Oh Boi ..... Walking

KMT what was I thinking today lool, of all the days I decide to walk I pick today when it been drizzling and allsorts. I must be crazy but oh well it’s for my project and I need it so it’s what I got to do. While was on my way to college I stopped off at few hardware shop to look at materials I would like to use.
I visited two carpet shops to see what prices were like for lino. However because I’m just use to working in meters n stuff when he ask how much I would want in ft n stuff I got confused :-( But I’m going to work it out. The only problem I have it if I use lino how would sewing it together............
Also visited some shops which sell wood, chain link etc.

Things To Do

Research fabrics where to get perspex from and other materials of that sort.
Walk my route if my bus in order to take pictures.
Viist travel west midlands and speak to someone about the e=buses etc
Go darlstons to do somne rubbings
I passed this wood place so maybe i could get information on how to use wood in approprite way for maybe a garment
Sourcing more fabrics
Continue Skecthbooking

Bus Journey One

Just got on the bus at the moment passing a house on the corner I’ve noticed that they have changed there windows. My bus driver today is driving the bus quite fast when looking down the road the markings almost become like blur all fading into one. Coming by the Richmond Primary Care Centre there has now been two more pharmacies that have opened up I don’t know why considering there was already one there in the first place.
After a while there is a long stretch which passes a reasonable size which continues bout sides of the road looking in a distance you can see burnt trees from youth playing around.
Heartlands Hospital where a lot happens people die new people are born it can be a places of happiness as well as sadnesss.On the stretch of house you can see that quite a lot of them have been doing refurbishments /decoration because there are a lot of skips around on the road which are over flowing with rubbish .
Schools
Converted shops into one of those praying centres
Fordrough campus final built after quite a lot of time talking to builded it I’m sure one of the accommodation across MBC was built before it and they start later then they did .
Salvage shop cover in graffiti not by children.
New shop coming was a phone shop now being turned into a healthy food shop. The phone shop must have not been getting good trade.
Small Heath Mosque
Halfords
Mercedes Benz
Big Johns
Argyle Business centre
Transmag ltd
Reclamations
Bridge overlooking the canal
Forge Tavern
Bus depo
Limo place
Custard factory
Bullring trading estate

New Buildings

This going to an extension of the care home which will include easy access to shops etc. I want to take more detailed shot of the scaffolding and look at the shapes they make.

The Old 96

Even though i have been looking at timetables a thought has come in to my head about looking at the 96 bus route which used to be on my route , but then was taken off . Not alot of people where using the bus . This bus travel the same route as my 97 but turns of at the blues head and travels down the front side of the blues ground on coventry road. on my route there is a bus depo so maybe i could go in an talk to some about why they took it of and if they still have the old times of the 96 route.

Mre Recordings

Recording Of My Route

While try to do these recording i had people on my route looking at me funny lool

Pure Frustration

Using Google map I want to get directions from my house to city centre-college. Because of how when you use Google map you can actually see the street view I was taken screen grabs of my route in order to show changes- don’t know if Google map updates the picture of roads etc. Imagine I’m doing this which is a long process I’ve only got down the bottom of my road pass the police station coming up to the newly built Richmond car primary centre and I click back loosing the place of where I was only to know that I have to start over again- my bus route like an 25-40 mins as well on bus so imagine how long it going to take me on Google map . Rolling the arrows on Google map is so long as well it just take time to re-order the image.:(................... I'm truly annoyed cant do it any more going to have to complete this tomorrow.

Print

For my collection I wanted to create a print based up looking at blueprints of buildings and my own drawings of my route. This has slightly changed because now going to national express I was able to pick up maps of Birmingham as well as time tables of when my bus is due. I also took photos of the time schedule in my 97 bustop. With these I want to create an intense print which has repetition in it because my bus journey is what I do every day.

In textiles we discussed everyone’s project and what there next moves are in progressing in our FMP. Speaking with Tracey & Vicky , I talked about my ideas for print and what kind of fabrics I want to use. I want to use materials which are similar to materials used on building. Like scaffolding/pipes using some kind of wire to give shape to fabric, or using starch to stiffen fabric so that it not able to move, because when you look at elements of a building they don’t move there sturdy , strong and well supported. And also using reflective materials as well because when I pass building on my bus I can normal see the reflection of the bus.
Tracey mention how she was able to get a hold of bus seat covers which I could be able to use to do sampling with, the reversed side as well as those reflective jackets builders us when the on site - using the reflective grey panels in some way. I want to use photo shop to scan in my route from map & guide along with the timetables and start playing around with proportion as well as repetition , highlighting certain areas on my route.

Colour Scheme

While being in town I’ve noticed that there quite a muted pallet of colours , with an interjection of colour. The colours are a quite muted pallet with an injection of colour. The colours I am seeing are quite earthy browns, beige cooper, pale grey ,white. Coming up to the garrison island most of the building are bricked so the colours are Basically brown-reddish with black.


(This section of me finding my colour scheme s not finished im unable to read my note that i made while i was on the bus. So im tryong to understand what i wrote as soon as i figure that out i will add the rest of my notes.looool :) )

Day 1

Today has been quite a productive day checked and re-worked my statement of intent in the library. The later on in the day in small groups did a crit where I got peer feedback about my FMP where its going , what I need to do etc. Speaking to Hillary and Mazika the feedback they gave me . Is to look at the history of certain buildings and look how they have changed over the years- if new buildings have been built in the certain area of a previous building or knocked down. Look at how the shape of the building has changed in any particular way. While Emily comment that I do a continues draw of all the buildings on my bus journey.
Speaking to Emily and other people I was indecisive of what colour to use for my collection . So with that Emily suggest that when I’m going home I write down all the colours I see from the buildings.

London Olympic 2012

The ArcelorMittal Orbit and it was yesterday unveiled as the £19.1m artistic centrepiece of the 2012 Olympic Park. Designed by artist Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond, the 115 metre-tall red steel tower will dominate the east London landscape and become, it is hoped, a permanent visitor attraction for generations to come.

Its Been Awhile........

Since Ive last Been on my Blog :( and actually posted anything, But now im back and going to start reguarly updating it. Recently started brainstorming ideas for FMP and i feel for this collection i want to look at ARCHITECTURE/ART DECO. I want this collection to focus more on complex pattern cutting taking ideas from looking at the shape , structure of of old building aswell as new modern buildings.

So whats the PLAN over the easter holiday I intend to visit exhibitions -but im not sure where yet :). Go to the library and start researching the history of art deco & architecture . Begin skecthbook there no time for slackin on my FMP. P.S write up my statement of intend aswell.