‘Trace me your wheel track...
...your fortunate bicycle’
Abluvio is an illustrated idea based off of the brief we were given, making use of the phrase “trace me your wheel tracks, your fortunate bicycle�. Taking this phrase I expanded the meaning of it by looking into measurement of time, instead of distance (wheel tracks). I created a speedometer showing the wear and tear of time in two ways, the mileage counter and the damage done to it as it increases in speed. This conveys the concept that as things ages they become damaged, a vague and beautiful re concept of the sentence given.
Abluvio Corey Dixon 297 x 210 mm
The line: ‘Trace me your wheel tracks, your fortunate bicycle’, drew me immediately to the idea of tracks and journeys as the statement carries somewhat of a proverbial tone. By experimenting with different forms of media such as charcoal, ink, graphite and screen-printing, I created a series of flowing lines which represented the tracks left behind by a wheel. However, I found these experiments to be a little too ambiguous so consequently did more research into the sentence itself and discovered it was from the poem ‘Myfanwy’ by the Welsh poet John Betjeman who uses a lot of natural and light-hearted imagery within his poem. I wanted to reflect this in my final piece so decided to use a more rustic card than my initial black on white drawings, as well as adding a child’s wheel and stabilisers to reflect the playfulness evident in the poem.
Traning Wheels Amber Hicks 570 x 420 mm
My sentence is ‘Trace me your wheel tracks, your fortunate bicycle.’ I have decided to go with the time factor in this sentence. My images are about the journey of time. I’ve chosen the journey of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. The first image i traced the butterfly and caterpillar, cut then out and painted over the image with water colours and coloured the background with a printed image and pastel. The second image was made by illustrator and photoshop. using chalk pastel for the background i also added a watercolour filter. This image was also made by using illustrator and Photoshop. I also used some mono print on the main butterfly. Transformation Itai Ankrah 297 x 210 mm
This particular peice is based on the quote ‘Trace me your wheel tracks, your fortunate bicyle’. The idea of time, journey and fortune came to mind and basically based my work and development around these three words. I experimented with different types of outcome and came across the idea of texture representing different atmosphere and feelings. This peice represents different elements of journey. The black photo copy yarn signifies souls or human footprints. The three wheel tracks signifies travel and the cross section represents ‘togetherness’. The colours red symbolises present, yellow for pass and blue for future. Time and Fortune Nurus Saifulbahri 841 x 594 mm
“Trace me your wheel tracks your fortunate bicycle” conjured up many images. I chose to experiment more with perhaps the most literal one of a mountain ridge-almost like a silhouette. I love the effect the mono printing workshop gave my images but it was’t until we started experimenting with type that I really linked it to the sentence, inspired by the words ‘trace me’. This then led to ideas of following and shadows and I began to experiment with repeating the image. For my final image I repeated the single shape of a mountain; from one of my initial drawings, and faded it each time to accentuate the ideas of tracing and following. I also mirrored the shape underneath in a vibrant pink colour to bring up ideas of shadows.
Decay Tessa Jones 1188 x 210 mm
My brief was set around the sentence ‘Trace me your wheel tracks, your fortunate bicycle’. My first thoughts when looking at this brief was to focus on specifics words and depict them, I focused strongly on tracks. Using different materials to try and capture the textures created by the bike tracks. As I researched further I saw the progression of the bicycle and saw that the sentence was telling of a journey. My final piece shows how the bicycle has evolved through time alone with the surrounding environment. I used after effects and created a short film of the bicycle’s travel and alterations. The background shows a progression also with first a country scene moving onto villages and finally a modern cityscape. I made use of my sentence using typography to give greater meaning to the words. Bicycle Evolution Video Samantha Havard 00:00:26
Group 8 Collaboration Samantha Havard Tessa Jones Itai Ankrah Nurus Saifulbahri Corey Dixon