Now I need to add type to the poster, so ive done some research into typography and the different ways people have used it. Alot of these examples ive used I have done almost the same type of thing in my sketchbook. I particularly like cutting the type out of the paper leaving a stencil, stencils are great for making a piece of type look look different in many ways. You can paint onto the stencil, use ink, pen oil pastels and you can also use the stencil itself as the type and put something behind it like a print or a photo.

This is one that has been cut out and ive done this a few times, its a simple and effective method. I like how this one is 3d and the cut outs have been used with the stencil instead of being thrown away.

This piece looks like it may have been done with a stencil and then ink has been splattered around the neat type giving it this look which ive often done and I think it looks great.

I think this may have just been drawn straight onto the paper but it looks like it has been sewn on. Ive done some sewing in the obs and comms project and I also used it in my final piece and it looks great, so I could use the same type of method for this piece because I like using textiles.

At first I thought that this was a stencil but its actually photos of buildings from below and the  shapes of the buildings have created a letter which looks great, I can imagine this taking a long time to find buildings that are layed out like this but it really looks great. I really could have used this method in my last project because it was about architecture.

Now that I have done this research I've come to the conclusion that I want to use a stencil for the final poster design. I may paint on the stencil or just use the stencil itself. Now I need to find a font that I want to use which I wont find very hard. I need a type that goes well with my swirly cone shape sculpture, so I need a swirly font.

Ive now made my final sculpture and I've taken some experimental photos of the piece. To set up the photo area I used black paper against my bedroom wall and used a bedroom lamp to light up the sculpture.

I like the angle of this photo but unfortunatly you can see the crease in the paper, so if i wanted to use this I would have to put the photo on photoshop and erase the the crease.

I love the lighting on this piece but its a bit to bright at the front and you cant really see the detail of the cones, so I need to either move the light further back or put a light piece of paper infront of the light to dim it. But I do like how the light gives a big shadow behind it.

I really like this photo because it really shows the detail of the cones but its not very bright and I dont like how one side is bright and the other is a lot darker. I think what I'm going to do next is add a light to the back of the sculpture so that the light shines through the cones making it look like a lamp shade. I also noticed when I look through the back and close one eye it gives a honey comb effect but when I tried to take a photo of it it didnt work because the holes are too small for the camera.

I really like how this has come out but id like it to be a bit brighter but trying different angles just didnt seem to work and the light I had wasnt bright enough for the effect I wanted.

This isnt a very good photo but its an example of the fact I couldnt get it bright enough but I still like the idea and think I could make it look a lot better if I had a stronger light and different surroundings.



Heres some more experiments I have done at home. I came up with this method when experimenting with simply folding and pleating paper into a fan like form and the more I folded this piece it started to go round and form into a spiral shape. When I streched it out and placed it down it crinkled into this shape which i think looks very effective and gives great shadows. I then held it up to see how it looked and this also was an effective experiment. But I'm not sure where else I could go with this idea I suppose I could make a few more like this but in different sizes and see how well they fit together, or I could make a very big one and see how that works out.

Heres some primary research on spiral forms that may inspire me to think more about what I could do with this form. I've always loved the art nouveau movement, and particularly the architectural side. I love flowers and nature and art nouveau is very swirly and inspired by nature. Ive always loved this staircase done by Belgum architect Victor Horta.

Now I've looked at this staircase its made me think about what I want to do for the poster design. I love the intrequite patterns and swirls in art nouveau pieces and I particularly like the artist Alphonse Mucha. The borders around the posters are exactly what I'm thinking of using and I could also use some of the folded paper patterns ive experimented with, I could even use the spiral staircase as a pop up on the poster.