Visual Resource Week

During the week, we were set a number of tasks and places to visit to gain inspiration for our new project; Collections, Data and lists. we were asked to visit Manchester museum, displaying a vast collection of historical items.

Lines of ornaments

Skeleton

  We also had to visually record our journey to the museum, which I actually found more interesting and relevant than the museum itself. Initially stepping out of my flat, I saw the bright double yellow lines that immediately inspired me to look at line. Although it is very open and is found everywhere, I want to explore both the less and more obvious uses of line.

During my journey, i mainly focused on the use of parallel lines found within architecture and road surfaces, however at the museum I paid more attention to the interpretation of straight lines and how they were used to form patterns.

This week has defiantly helped me create a solid collection of research that can be pushed forward towards the new sampling unit. It’ll help aid me to develop knitted samples from my photographs and drawings collected this week.