Wanting to get on with the project quickly meant that I was trying to run before I could walk, I just needed to get some repeats togethers to see if my drawings were going to work in the way I wanted them to. What I learnt however is that I really need a larger bank of drawings to work with before I begin thinking about the composition of the wallpapers in the end. Having a library of wonderful, well thought out drawings to work with in the final stages is far more valuable than having a bank of mediocre repeat prints. Not to say that I don't think these repeat examples don't work well, they're just not fitting for the market that I'm aiming my project towards (luxury wall coverings), I can imagine these more fitting to something like a high-end silk tie or suit linings, which is obviously not what I'm heading for. However, after showing these in a group crit, I do understand how valuable little things like this can be - in the future, there might not be anyone interested in buying my wallpaper of final products, although they might be very interested in buying pieces like this to influence their company's work. Something that is just practise to me, could be very valuable in the hands of people that know how to market it and what to do with it, a thought that I will bare in mind from now on I think.
These just aren't how I imagine my final works to look, it's not where I want to be headed. The repeat is quite ditsy, although on a larger scale would obviously be more fitting to wall covering. Scale is definitely something that I need to address in future, but for now I think I'll continue with the technical drawings and try to break away from this tiled aesthetic that seems to appear when I repeat the work I have at the moment.
No comments:
Post a Comment