutor feedback
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment One
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Two
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Three
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Four
Tutor feedback and my response – Assignment Five
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14th February 2017
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