Context Sheet

Context sheet (Josie Cawdry)

Here is the finished context board i have been working on.

It shows all my ideas, sources, materials and inspiration.

I wanted to create a really tactile board, which if shown to a client would portray my ideas as well as possible.  I have included the finished visualisation for the new build, showing my idea to create a glass panel that would be housed in the to lanterns at the top of the building.

I have shown a example of how i would like to create the finished panel, including one of my own glass prints and a small sample of my own plastic wallet prints.

I hope that this board shows you exactly what i would like to achieve if i were to win the 'commission' as it were.

Visualization (Josie Cawdry)

For my final visualization for the new build i am proposing a stained glass style window for the 2 lanterns at the top of the building. Using thin glass with the image printed on in coloured ink i hope to create the illusion of movement and scope around the new build.

Strong image (Josie cawdry)

This is my final strong image, created using paper rolls, edited on Photoshop on and then made into a pattern.
I think the way in which this relates to my project has worked really well. As you will have read in an early post i did about these rolls they were created using important images i have worked with throughout the project.

What does the image make you think of? Does it hold any significance to you. I hope that by injecting an element of colour into the new build the spaces will feel more user friendly and less like a dark, empty space that feels lifeless.

My proposal...

Below is my visualisation that has been put forward for my proposal. This visualisation was done using my very basic skills on photoshop, I am pleased with the outcome and how the perception turned out.My final proposal is a room that has a singular running line of my spotlights which are made out of wood and acetate that have foiled patterns on them that have been influenced by wear and tear images from the old building. The flooring that connections this altogether is a foiled glass foiling that will start off with the glass being fully foiled to it being worn down by the students in the new building, students essentially become the designers. Some of the foiled pattern will still be there after it has been worn down, just to keep the element of pattern and the connection with the foiled spotlights.
What I like most about my proposal has got to be the glass flooring, it is stunning and one of the most professional things I have thought up. The idea of worned floors was inspired by the Tiesta floor in Think Tank and also a photograph I took in Hotspur of a very worned down floor. Glass was the perfect solution to not ever having the floor wear down but the material on top could be worn away, this way the floor will always be intact.
What I dislike the most is the patterns I chose from the old building to use in the new. They don't really stand out as much as I had hoped but they do make a connection with the foiled flooring.
This idea would definately work as a studio for people to work, especially in the winter when it gets darker earlier as the spotlights would make that area more comfortable and more approackable and useable to students. I would definately use a space like this.

Strong Image & Proposal

This is my stong image I chose to select obviously as it's a 'noticeboard' I wanted to show this in a creative way and make it look interesting as I wanted to show that you can do whatever you like as I want people to add to it in a creative way.

My image from Photoshop which my propasal is can't be uploaded onto this as it's too big but I have my idea sheet of what I want to create.

Arrivals Task

When I first arrived in Manchester I was quiet disappointed as I was tired and just coming off the motorway, so I decided that I would explore and see what Manchester had to offer, as I’ve always had views that it was a ‘cool’ city, one of the reasons I choose to come here was the great music scene it had.  So I wandered through the centre and found myself walking towards small side streets filled with amazing, quirky shops nothing that I have experienced back home.  I found myself in the Northern Quarter and to be honest I did not fully appreciate it right away. It was nice with lovely cafes and coffee shops but with the excitement of being in a new city, I didn’t really look at what was surrounding me.  I have been back to the Northern Quarter a few times since my first visit, but it wasn’t until Dave Haslam’s talk that I decided to go back and explore it more and since then I’ve been back about 3 or 4 times, and each time I’ve across something new that I hadn’t noticed before.  But it seems to me like things are waiting to be discovered such as place names done in mosaic tiles or art on the pavements it’s not something that’s well known of to be there, not that I know of anyway, but they can still be appreciated. 

I found the Dave Haslam talk very interesting, I was intrigued to what he was going to say about Manchester, he mentioned marginal activity and how things can make a cultural significance, and how things start of small and unknown like Joy Division preforming in a small pub in Salford to become big names.  He also talked a lot about fanzines, which shows Manchester is a city with passion and that people truly believe in what they are doing, such as the fanzines, I liked the way people could self-publish their work and not have to edit it to please a mass audience.   I’ve looked more into these fanzines online, such as the Salford zine library http://salfordzinelibrary.blogspot.com/, and Linder Sterling who co-founded ‘Secret Public’ along with Jon Savage, I quiet like the aspect in which these fanzines are produced, its straight to the point and no advertising from companies.