Upcoming Gallery Viewing

This Thursday, after professional studies with Ben, I will be off to a closed gallery event, in the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, along with everyone else.

The event will feature an installation by the interesting artist/illustrator, Mr Penfold, who I covered in an earlier blog.

> (Link to blog) http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3058873721480185674#editor/target=post;postID=5393423972819186925;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=1;src=postname

I am very much excited to partake in the event, and it will be an excellent way to see first hand, how a professional installation is ran, and showcased.

Thomas.

Mural start

Today, the first solid work began on the final mural piece.

This involved taking a look at our groups entire collaborative plan, and discussing final options before the gallery production went ahead.

After it was settled by all six of us, that it was the idea we wanted to go with, the production began.

As of today, the outline is complete, after being sketched directly onto the white folio gallery space wall.

Mural as of 28/10/13

Thomas

My Contribution Plan (Updated)

Here is my plan, for tomorrow's busy day, in preparation for the gallery viewing piece.

I will work with Sean, in producing the backdrop, which will most likely consist of a 2d painting, or drawing.

On top of this, I will create large scale sculptures, of items such as cogs, screws, nail, and other industrial elements. I will choose a medium to work with tomorrow.

I will take inspiration from this link, containing various photos on the history of Hartlepool, and it's culture.

> Link http://www.hhtandn.org/hartlepool-trade-and-industry

Jonathan Allardyce

http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/JonathanAllardyce/view

Jonathan Allardyce is an award winning freelance illustrator, from the UK, with over 20 years of experience. He has been a client to such big companies as Paramount, Virgin and Orange.

http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/JonathanAllardyce/view < image reference at this link.

He  creates a lot of sketches containing various people and characters.
He does so in a heavily cartoon-like style, and to me, his work is greatly colour exaggerated, to help give his work this kind of style and effect.

In my opinion, his work to me, is positive, and I love his creative style.

Thomas.

Further research, into the history of hartlepool.

http://www.hhtandn.org

This is a good link, offering a wealth of photos, on Hartlepool's history, in the past and present.

It offers a detail on a range of topics such as sports, leisure, transport, health, education, war, and most importantly, industry, trade and shipping.

(Seaton Highlight 1)

http://www.hhtandn.org/hartlepool-trade-and-industry < this is the link I will be mainly focusing on.

http://www.hhtandn.org/relatedimages/2444/seaton-high-light-1 < second image from this link.

This site will be super for reference, and provide inspiration for my gallery project, which will tie in well, as I will be working on the backdrop to the mural, on the industrial side of things.

Thomas

My Contribution Plan

For my contribution to my group's gallery project, (which can be found in depth here at this link). > http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7415695017574371365#editor/target=post;postID=664829834840343855;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=8;src=postname

I have decided to work with Sean Miller, Callum Griffiths, Sophie Babur-Puplett, Emma Nichols and Tom Lewis, where I will be developing on the backdrop to the grand, showcased piece.

Because our piece will be focused on the industrial side to the exhibit, I have brought up the idea, of making it comprised of items, such as pipes, cogs, metal and other related items.

I will be painting the wall, over the next few days, in big scale in the Folio gallery.

I will update this blog, as i go along, so consider this blog, unfinished, but ready to be updated.

Plans, ideas and incorporation

Quick idea, and basic sketchy plan of where, and what can be positioned in the mural.

The metal pipe, could tie in really well with our industrial theme, I'd like to incorporate it into the piece, rather than view it as a negative (getting in the way) kind of object. It could simply be painted, but I'd like to take a more enthusiastic approach.

Another point of interest is the lighting, there are 5 lights position above where the piece will be placed. We could use this lighting to an advantage, and place more light catching elements under them, like metal. That way it would make our piece more visually eye catching, appealing, and because of it, interesting. Such a simple tweak, could make a huge difference to the outcome, and it's something worth trying.

Lights aren't at every group's gallery space in the folio area, so this would genuinely make mine, and my groups project piece, different if done correctly. I wouldn't want it to just be a simple, illuminated piece.