I first started by producing drawings for my forms and nature research with different media before I decided on how I would do my panel and box.

This is my final design of my panel inspired by chasing and repousse technique. I first drew on the paper before I pierced holes with a needle before I used thread to draw some parts/

Scoring and folding Box

These Figures below are the final design of my box starting from the small images right through to the large side. I started by drawing out the layout that I wanted for the box which was square with a lid at 12×8 cm. I took the skeleton poppy head and the flowers throughout my designs with vines throwing through the pattern. I started off small and as soon as you go around the box, the drawings go bigger. I drew tabs on the box and lid then stuck on with double sided tape which worked better than the thread. I used a needle to poke the holes then stuck on dark grey card behind the pattern to make the dots stand out. The lid has dark grey card attached to the watercolour card as the box lid while the white watercolour card is made so the edges hang over the sides of the box so that the patterns flow through. I used a thick watercolour card to make the box sturdy.

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These are some examples of my different variations and techniques of eco patination that I have done through week 11.

I first started my research on forms and nature by producing a variety of different drawings of leaves, poppy seeds, skeletal poppy seed heads and flowers in a variety of different media to see what is best for my panel and chasing and repousse box. I  took these for inspiration and designed a range of jewellery variations that could be used for my piece of jewellery or medal out of wax. The images in this post shows my drawings in different media, designs for my wax piece and my final wax piece. I used, ink, pens, pencils, needle and thread, carbon paper, needle to poke holes and draw in the paper, pastel shavings pressed into holes, paper to cut out shapes and coloured card for backgrond.

Wax Medal

These are the designs for my wax carving of a piece of jewellery along with my final piece of a medal which is poppy seed pods made out of blue wax and leaves out of pink wax sheet.

The poppy seed pod is made with blue wax which i pierced out the shape using a saw and smoothed the edges then i used my wax burnisher then used the wax tools to shaped out the dip in the wax. The pink leaf wax has been cut out then used a wax tool for the pattern. I stuck them on with the red wax. This is my medal piece.

I started with my research on the Art Nouveau and the Arts and crafts movement.  The distinguished characteristics of of Art Nouveau is the unique decorative characteristic of Art Nouveau is its undulating irregular line, often taking the form of flower stalks and buds, vine tendrils, insect wings, and other gentle and sinuous natural objects. The lines may be sophisticated and elegant or infused with a strongly rhythmic and whiplike strength. It works most frequently in architecture, interior design, jewellery, glass design, posters and illustrations. It was attempted deliberately to create a new style which would be free of historicism that has dominated the 19th Century art and design.

Edward Lear, 1902.
He drew this illustration for one his limericks: “There was an Old Man in a tree/Who was horribly bored by a Bee/When they said, ‘Does it buzz?’/He replied, ‘Yes, it does!’/‘It’s a regular brute of a Bee!’”

Ernest Haeckel Mushroom Toadstool Biology 1899-1904

Ernst Haeckel, 1899-1904
The otherworldly beauty of Jellyfish
“Nature generates an inexhaustible cornucopia of wonderful forms, the beauty and variety of which far exceed the crafted art forms produced by human beings.”- Ernst Haeckel

The characteristics of the Arts and Crafts movement are a belief in craftsmanship which stresses the inherent beauty of the material, the importance of nature as inspiration, and the value of simplicity, utility, and beauty. The movement often promoted reform as part of its philosophy and advanced the idea of the designer as craftsman. William Morris believed people should be surrounded by beautiful, well-made things. This vision inspired the emergence of the Arts and Crafts movement in the 1860s. Morris’s lectures and essays on art and his rediscovery of traditional craft techniques helped spread the movement, as did the decorative designs and products from his company: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.

He was the most important ceramic artist and classed as one of the most important pioneers of the Arts & Crafts movement.. His achievements in the world of design varied from stained glass to furniture painting, but he is probably most celebrated for the glorious Persian, Iznik, and figurial designs which he recreated onto tiles and ceramics.William De Morgan “Mongolian” Motif

Pencil and watercolour sketch for wallpaper designWilliam Morris, ”Trellis” wallpaper 1862