Author: naomibaisley

This page contains more things I omitted from the studio PDF. Things that may have inspired me along the way or lost their relevance to the project as my focus became honed. I was inspired to use folded and cut paper by a book I spotted in the museum of Tintagel Castle while visiting Cornwall. […]

The following page is included in my blog but omitted from the PDF. I decided no more magpies after changing my research question, but I have included them here as I realised what a distraction they were, much like the distraction they can cause in real life. I thought of making a dice game with […]

With just six weeks to go before handing in the project my research question was changed. having spent the entirety of the project with a question that was as ambiguous as superstition itself, this change was a revelation. Having just worked out that there is only six weeks to go, (5.5 as I write this […]

Continuing to research I came across the most beautiful and haunting quote about superstition. I discovered this quote at the top of a report on ‘The Effects of Stress and Desire for Control on Superstitious Behaviour, Goria Keinan, 2002’. Whilst this is very much from the past, I feel the essence of the quote fits […]

I have spent a lot of time thinking about art/design, the difference between them, and how to make my work more design than art. After investigating the definitions of art and design, I have concluded that design serves a purpose, whereas art can be purely aesthetic. Connecting with peers for opinions has been challenging, perhaps […]

After a tutorial with Dan I am left feeling very uncertain about everything. My lack of graphic design background is showing through. Dan suggested writing a brief to help me focus. My work is possibly more fine art or textiles, which is where I’ve come from. 6 Artists Closing The Gap Between Graphic Design and […]

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, […]