Lauren Moriarty

Lauren Moriarty designs these "noodle boxs" which i think could be a really quirky room devider! also it could be used for storage? The use of the random holes made by the material. I like these pieces of work because they are really different to anything else but still or sophisicated because of its minamilistic look and lack of colours.
i think using white on white or tranparants is something to consider as that is what has caught my attention most on all these room dividers, the lack of being too complicated! and use of minilistic colours, not being solid and making a room appear bigger?

My Most Successful Pattern!

This is my motif for one of my patterns that i think has worked really well, for some reason even though i saved this in many diffferent ways it wouldnt let me uplad to whole of the pattern, also it hasnt uploaded in the correct colour, the purple is supposed to be darkbrown and the rest two shades of pink, sorry! but you should get the general feel of it!
i think that this is my favourite one just because i love the way the colours run in together and blend so well, none of my other designs complimented each other like this one and i also like the fact that they are solid shapes but the swirls i used the rubber for holds them all together, also because of the way i have placed them ad rotated them, i love the fact that there is almost like another motif appearing in the middle in a circle shape, i think this makes it more interesting as well! and so think this is a really successful piece!
I really struggled with Illustrator and i think because i wasnt really sure on the tools, i experimented alot more and in the end came up with two of my favourite designs.
were as i was more comfortable on photoshop so maybe i didnt do as much as i could of done with the patterns!
i love this one though!

Cherry Tenneson Report

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Cherry Tenneson also known best as Tenneson & Dale started off as working in a factory producing signs, as she had a passion for signs. she worked there for 5 years producing signs for NHS and Job Centre Plus, she left two years ago and then started working in gallerys and shops making vinyl letters for notice boards. She was kind enough to tell us about the work you were expected to produce, what worked and what didnt. Cherry Tenneson explained that for best results its best not to go any smaller then 12cm for vinyl cutting and that foam ex is the easiest material to work with, she went on to tell us about things you must consider like if you were to do lettering for a window you must make sure that the text is printed back to front and that if the text is a large piece make sure it is rolled with the text on top because when it is underneath the tend to move and that will then effect the lettering. There are different ways of applying vinyl you can either put it down dry, which then you would roll it on or you can sitck it down wet and with that you would then have a squeegee for pushing all the water out. She also explained that canvas is one of the hardest things to get vinyl on it and that you have to have patience with viynl to get the best results.
Cherry Tenneson is well known now as Tenneson & Dale as they have made pieces for the stockport art gallery and corner house Manchester. Their work is know based on politics and has a more graphic approach with graphs and charts.
I think the work she does know is very simple but very clever as well and their use of viynl is inspiring!

Fred Aldous Lazer Cutting Report

Fred Aldous Ltd

37 Lever St

Manchester

m1 1lw

T-0161 236 4224

www.fredaldous.co.uk

Fred Adlous is a store which provides arts and craft supplys which also has a laser cutter which can be used if booked a appointment. We went to visit Fred Aldous in Manchester to have some samples cut out and to get the experience. You have to have your design saved as Version 8 in Illustrator. The price of the materials Fred Aldous can supply for you can range as they have so many varities of materials and colours such as wood, mirror, felt and acrylic. Its cost's £1 per minute to have your design cut but the length of time to cut varies as it would for example take a lot longer to cut through wood as it would with paper. Before taking you design to Fred Aldous make sure that in Illustrator there are no double lines as the laser cutter will then start cutting it out twice over the same points and obviously costing you double in price! Also all lines in Illustrator must be matched up prefectly or the laser cutter wont be able to cut it properly, If there are any problems with your design One of the memebers of staff can adjust you design but if it time consuming it can cost you a minimum of £50 extra. So always double check before hand, also if you design has any text of it the cutter will cut it out face down so your text does not have to be backwards.
We had a member of staff Paul nice enough to adjust anyones designs that had a problems. The laser cutter will not cut through all materials though, it would of ingrave through something like metal.
The staff were really helpfull and polite and i would recommend anyone to go there as the quaily of the laser cutter is outstanding! i was so happy with my sample motifs!

Mia Cullin

I like the idea that a room devider doesnt have to be a solid piece, i think that with the cut out bits this makes it look softer and with its off white colour wouldnt over power a room!
i dont know if the beaded curtain behind is supposed to be part of the design but i like the idea of something being loose, rather then a solid wall!

Studio Arihiro Miyake

The first picture is something i will sample out, using white on white, white on transparant! i love how soft it makes the room feel! and the idea of text as well, as i have used that a fair bit in my work for this project! i really like the idea of a curtain as well, something not so solid!

Studie Lilica

Even though this is used almost as a light shade, i think that this could be used as a room divider, if you were to stretch to material in a corner of a room, you could make a study corner? or hide some furniture or storage you did not want to see, i like the idea that this is so simple and yet so effective!