Author: naomibaisley

The pattern of finding meaning, rotation of the earth, and pattern finding in the human brain. Pattern Rotate Repeat will be the foundations of my design. I am to deign a repeating pattern that could be used as a never-ending textile panel and as a globe gores- the eternal rotation. The idea is to instil […]

Playing, experimenting and researching has made me look further up and further in. Thinking of my not-so-good illustrations, I got a little more abstract. The worst of my drawings was Neptune with a water chariot and dodgy seahorses (legs in particular). I had looked at the Roman mosaic for inspiration. What I was trying to […]

I ask myself the question; Do we even need the land? Whilst deep in experimenting with acetate light and texture. I have thought a lot since the group crit, of Illustration, and mark making. And theses current experiments are a direct response to Briony talking about old maps and missing bits of land. An interesting […]

I have recently been filling my days with more experiments. From tyring to recreate the look of an old tattoo and playing about with illustrating stories and sea monsters. A tutorial with Dan has seen me question my research question yet again, and really think about what I want to discover. I have done more […]

After thinking of my uncles tattoo I decided to try experimenting with bleed. Left to Right; one colour dry pen-to three colour dry pen- A light brushing of water-Water colour paint- total drenching. One of the pens is still far too crisp and black at the end of submerging in water. More experiment required with […]

I spent the day yesterday talking to people, which was extremely helpful. My morning started off with talking to Rachel, my mentor from the creative skills boot camp. We discussed a lot, partly my MA work and partly my work situation. The talk of globemaking came up a lot. I showed her my doodle map, […]

There is so much to research when looking at superstitions at sea; I have been beginning to find the sheer amount of information overwhelming. I need to think about what I want to explore and focus my energy and thoughts on this area. I am trying to find direction.My mind keeps returning to the final […]

During a peer group chat, I was inspired to create a mood board based on superstitions at sea; this is by no means definitive, as there is so much symbolism and imagery involved in the subject. But having a visual reference is incredibly useful. I have been doing lots of reading the past few weeks […]

National Museum of the Royal Navy Statement – Portsmouth Historic Dockyard At the beginning of my exploration of superstitions at sea, I started looking at several avenues of research simultaneously to open as many potential opportunities for investigation as possible. After many unsuccessful calls trying to get through to the curator at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, […]

During my intermittent break, I had the good fortune to attend a creative skills management bootcamp at Portsmouth University. After my diabolical business plan and misunderstanding of the brief for GDE730, the skills bootcamp clarified a lot for me and has helped me to refine and focus my thoughts. Part of the bootcamp was to […]

Over the past few weeks, I have spent some time on reflection and evaluation of my time working towards my MA. It has been a very steep personal learning journey. Some of the modules filled me with joy, and others filled me with dread.2024, in particular, felt incredibly disjointed and erratic, possibly due to my […]