project proposal

I intend to design a high street based town that will be printed onto a flat mat or oil cloth, for children of ages 3-6years to play with.

I will use reportage style and sketches from observation to fuel my design. I have taken inspiration from Laura Lockhart and her ‘Up my Street’, a concertina book of the disappearing shops from our high street.  The graphic shapes and bold colours she uses, as well as the texturised print, adds to the effect of peeling paint and weathered buildings. 

I will design a mat/table cloth and bag to put it in.

1. My client would be places like Early Learning Centre, Ikea, Argos.
2.  I will have a scale model of the mat with details shown, with a slide of the different buildings featured within it.
3. To ensure a  professional finish, I’ll research into what materials and print techniques others have used to create rugs, table cloths and mats.
4. For processes, I will work from sketches and use the print studio to look at using limited colours and screen printing.I will research print and its use in mixed media.
   
5. How will I explore a range of processes, materials and techniques?
   
6. For reflection upon my work, I will make notebooks with the weeks and dates on them, to look back on my analysis and thoughts.

11. For research I’ll look at graphic printmakers like emily sutton, Laura Carlin.
12. How will I analyse other people’s work?
13. How will I best communicate my ideas to peers and in tutorials?
14. From tutorials, I will note down improvements suggested and any problems that may occur, to stay on top of the work load. 
15. To manage time I will produce a time scale graph, to monitor my progress.I will allow extra time at the end incase the project has any unseen difficulties.
16. To evidence progress I will keep a blog and update it often. 
17. Can I foresee any problems or barriers to the development of my project?