Evaluation

The theme of this short project was 'journey' and on the way to town a church caught my attention. So I took a few pictures of the windows and arches. I also took pictures of other old buildings that remind me of church windows because after drawing the shapes that I liked the most into my sketchbook I decided to stay with the window shapes.
My outcomes and final piece go well with my theme. Because this is a start project I wanted to use techniques that are fast and easy to do, so that I would be able to do more samples.
My tutor introduced me to mono-printing which I enjoyed the most throughout this project, not only because it's quick and easy to do but also because I enjoy drawing, so i would make use of this technique in the future too. In this project I have also used screen printing, embroidery  and dyes.
I looked at Elizabeth the 1st paintings (suggestion of one of my tutors). I like the the dresses of medieval times and Victorian times but as I researched more about the paintings I couldn't find a link to my work, except the skirt of the dresses remind me of the church windows. I then researched about medieval art and craft because of my drawings and my colour scheme. I like the medieval art and craft because of the architecture and other things that they created even in those condition that they live through at that time.
My first idea for my final piece at the start of this project was to make a curtain that had a big castle on it with in some of the windows have samples stitched at the back and the windows could be opened by a sash tied to the side. The background would be stormy  which I would make using watery dyes.
The only problem that I had throughout this project was that my screen had holes, which would let the colour through, so I had to cover them up with masking tape.
I would have created a patchwork out of my samples like a mood board (a fabric mood board) instead of sticking them in my book.