photos of tools (P) Tool aid rsearch

Looking at tools again

After looking at an old example test paper I decided to pick a topic that would give me an easy route from start to finish ...

What does tool aid actually mean?

Tool = 

a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

"gardening tools"

synonyms: implement, instrument, utensil, device, apparatus, gadget, appliance, machine, contrivance, contraption, mechanism, aid; 

Aid =

help, typically of a practical nature.

When looking at a textile brief I decided I would show an idea for a 3d type cushion for a childs bedroom. Having young children and also a younger brother growing up I know to well the fun they have sawing pieces of wood (kitchen table leg or in my brother's case the chair leg)....

Boys enjoyed hammering and cutting bits of wood, that and cars, bikes, tractors, and trains.

I used soft pastels to draw a saw first, The way you can blend the pastels together but then go over them to highlight light and dark, shade and edges.

I was thinking of a soft fabric for a child friendly touch. Pastels could achieve this look...

Fun and I'm thinking coloured stitching would help to soften the look of the tool.

Fun example  for children

Photo imagery......This is an easy idea to use I guess, as long as it has a descriptive reason and intention behind it

photo image cushion

I did some quick sketches and had the soft fabric of cashmere on mind for a more luxurious feel and example.....
 



I took some photos of tools also.......

Signage/Logos chance Andy Warhol and Mono (P)

Signage or Logo....


Found this by chance......interesting after I'd been looking into my family history..




The hammer and pick =  The hammer and pick, rarely referred to as hammer and chisel, is a symbol of mining, often used in heraldry. It can indicate mining, mines (especially on maps or in cartography), or miners, and is also borne as a charge in the coats of arms of mining towns.




The hammer and sickle (☭) or sickle and hammer (Russian: Серп и молот) is a Communist symbol that was conceived during the Russian Revolution. At the time of creation, the hammer stood for industrial labourers and the sickle for the peasantry; combined they stood for the worker-peasant alliance for socialism and against reactionary movements and foreign intervention.

Andy Warhol Hammer and sickle



  

After seeing these pictures I felt a pull towards this more.... Our topic Tool Aid is a bit of an open book when it comes to assessment but with only 5 hours from start to finish to complete a work/example of an idea. My lecturer told me that a screen print would be impossible.

I felt disappointed by this as I woke up early this morning with excitement to finally learn screen printing and the processes!

I did think that the images I'd seen in Warhol's work were similar to mono printing......

upside down bike I'd done

Picasso inspired mono

My Picasso inspired mono

I have done mono printing before so I was confident to throw myself into this again.....I was looking to get texture, depth, shape, shadow and colour into my work.
I'm not sure how Warhol got the image of the hammer to look like an xray photo... I do like how it looks over exposure and skeleton like.  The shadows do look like a mono print rubbing. the red looks to me like an opaque paint against the rest. Also somewhat smudged in area's with blacken highlights.

I think that an image/picture of tools set out like Warhol's could work as a poster, front of a catalogue for a hardware store, print for textiles creations, logo for t-shirts and many more things.

I first drew just plain tools on news print, but soon raced ahead with coloured paper...... It didnt give the same feel as the news print.....

Next I decided to try tissue paper (I knew this would be a risk because of it sticking)  It worked however and I was happy with the result.

I played around some more and put together soon tools......Adding coloured paper to show my examples and test texture and findings..

Me (P)

Looking at myself!

mmmm ok.......

I played with crop, enhance, highlight, colour and focus on the computers edits!
My self, my view..... I'm starting to panic slightly as I still don't know what I want to do for my final...

tool aid looking at tools!!

Taken a look at tools....

ink, as you can see here, while I thought I was really studying this saw my angles are so wrong!

Here I felt that shadows were important

I took at look at some tools and tried different mediums with them......

I used paper to make thw handle. Then i used actual filler to create the blade, adding watercolour to highlight

ink

Shiny card and black bag I used here.

more ink, I like how the ink gives a illustrative and graphic finish

I did enjoy just drawing, and realise just how much work and detail has to go into a drawing. However, I cant help but notice all the faults in my work and it frustrates me.