Final Idea

These are images of my final ideas. I like the outcomes, but feel if I had thought of this idea sooner, I would have been able to develop it further and improve it in order to achieve the full potential of this project.

Collages

These are my collections of collages, using old drawings my siblings and I did when we were younger, photographs and me and my mum and sister, letters I have received over the years, photographs I have edited over the course of this project and photographs of me and my sister.

Development

I have tried some different techniques and found I like working with silhouettes. I have tried making silhouettes out of newspaper and screen printing. I would like to try working with collages and silhouettes together, as I mentioned working with collages in my statement of intent, and think the two could work well together.

Some ideas

These were my initial ideas for my final pieces. I like the images, but felt that I could develop them further, and experiment with some different ideas.

 

 

 

Typography

I wanted to look at typography relating to my own childhood, from music, films and foods I remember enjoying. I found old logos, and developed my own typefaces from these and also found some typefaces on www.dafont.com, www.abstractfonts.com and www.myfonts.com.

What People Used To Say When They Were Little

"Duck" - Me
"I've found a coat-hanger" - Me
"Barbits" - Me
"What's it like to be you?" - Me and Sister
"Girl Power!" - Me and Sister
"Put her in the bagset" - Sister
"I'll be Bambi" - Sister
"Emmy do it" - Sister
"No, no, do it like this" - Sister (to me)
"Reading time" - Me, Sister and Brother
"Frere" - Brother
"Bra bra" - Mum
"Rap rap" - Mum
"Look at my face" - Mum (to me)
"Kiss me honey honey" - Mum (to me)
"What a do ee wants now" - Auntie

Ideas

From the research and development I have completed, I would like to create some images, encorporating typography that is relevant to my own childhood. For example, I could look at the typography from the titles of films I used to watch, music I used to listen to, games I used to play and the logos from food I used to like when I was younger. I could then use some of these styles of typography on top of my images from my childhood. For the typography itself, I thought I could experiment using words or phrases my family and I used to say when we were little.

Rob Clarke

 I like this style of typography because they have a particularly nostalgic feel to them due to their old, vintage style and the dull, worn colours used.

This style of typography is very simple, and reminds me of the typography used many years ago, which I think helps to reflect my theme of nostalgia. 

The Brynild company was founded in 1895, and manufactures and distributes confectionary. Therefore, I think it could provoke a feeling of nostalgia when people look back and remember the sweets, chocolate and nuts they ate when they were little. The logo itself reminds me of similar logos for baking products, which I think give a feeling of nostalgia as we remember a time when we used to bake or have things baked for us.

 The Hovis company has been around since 1886, and so will have been eaten by many generations of people. The typography is a recognisable aspect of the brand, so is relevant to my theme of nostalgia. The television advert for Hovis shows a young boy running through time, all the way from 1886, showing all the major events that have happened in Britain since then. Therefore, I think Hovis is a strong link to nostalgia.

Places Of Nostalgia

Hathersage Playground

Forge Dam

Endcliffe Park

Reflection

From the work I have done so far, I have focussed mainly on my own nostalgia. For instance, I have looked at many photographs from my own childhood, and looked at toys and books I had when I was younger. A main aspect of nostalgia is places, so I think I should also look at places I used to visit often when I was little, and perhaps try and recreate some old photographs of these places. During a group crit, I was advised to look back on my own childhood memories, both good and bad, and also remember traditions, stories, things I used to eat and say. I was also advised to look into some typographers.

Observational Drawing

I wanted to do some observational drawing to see what kind of imagery I could create from my own nostalgia. I did these drawings using black fine liner pen, on a variety of different surfaces.

I prefer the sketches I did using the method of continual line drawing. This is because I think the drawings themselves are not only clearer, but more interesting as well.