Task 1 – Part 1

What do you want to achieve over the final 10 weeks on the

Foundation Programme?
Please respond to the questions below as a starting point. This
document is a Prop/Prompt for you and your developed answers
should be copied across to the appropriate position on your
Weebly site.

Question 1
Reflect on your work you've created so far and consider on how your use of materials,
tools, techniques and processes reflect the broader ideas and message that you are interested to
convey. What materials, tools, techniques and processes have you used and how can you employ a
broader range of materials and techniques to explore your theme in Module 3? 

For module 3 I have been particularly focusing on my interest of collage and

researching and trying out different techniques to decide which would best fit the
themes of my final piece. I have discovered a specific type of collage created by
Kurt Schwitters called 'Merz Collage', whereby the collage is created using found
objects and items around the house that once had a function and no longer do, yet
still hold a semantic meaning. So far out of my collage research I feel this directly
links to the themes of my final piece by relating to the areas of fulfilling the inner
child needs as an adult that were originally missing within childhood. For example,
in my final piece I am thinking of using items such as flight tickets from trips I have
organised and taken myself on in an attempt to rectify the loss of adventure I feel I
experienced as a child.

My next phase of research and experimentation is going to use a broader spread of

materials, particularly looking at fabrics and how these react within a collage when
combined with paints. Rather than my final piece being so regimented on the idea of
time and moving away from childhood, I am going to add in the consequences of
these 'little losses' and how these have impacted my personally, looking at it from
both a positive and negative angle. The final piece is becoming more
autobiographical therefore there will be new materials needed to consider. 

I have moved away from the title ‘Little Losses’ and replaced it with ‘Cracks’ as
this theme is looking at the how childhood trauma follows you into adulthood.

I'm interested in using fabrics within the collage, using different colours and
materials to represent different stages of comfort throughout my life,
placed comprehendible way within the piece.
Question 2
Reflect upon the audience and method of dissemination for your work. What does it communicate
and who is it communicating to? What does it offer to the viewer/customer/client and their
lifestyle? Where will the work be situated? How can you market your work?  

I feel like this piece can communicate to a wide demographic of people, particularly those
who grew up working class. Not everyone had the opportunities to go on holidays or had
the types of parents who would invite friends over etc. This piece can also go out to anyone
who feels they have experienced a lack of warmth or loving within childhood. It is not just
focused on the physical things missing but the emotional too.

Within this work I’d like to communicate that there are ways to turn your life around and
rectify the things you felt were missing. As an adult, we are more in control of our actions
(generally speaking and to an extent of course) therefore there is the potential to fill those
little holes through creating positive experiences for ourselves. I feel this could offer a
feeling of hope or open the eyes to the opportunity of progression within the viewer. I want
it to expand peoples’ mindsets from solely focusing on the negatives of childhood trauma
into using it to shape you as a person, leading you to more fulfilling experiences whilst still
acknowledging that the trauma happened.

This piece will be made onto a large wood canvas so will be situated on a wall. It would fit
both a gallery space or in a home. I want it to be a comforting piece of artwork that would
fit within a few scenarios. To market the work I would promote it either online through my
art accounts or selling it in a market.

Question 3
We make, design and produce work to be shared, and to elicit a reaction or provoke a response.
What response would you like to provoke in your Audience/Client/Viewer/User? Are you the kind of
designer/artist/producer who aims to disrupt - to entertain or to question? Is your work ironic,
playful, educational or political? Use this space to think about the response of your target audience
on viewing your work - how do you want them to react? What is an ideal response? 

My work tends to be very personal, so for this piece I am expanding on this by

creating a final piece that follows the story of my life to becoming who I am today
using a range of mediums such as collage with 2D and 3D objects, painting with
acrylics and spray paints, collaging, photomontage and more. I'd like to provoke a
mixed response of both questioning and then understanding as the viewer looks
deeper and follows the story of my piece. This work will be very autobiographical
yet displayed in a more abstracted format. Though abstract, I'd like the story to be
distinguishable so I will need to play around with materials and create a mock piece
so even I can visualise the final piece in a physical manner, making sure what I'm
trying to share is comprehendible. 

Initially my plan was to create a piece called ‘little losses’ which focuses on the
continuous feeling of something missing in your childhood which follows you into
adulthood. Instead, I’m now going to use this but expand on it whilst looking at the
consequences and how this can affect you as an adult. And how though something
may have been missing as a child, this can be responded to in both a negative and
positive way. This piece will follow my responses of this feeling. I have moved
away from the title ‘Little Losses’ and instead changed it to ‘Cracks’, signifying the
 damage that has been done that follows you into adulthood.

