Week 6

Woburn

With a rich history dating back from 969, there has been a timeline of events including the english civil war, and both world wars:

  • English Civil War 1600’s
  • WRENS lived at Woburn Abbey 1900’s

“How do you look, research and record?“

FROTTAGE:

I wanted to try something I haven’t done in a project before – Frottage. I have made rubbings with various size led pencils, on signs, drains, walls, bricks, benches etc:

I think the rubbings have come out really well, and it’s been really good to explore something different, I really loved just going outside, sitting down and taking some rubbings. It reminded me of when I was a child playing with chalks. I also love textures, and there are some great textures coming through from these experiments. Maybe I can play with overlaying?

PAINTING:

I have taken clippings of the berry bushes and shrubs that were surrounding the area and first made frottage with pencils, then painted them with black acrylic. I wanted to see how much of the detail on leaves would come out:

  • Frottage of leaves/berries
  • Paint prints of leaves/berries
The paint prints are really detailed and I love that the berries have created dots on the page. There are loads of different textures with these prints and I’m glad I experimented with paint as this is something I would never normally do. It’s worth keeping this in mind for future projects.

Photography:

I went to Woburn and took photographs of things I felt were unique to the location, such as signage, remembrance memorial, old bus stop and church:

Photographs of the daily unnoticed objects – signs, shops, buildings

The photographs above have been overlaid and I have specifically chosen the red post office photos, and the red wartime memorial photos. I have overlaid some of the frottage as I felt the text contrasts really nicely with images. I wanted to create a collage style piece, and I was heavily inspired from Sven Pfrommer. I really loved his work; a combination of text and photography captured in a city environment.

Feedback from tutorial:

My final is too confusing and the filter isn’t appropriate. Therefore I should be thinking about the outcome, possibly having two final photographs? Or even a Quadriptych.
Think about the form of a letterbox, and old English typography. Think about the headlines and quotes used in association with post offices back in the 1800’s. The final needs to be clear as to what I am exploring; either war or post office.

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