Ghost Bird Meeting 02/03/12
EMMY LOU
Been to Plymouth Museum to look at how they display them to
look as if they are flying.
Done text and put it in a dummy book, going to use a type
font to simulate a filed diary similar to the one in the Scott exhibition
(Edward Wilsons Diary)
Also been to Exeter Museum to draw other birds and has
started work on flat plans.
Has got a white board set up especially for this project to
timetable what needs to be done and when.
Is finding that really useful.
Target for next week – Going to finish flat plan for 2nd
book and going to put 1st booklet together for next week.
AMY
Typed up Dummy book and settled on lay out. Using this method she has been able to come
up with more ideas for pop ups and is trying out some new forms.
Has made several versions of bird wings to try and get the
winds to move in the right way. Has also
made a nest in a termite mound which grows upwards as you pull it.
Has been in the print
room creating further monotype textures which she has been adapting in photoshop.
Made a photoshop collaged bird using her feather monotypes.
Target for next week – is starting in pop up finals which
will then be inserted into final spreads.
BRANDON
Been drawing birds at the museum. This has helped him understand how birds are
put together.
Target for next week – Has noticed that his portrayals of
the birds are taking on a more realistic form and wants to finish the pages in
his sketchbook over the next week and then use these sketches to get good poses
from the birds for his final images.
MEG
Has made transfer prints onto a bag and onto some shrinkies
paper from which she has made pendant necklaces to sell at the RSPB fundraiser.
The shapes were discussed as to how they should be
presented, cut close to bird shapes, white round the edge or into an oval or
circle etc. Everyone had a different
opinion – Meg is going to discuss this with Tom B.
Target for next week – going to burn birds onto wood scraps
to make more jewellery pendants and develop images and methods for screen
prints onto totebags and T shirts.
JORDAN
Trying to resolve the Norfolk Pigeon images.
He is continuing with the Maori theme. He is looking to develop the theme without
loosing the identity of the bird so does not want to stylise too far.
Has done (an epic) pencil design using trompel’oile effects
to echo carved wood.
Target for next week – He is going to develop this image and
decide on a palette for this by next week.
JO
Has made progress on layouts for lithograph prints in
pencil.
Vivvienne Scwartz has suggested using ring binding to allow
the pages to lie flat. The group agree
that this would be a good idea
Target for next week – to start printing and to finish pugs,
fish and frogs to go with prints,
JOSIE
Has been experimenting in the dark room using images drawn
onto acetate and then developing these onto photographs both in negative and
positive looking at the effects of the various combinations. This has helped
her see how she could develop this technique further.
Has done flat plan but may revisit this and develop the
order of the imagery further. Jo
suggested that Laura Rosser had a very good book about folded paper books and
that she might get some different shape ideas from that.
Target for next week – Josie was going to go and see Laura
Book and go back to the dark room to perfect her images she had started this
week.
END OF MEETING