I'd like this piece to allow the audience to gain a deeper understanding of who I am
through both textural and visual representation. As I build as a person and an artist
through the timeline of the piece, so will the layers and elements added to it. I'd like
the understanding of the viewer to progress as the timeline structure of the art itself
progresses. 

Task 1 – Part 1

What is your Project Concept?

Please outline the project themes - and the ideas that you wish to explore. Focus on the meaning
behind the work rather than processes, materials or skills. (There is a space for this information
further on in the document) This is a short module - so it is critical that you make a swift decision
and commit to an idea early. We know that this is hard - but push yourself hard here and work to
get to the making, design and production stage with confidence. 

The theme for this piece will be looking at the consequences of childhood trauma and how
that affects you as an adult. I will be looking at these consequences from both a positive
and negative perspective, showing how this can shape you to be a better person. This
theme is about acknowledging the good within the bad whilst still recognising and
acknowledging that these things happened. The title ‘Cracks’ explains how this trauma
follows you into adulthood and shapes you as a person.

Please give an overview of the project here.

What will your work look like? What technologies/tools/equipment/processes will you use?

My piece will be made onto a large wood canvas. It is going to multi-layered with 3D
elements combined. I will be using found objects from charity shops and my own
belongings within the piece to represent different things, such as wood, frames and canvas
board to add the 3D element. I am going to use collage, specifically photo collage and merz
collage as these both fit within my theme. It is going to be an autobiographical piece which
starts at childhood and ends at adulthood. There will be an abstracted tone to this artwork.

What skills will you need to develop in order to complete the work?
What will you need to learn? What existing strengths do you have that can help you to succeed?

I need to really focus on both my collage skills and knowledge. There are many different
types of collage yet to explore and learn about. To do this I need to hone in on my artist
research so I can develop my techniques with a bigger set of inspiration behind me.
 I feel I have a good sense of colour theory which will play to my advantage. Within
module 2 I really started developing my collage research and practice also, so this I will
develop throughout module 3 using what I’ve already learnt and more.

What will you do to sustain your practice and to develop your motivation,
understanding and confidence?
This focus of this question is your research practice - what has already inspired, informed and
influenced you? How can you push yourself beyond your comfort zone here? 

My research has mainly been looking at different collage practices so far. I have found the
works of Robert Rauchenberg and Kurt Schwitters interesting in terms of visuals and
method. I will be taking on some of their ideas and techniques into my final piece.

To expand my research, I will look at more collage practice. I am also going to look into
artists who create work with similar themes or concepts, both within collage but also other
mediums. The latest artist I have been looking into is Sierra Mclean who has created
surrealist work focusing on being on the other side of childhood. Her work has interesting
composition and though portrayed differently to my idea, has a similar theme behind it.

My next artist to research is Greg Sand. I came across his collage work the other day and
think his style perfectly fits in with my theme of missing pieces of self.

I feel this whole piece I am pushing myself beyond my comfort zone as usually I am a
painter, so working with collage materials is a new ball game for me. I also usually am
quite an intuitive artist, but I feel like collage takes a bit more planning to be executed well
so this is giving me space to practice that.

Task 1 – Part 2

This is a short module - and scheduling your activity and planning out your production arc will
help to ensure that you keep the project on track, with time to make a quality artefact for the
exhibition. The best project concept in the world will not lead to a successful outcome without
good, pragmatic planning. Remember, gathering or "procuring" materials will take time - and
supplier availability and high costs will slow you down and impact on your ability to make work.
You must factor this into your schedule. A prohibitively high cost on a particular material or item
may prompt you to investigate a more easily sourced and cheaper alternative, which can
improve your carbon footprint - and improve the "sustainability" of the project. 
Resources, Services and Tools - What will I need and what steps
must be taken to ensure access and availability?
What do you think you will need to complete the project? How can you begin to negotiate access
and co-ordinate your making with availability? 

Resource - Service or Tool How do I access/acquire What additional understanding,

(Add to the list as you this? expenditure or skill do I need to
progress) exploit this resource well?

Large Canvas I could buy one from the uni I do not know how to make canvases
art shop, or I could make however I believe there is a team within
one. Spike Island which can teach me to do
so.

Collage materials Found objects around the I need to use items that have a tie to
home. Using old books to rip either my childhood or adulthood.
up. Sourcing objects and
materials in charity shops.

