This unit I am following on from my previous work, expanding this drawing style with new line qualities and shapes. My last collection showed a graphics style of print, with complex layers and exciting angles across a surface. I aim to refine this into more structured pattern work and surface design in this new collection. I am using my previous collection and also the research that it entailed as my starting point as I feel that near to the end of the last project I was creating work that I was very interested in and could be pushed much further. The use of positive and negative spaces to create complex and detailed prints needs to be explored more, expanding research into pattern construction and repeat processes will benefit this greatly.
I have gone back to basics and begun research into interior wallpaper, however I am focussing on bright and eye catching prints as this is where I envision my work to be. The use of colour and pattern to transform a room is both interesting to me and also a fresh idea in my practice. I have always used a more muted colour pallet so I am going to explore how my prints can really come alive once brighter colour is added.
Researching into vibrant print I have become very interested in optical prints, the use of line and opposing colours to create texture is intriguing. Works from artist such as Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are simple with the use of black and white but are every changing in depth the more they are observed. This drawing style relates well to mine and the construction is something I am going to explore. I am going to explore first with black and white, to control the shaping on the patterns and the balance of positive and negative spaces. The idea of turning a flat, uninteresting surface into once with many shapes and virtual layers is an exiting area to move into. If this style of drawing is successful I am going to explore colour relationships, focussing on two opposing colours and the optical blending across a print.
