Christian Bell in on his 3rd year fine art degree, Christian presented his creation in the form of action research. “Action research is simply a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by … in which the practices are carried out” (Carr and Kemmis 1986: 162).
He calls it, Places of making not places of guarding. He used the influence of DR. Stephen Pritchard, who “is an artist and academic, researching and practising activist art projects in community settings in order to create spaces for community empowerment, resistance and liberation” (Pritchard, S. 2016).
He approach the ‘Town Scope Heritage Funding’
He also said, “memory and imagination of a place in time, forgotten”. (Bell, C. 2020).
He coordinated a place making not place guarding exhibition. He create dan event at The Prism Gallery Blackburn where the original attendees of ‘Peepers night club. Peepers was based underground beneath the Turkish baths, the baths were demolished between 1883 & 1984. As Peepers was underneath the baths, the ground was filled in.
Peepers was an underground nightclub between the 1970’s and 1980’s and people who attended are around 50 years old today. The nightclub exists, “only in memory and imagination” (Bell, C. 2020). Christian wanted to revisit the time and place to engage it differently. (I personally loved this idea; I may try to carry out this practice for a self-realisation.
Christian says, his exhibition/event was not a reunion as such but, the regulars from the 1980’s who attended the exhibition in 2020 all came together. The event had nostalgia from the original Peepers night club, Coca Cola and Lilt was the only drink available to purchase as it was back in the days of Peepers night club.
The feedback was quite big, this was due to social media and communication is still continuing around this event. From social media it was found that, the DJ at the time played a song ‘ Blame it on the boogie’ during the night, the attendees were not happy and because of the reaction to the song playing, the DJ through the vinyl record of Blame it on the Bogie onto the dance floor, the people then destroyed the vinyl record. This became a weekly thing at Peepers, it was heavy rock and moshing music that was played traditionally each week; hence the reactions of a chart song being played mid set.
Q&A session after this presentation;
What things did you had to carry out when approaching finding for this project?
Risk assessment forms, a lot of data had to be provided.
Lots of paperwork.
Coordination can be quite difficult
What does the funding organisation get from sponsoring this project?
Collaboration of artists.
Networking.
What would you do in future projects like this one?
Feedback forms such as, post codes, how likely are you about attending?
Advice Christian gave for anyone who is interested in doing their own project:
Networking is very good for making contacts and funding resources.
Go to artist exhibitions, another way to make connections in the art world.
David Gaphney – Arts Council. Project grant survey, April 8th, 2020, Blackburn College visit.
January 16th 2020 visit. Here are some photographs taken from the tour around Ian Mankin business.
Fabric covered books
Boat cogs
Speakers
Roll of string fabric ready to go onto the looms
Leader machine
Looms
Feeders
Fabric made from loom
This is actually string being fed into the loom
This is actually string being fed into the loom
Quality control who checks for any errors in fabrics
Initial concepts to answer the Ian Mankin brief
Concepts for the Ian Mankin brief
New product line, stationary for a younger target audience:
Book covered in fabric, (examples of this already at Ian Mankin)
Pencil cases
iPad cases
Portfolio covers
Folder covers
Clip board covers
Pen/pencil wraps
Cup sleeve/collar
Label and logo for the new line, (encompass the brand, UK made, carbon footprint, Eco friendly and recycling)
Made in the UK
Recycled/able
Carbon footprint
Weaving
Looms
Stitching
Packaging idea
Puma, (Clever little box)
Toms shoes, (each shoe purchase give one away to the poor)
Fabric for life, (fabric for lives)
Contact with Ian Mankin via social network sites, Q&A’s
Facebook page.
Message sent to Ian Mankin Facebook asking, when wall coverings was introduced into the product line?
Reply message.
IM Reply, thank you
Pinterest page.
Ian Mankin social network activity. Facebook and Pinterest pages.
Screenshot of wallpaper coverings, Ian Mankin design.
Company’s that are reducing their carbon footprint
Patagonia Recycled Polyester video
Carbon footprint and Eco friendly designers
Eves Bayer. “PUMA and Yves Béhar developed over 21 months a more sustainable packaging and distribution system in keeping with PUMA’s ongoing commitment to sustainability”. (Puma 2010).
Packaging presentation on ‘The Clever Little Bag’ by Eves Bayer
Blake Mycoskie discovered the typical soft shoe called Alpargata (similar to the Spanish Espadrilles but also that a lot of children don’t have shoes which leads to major health issues. Scholtus, P. (2006). “So I decided to use my entrepreneurial background and create a business model that would give one-for-one, so we could build a business by selling shoes and, at the same time, give them away” Gordon, J. (2008).
Puma Eco Table
Moodboard screenshot examples from Ianmankin.co.uk
Ian Mankin moodbaord images, (Ian Mankin. 2020)Range of Ian Mankin fabrics sourced from the textiles department at Blackburn College.
My moodboard for new line of products targeting the younger audience
Created a mood board for my younger target audience for my new stationary line
Pencilcase tutorial 1
Pencil case in 10 steps pdf. (jessyrafink. 2014)
Textiles Designing Pencil Case One
Final Pencil Cases
Pencilcase tutorial 2
(Spoon Full of Sugar, 2012).
DIY: iPad Case.
DIY: iPad Case. (cremedelacraft.com).
Video tutorial on how to make a iPad case
(Guidecentral English, 2015)
Logo will encompass, the brand Ian Mankin’s carbon footprint, recycling, and reusing.