Photos I have already printed some I need to investigate artists who collage
photos in the UWE library to faces and play around with different
use for my artwork techniques.

Paint I have a range of paints at I may use my UWE art shop funds to
home already accessible. add some new colours to my existing
ones.

Spray paints UWE Art Shop I need to learn some spray painting
techniques to make sure I don’t get
extra drippage or excess paint on the
canvas.

Frames Charity Shop I need to figure out which glues will

adhere these frames to my wooden
canvas the best.

Fabric UWE studio scrap section I need to work out which materials glue
and charity shops down better than others.

Sustainability
Use this page to identify aspects of your project relating to sustainability, unnecessary waste and
environmental concerns. What might you do to manage this and reduce your impact? If you can’t
manage it directly, could you take action to offset your carbon footprint? 

For my project I aim to primarily use items I already own to enhance the personal flair to
the piece. I also will source items from charity shops therefore fitting the sustainability
quota by using second-hand materials. I will also use materials from UWE to avoid
purchasing new goods as much as possible.
 Task 1 – Part 2

Project Budget
Please list below any cost or expenditure associated with your project. The aim here is to identify
the actual cost  of the work you have made, rather than the projected cost of a proposed
outcome. You do not need to list those materials that are freely available in the studios
(paper/pencils/acrylic paint etc) but do include more specific materials such as fabric, resin,
superglue, neoprene etc. You can add to this list as you progress through the project. 

Item Purchased Supplier Cost

Large Canvas ? ?

Book to use for collaging from charity shop YCMA £2.00

Charity Shop

Frames Charity shop £5.00

Canvas board The Works £6

Spray Paints UWE Art £20.00

Shop

Newspapers Bought £2.00

outside the
pub

Fabrics Charity Shop £2

The Exhibition and planning for it is a key part of this module, and must be considered alongside your
own emerging project. What are you going to exhibit? How should it be presented? How have other
creatives presented similar work? Research is key to help you to identify formats, conventions and
approaches to sharing your outcome. 

My planned outcome is best described as...

(Think about how the work will be created rather than how it will be shared or exhibited)

Traditional 2D (Drawing, Painting, Collage using real Yes No Not sure

tools/surfaces/materials) (Maybe)
Digital 2D - (Images produced using digital tools such as
procreate/photoshop etc.

Photography (Traditional or digital)

3D Sculptural or Decorative object 😊

3D Functional or Practical Object

Moving image piece - live action, Animation or Experimental hybrid.

Virtual piece  - (Augmented reality, 3D modelled object etc)

Performance Based Piece

Installation piece

Design, Client Brief or Pitch.

Design layout sheet or schematic.

In terms of Physical scale my anticipated outcome will be...

Small Scale – Smaller than a teapot – bigger than a breadbox.

Medium Scale – Bigger than a breadbox - smaller than a bicycle. 😊
Large Scale – Bigger than a bicycle - Smaller than a garden shed.
A collection or Series
Unknown/undefinable

In terms of its digital footprint my anticipated outcome will be...

A “Showreel” Piece of moving image less than a minute long

A “Showreel” Piece of moving image between one minute and five minutes
long
A “Platform” virtual Piece requiring its own computer.
A Projected piece requiring a computer and projector
Other – Please specify N/A
In the context of planning the end of year exhibition is your piece
best described as…

😊 (with 3D elements on the canvas)

A 2D piece of work fixed to a flat wall.

A 3D piece of work suspended from a secure

point in the ceiling.

A large floor mounted 3D object

A small 3D object displayed on a table or plinth.

A moving image sequence which could be part

of a showreel.

A virtual tool or artefact accessed through a

computer, tablet or smart phone.

What will need to be in place in order for you to complete your final
piece and to achieve your ambition and aims?

I need to make sure I schedule enough collage practice in for the

ultimate outcome of my piece.
I need to source a large canvas soon, or look into making one.
I need to source objects from charity shops that remind me of my
youth.
I need to make sure I have a good balance of working towards the
project but also researching.
I need to upload all of my documentation to weebly and write
about it.
I need to make sure my outside social life is quieter towards the
time of my final piece.
Project Planning and Scheduling
You cannot pass this module without completing a schedule.  You must complete a realistic
project schedule in order to pass the module. An additional and more detailed day by day
schedule on your website will enhance your submission, but you must complete this one first. 

