Saturday, September 6, 2008

Lavender bush inspiration

These are the words I generated after re-reading the lavender bush story:
Curves, watercolour, dynamic type, rough illustration, organic, natural, honest, fluid, feminine, loss, repetition.


And here are some of my research images:









Ready, Set, Go!

I've had this written down for ages, but if I'm going to make a fresh start I should probably post it.

My thesis focused on narratives in relation to design and the elements of an effective narrative. For the project element I want to create an ‘artists book’ that features 6 interweaving stories. The narratives will be disbursed throughout the book and represented by their own individual style or format. This will give the book an element of discovery and interaction and encourage the reader to become involved in the stories. I want to connect with my audience and to do that I want to focus on everyday life. In essence the two elements that will make this book engaging are the rawness of the stories and the sense of discovery and interaction in the format.

The stories themselves will springboard from information I collect in 'informal discussions'. The premise of these discussions is to get a group of people to answer the same set of questions at the same time, basically describing what they are doing at that moment. This will be carried out between 2-3pm on Saturday 6th September. I will craft the stories from the responses.

I've already written a story about a lavender bush that falls in love with a girl named Sarah, and am crafting the imagery as we speak.