Screen recording of how I created digital vectors
How I created digital vectors
Screen shots of vector process using Adobe Illustrator
Finished digital vectors
Logo design and development exploration
Developing logo design
Logo Layouts
Laser Cutting of IM Logos to be made into stamps for my tags.
Sutcliffe, C. (2019).
Further exploration with IM logo stamps
Debbie Fisher from Ian Mankin came into Blackburn College today to see the work we FAD students are producing for the Ian Mankin brief.
Show case of my work on the IM brief so far to Ian Mankin’s visitor of Debbie Fisher. Problem: The ‘eco friendly’ was not flipped during design process. Solution: Laser cut more correctly. Solution: Make stickers to get the project finished
Self adhesive printable sheets to print process tables onto
Self adhesive printable sheets
Tags – Logo and process table in sticker form for final tags
ECO/PROCESS TABLE
Process table design
Label/Tag designing
Label development
Final Tags on New Product Line to Showcase
Coffee sleeve video tutorial
(Creative, 2020)
Coffee sleeve development
Physical examples of coffee sleeve design
Although the tags would look great if the process table was stamped onto the back, I have decided to try a clear self adhesive material. Sourced some from Amazon.
Final Book Cover
Ian Mankin Visit – Debbie Fisher feedback – Feb 5th, 2020
Definitely use my stamps. (My stamps could be a way of showing customers the fabric process. (Debbie took a photo of my stamps to show to IM manger)
Use pinking shears for cutting fabric, this will keep fabric from fraying
None organic material is recycled
Lined yarn is grown naturally in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany.
Recycled yarn is sourced from Italy
IM excess/waste thread is produced when cutting fabric from rolls, IM are working on a way to put the waste fabric back into the IM cycle
I now intend to create a new process table that puts the waste fabric into the process table.
I mentioned another idea I have, ‘Toms’ when a pair of Toms shoes are purchased, another pair of shoes are donated to poor people. (Give something back).
Look at how people’s jobs where/are affected and how weaving came into the community
Look at the people in the design process, how are they affected
New Process Table Produced from Debbie Fisher Feedback
Final New Process Table – Circular as in recycling
Took onboard the feedback from Debbie Fisher, and concentrated on the yarn to fabric, waste and cut off being put back into yarn, a circular process to cut down more waste.
Final New Product Line
General Evaluation – Ian Mankin Brief
Why selected this brief? Redirection from MANW and coming out of my comfort zone, trying something new, textiles)
Research – artists and designers, IM & Eco considerations? Carbon footprint, I am very passionate about the ecological effect of the human footprint. Recycled materials, Balsa was used as it is 50% better for the environment than plywood.
Problems – what went wrong and how did you resolve problems? (Trouble shooter and annotations).
Planning & Production – concept/ideas?
Practical skills – what carried out and what learned?Textiles, screen printing, made my own eco stamps of eco logos for my tags, Deeper understanding of ecological problems and how I can reduce my own carbon footprint. Reusable coffee cups and water bottles also recycle used materials each opportunity I get.
Evaluation & Reflection – what do differently – Supporting artists and designers, overall progression and development, materials and processes, new skills. (Debbie Fisher feedback).
What would you do differently? Screen printing, I created a piece of work in AI on one layer, now I know that layers are easier to create an acetate print using PS layers.
Designing posters to use for screen printing. I have had to separate all icons form one layer to several layers, this is so I can screen print a range of Eco colours.
Screenshots of the separated layers
I am hoping. the final poster will look like this but, as a screenprint
Screenshots of the layers separated and then changed colour to black, this is to enable clarity when creating screens for screen printing
Slideshow of poster design of layouts exploration
Photoshop Design Screenshots of the separating layers process.
I intend to create A3 sized posters. I am enquiring about using the UCBC laser cutter to laser cut the icons onto either, rubber, Lino or wood and then make my own stamps to make an Eco poster using sustainable inks, paints.
Further experimenting with my Eco icons.
Poster development, screen printed backgrounds then printed type and vectors onto the screen prints using a laser printer
“The Art of Batik. Batik is an ancient art that has been practiced for 2,000 years in southeast Asia. … The process uses dye-resistant wax to create elaborate patterns and designs, and the wax is then washed to reveal the batik pattern or the process is repeated to create multiple colours” (www.thebatikboutique.com).
I have had the pleasure of becoming part of the ‘National Saturday Club’ at Blackburn College as an ambassador. “Blackburn College’s Art&Design Saturday Club runs exciting and engaging creative workshops in a range of art and design processes including drawing, ceramics, printmaking, spot welding, design, typography, photography, fashion and textiles”. (thenationalsaturdayclub.com, at Blackburn College.
Sat Club Week 1 – Lino Printing.
The club had a go at Lino cut pricing today, it was a successful session in respect of the club enjoying the technique.
Sat Club Week 2 – Impression Printing & Batik Printing.
Sat Club Week 3-Drawing tecniques
Drawing, using different techniques, hands, no hands, eyes closed & not looking at paper.
Week 4, Illustration session 1
I introduced the ISC to Adobe Illustrator today.
Week 5, Illustration session 2
Week 6 Textiles
Week 7 Abstract Art
Work sheet created by myself for this weeks Saturday club task.
As part of the British Textile Biennial, we had the opportunity to see Jamie Holman’s exhibition. Lovely space, excellent exhibits. Well done Jamie Holman.
As part of the British Textile Bienniel, students were invited to the Adidas exhibition. We had the pleasure of the Darwen born artist ‘Gary Aspden’ giving a talk on his rise in artistry. He started with his growing up, family and enede up on his creative career today.
Traine
Free bag from the event signed by Gary Aspden. “Keep it Spezial”
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