Project Plan (What will Project Resources Project Milestones (Targets

you work on this week?) (What will you need to that you will need to hit to
Prepare/Learn or stay on track.)
complete in order to
achieve each milestone)

Week 1 Looking at new areas of Collage practice and artist

w/c 20.3.23 collage. Collect materials research
Module Launch for collage such as fabrics

Week 2 Start collecting materials I need to visit the UWE art

w/c 27.03.23 necessary shop to see what they have to
offer to use towards my final
piece.
I also need to collect free
materials from the studio.

Week 3 I will need to make sure Weebly content is uploaded so

w/c 03.04 by this point I am keeping far.
EASTER BREAK on top of my weebly
uploading so I don’t fall
behind. I will also need to
start visiting charity
shops to look for items
for my final piece.

Week 4 I need to have a break to I need research artists and

w/c 10.4.23 revitalise energy towards compare their work processes
EASTER BREAK the project. to my own to see where I can
 During this taking it
easier week I need to
research some more
artists for inspiration
Week 5 I need to start deciding
w/c 17.4.23 on the composition of my
piece, bringing the
concept into a visual
reality.
Week 6 I need to attend the
w/c 24.4.23 review week.
Review week: I also need to decide
Mandatory Pass/Fail what is going on the
background of my
canvas.
Week 7 This week I need to
w/c 01.5.23 complete my final project
Final project proposal proposal. I need to
complete 5th May latest expand on my work,
continuing with the
layering process.
Week 8 I need to make sure my
w/c 08.5.23 exhibition press pack is
Exhibition press pack complete.
padlets complete I need to create specific
collages to go along with
my piece surrounding
different levels of
comfortability at different
stages of my life.
Week 9 I need to review my work
w/c 15.5.23 and see if there are more
elements or processes
that I can add.
Week 10 I need to make sure my
w/c 22.5.23 final piece is completed
Module Deadline by the 23rd and all of my
weebly content is
evolve.
I will use collected materials
from the studio and the
charity shops to start playing
around with placement for the
final outcome.
To learn from the review week
I need to look up artists
suggested by my teachers and
peers to help inspire and grow
my work.
I need to play around with
some designs for the
background
I need to review my materials
and see if there are any
materials I can add to make
my work more dynamic.
I need to step by step fill out
the press pack as I further my
project. I need to review my
work so far and see what can
be added.
I need to speak with my tutor
to get some advice on how to
further my project.
To hit this deadline I need to
complete a few collage
segments.
I need to make sure I have
 uploaded. uploaded all photos of the
process onto weebly also. I
then need to write up about
this process.

Week 11 This week I need to make I need to attach some metal

w/c 29.5.23 sure my wooden canvas hooks to the back of the wood
has everything attached to ensure it will hang.
so it can hang on the wall
in the exhibition as I plan.

Week 12 I need to attend uni to May need to add metal clips or

w/c 05.6.23 make sure my piece hangers to the back to allow it
hangs as I want it to. to hang. If the piece is too
Install deadline: heavy then will need to find a
7th June 2pm place to prop it up.

Week 13 I need to invite friends to I need to send out online

w/c 12.6.23 the event. invitations to let people know
Exhibition open to public, of the exhibition
Students all take turns
invigilating

Week 14 Collectively we need to I will bring my car in so I can

w/c 19.6.23 take down the work and transport my work easily.
Pack down / all work return the studio to its
removed from studio prior state

What are the Health and Safety risks associated with my

chosen pipeline or workflow?
You must pick at least three and go on to explain the steps that you will take to ensure your
own safety and that of the people around you while working on the project. Evidence that
you have researched how this is managed in the creative industries AND applied it to your
own situation will enhance your submission.

List of possible What is the risk in the context of my What steps can I take to manage
risks. project? the risk and reduce the hazard?
Slips, Trips and
Falls

Working at
height

Working with For collaging I will be using scissors I need to complete this in a well-lit
Sharps and potentially a scalp knife to achieve room. When using the scissors and
the most specific results. scalp knife I need to make sure I
am always cutting the material
away from me.
Using electrical
equipment

Working with When using the spray paints I need to I will use the spray paints outside
Toxic or be aware of breathing in too many and wear a mask.
Harmful fumes, causing light-headedness.
materials

Working in the
dark

Working for
long periods at
a computer

The wood canvas itself Is quite heavy I will use my car to transport it.
Handling heavy so when transporting it into uni I need
or unwieldy to be careful.
items

Working I will need to use the spray paints I will make sure I’m in an empty,
outdoors or in outside. non public area so that nobody
public else is subjected to any fumes.

Working with
Specialist tools
or equipment.