found Mrs Smith. Found on an article from the BBC this anonymous artist decoreacted plymouth sundial with her creations. This inspired me to take my devore sample and photograph it in different places such as a wall or fence.
From the drawing I made, based on my primary research. I created a devoire piece based around graffiti. I dyed it using a blend of bright colours like the examples I have seen in my research. Devore is made using a paste that burns away natural fibres but not synthetic. So a special fabric must be used that has a combination of fibres. Using the paper drawing underneath as a guide I painted on the paste following the lines of the letters. When the paste is dry the fabric is iron to burn the natural fibres which can be washed away to reveal the pattern. I reliased that it shows up best over a dark background. For my sketchbook I painted the page to look like a brick wall. I thought this would suit the design because of where you would normally find graffiti.
I selected some photos of graffiti from my city research. I looked at the shapes and tried to recreated them on paper. Something I really like about graffiti is the mixture of colour and shape. I think it looks fantastic how it blends together to cover a space. From this I will research actual graffiti artists. I think I will look at Banksy as well as other artists. Because everyone has to have their own style I think it is a lot better to research lots of people rather than just one or two.To start my samples for graffiti I drew out on paper some of the words I selected from the photos, words that I liked the style they were wrote in.
