Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION OUIL603 Extended Practice
Level
06
Credits 60
STUDIO PRACTICE Project Proposal Name
Amy Choi
Blog Address
Date
02/02/2017
www.a-choi1417-sp.blogspot.co.uk
Rationale After completing COP I decided that the practical was too ambitious to achieve in a short amount of time and that I would dedicate time to the project another time in the future. For FMP I would like to produce a Naturalist paper activity box that aims to educate children about naturalist discoveries on nature.
Themes / Subjects
Naturalists- Charles Darwin, Beatrix Potter and Maria Sibylla Merian Nature- Plants, flowers and leaves Nature studies- Insects, butterflies and life cycles, drawings of plants, leaves and flowers. Animals Observational Miniatures Textures Mixed media Process
Professional Context & Contextual References Professional Context include: Waterstones Art shop Contemporary illustration shop Contextual References Katie Scott Charley Harper Maria Sibylla Merian Danielle Kroll Red cap cards The Printed Peanut
BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice – Major Brief BRIEF TITLE Naturalist paper activity box Brief To create a paper activity box on people that have contributed to nature. That aims to educate young children aged 5-12 about nature, plants, animals, insects and the earth whilst simultaneously being a fun activity. Naturalist/botanical humans Beatrix Potter Charles Darwin Maria Sibylla Merian Products & Proposals
Function & Context
Paper dioramas Paper creatures Stickers Garland Selection of wrapping papers
Educational Teach young children about naturalists
Context & Distribution
Audience & Tone of Voice
Schools Bookshop Home
5-12 year old children
Additional information/Considerations How much to research
Schools Bookshop Home
Informative Educational
Places to visit Paper construction Box building How to foil
Deliverables A box filled with paper dioramas, paper creatures, stickers, garland and selection of wrapping papers based on Beatrix Potter, Charles Darwin and Maria Sibylla Merian
ACTION PLAN – use this section to identify specific tasks that you need to complete in order to resolve the brief. Week What do you need to do? 1
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RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Sheffield Botanical garden
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Details I will visit Sheffield botanical garden to see the selection of plants and document research through taking photographs, reading information about the plants and doing observational drawings and continue nature studies for further development once I have gathered the all the research.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Hilltop farm
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Details For this research trip I aim to visit Beatrix Potter’s home based at Hilltop farm and go on the Beatrix Potter tour. Whilst on the tour I will take notes and pictures of the experience and learn more about Beatrix Potter and gather a greater knowledge and perspective on her life.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY Natural history museum
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Details I aim to learn about Charles Darwin on this trip and observe the taxidermy collections and do studies on the collections as well.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY Kew Gardens
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For this trip I would like to see an array of plants and learn about a variety of plants to do first hand nature studies and also take photographs if possible to document all the plants.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY William Morris textiles now and then @ Fashion and textiles museum in London
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Details
William Morris has explored a florals and plants in his work a lot in particular amongst the patterns and prints which I think would be useful contextual research and reference for the wrapping papers and prints in the paper activity box.
BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS / TEXTS - (Harvard Referenced)
Everard, B., Morley, B.D., Stearn, W.T. and Green, P.S. (1983) Wild flowers of the world. New York: Distributed by Bookthrift.
Maria Sibylla Merian (2013) Neues Blumenbuch
Maria Sibylla Merian (2013) Das Insektenbuch
Maria Sibylla Merian (2012) Das kleine Buch der Tropenwunder: Kolorierte Stiche von Maria Sibylla Merian
Broom, Jenny and Katie Scott. Animalium. 1st ed. Print.
MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)
ON LINE REFERENCES / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)
OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)
William Morris Textiles Now and Then- Fashion and textiles museum Josef Frank Patterns-furniture- painting- Fashion and textiles museum
BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice STUDIO PRACTICE
Project Proposals 10 steps to producing persuasive project proposals
1. Set clear aims and objectives 2. Be SMART (Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic , Time Conscious) 3. Use words from your brief 4. Justify the need for your proposal 5. Describe your audience 6. Describe your motivations 7. Consider the reader 8. Eliminate vagueness 9. Visualise the ending 10. Assume nothing