Madeleine's Portfolio

 Since the start of my FMP, I have kept a moon journal documenting how the moon has come into play within my own life. It has been a place to reflect on how the moon is affecting nature, the astrological world and my experiences. I have made an effort to collect and document photographs I take of the moon in its varying phases and positions in the sky.  I think that keeping this journal has really aided me in bringing this project to a personal level and has contributed to how relevant it has become in my life. I am constantly being reminded of the moon and the focus of my project- and I think I will continue to be for some time. A selection of pages from the journal: (to view more, the full documentation is on the sketchbook slides)

 I feel satisfied with the level of research I pursued and I feel my bibliography is a testament to that. I made an effort to source from a range of mediums as I knew this would strengthen my ideas and add depth to the context of my work.  Bibliography shown below. The numbers correspond to the references I noted in my sketchbook (on small post-it notes.)

 I needed to hand in 3 styles of photography for my final outcome. I enjoyed coming up with the ideas for doing this and am very pleased with the outcomes. Below is the notes and sketches I made while planning. I am pleased with the details shots I got, they look effective together on the page and I feel they communicate the nature of the book effectively without the viewer being able to physically see it and use it.

 In order to aid the editing process of my artists' book, I decided to make a new blog called 'An Ode to the Moon'. This was a place to select and refine the images I would include in the contents of my book and also reflect on each outcome. It was fulfilling to document what each piece meant to me and my personal journey. You can find the blog through the link below: https://anodetothemoon.weebly.com/

I had planned to make handmade paper since the start of my FMP. I knew I wanted to create something using my moon charged water as this would be an outcome that physically used the moon to create it. How I made my own paper: Soaked scrap paper I'd collected since the start of my foundation course in water charged under the full moon. Blended the paper and diluted it with more water. Used a mould and deckle to scoop the mixture in the shape of a page. Layed the mould upside down so it releases the page onto a towel. The towel left texture in the shape of its fabric on the paper. I made multiple pages, layering some moulds so they made larger pieces of paper that could be used in my artists' book.  

 During the formatting and designing of my artists book, I realised that I had an odd number of pages- I need an even amount as I'm using double sided pages so each page needs another on the back. So, I decided to quickly produce one more outcome. This time, using all the text messages I've received over my FMP and creating art from them. Below is a collection of the texts I've received. I wanted to do some research into an artist that could inspire a way of formatting these texts into a piece of art. I looked through a book my aunty got me for my birthday: Picturing and Posting, by Alan Fletcher. He is an artist that experiments with lots of different ways of communicating typography. One collection that I found particularly inspiring was the one shown in my sketchbook below. I was inspired enough to replicate his techniques for my own piece. These are the outcomes from replicating Alan Fletcher's technique. Which is to write out messages in unusual circumstances, for ...