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Evaluation

Name: Fozia Iqbal

Personal ID: 32882                                                  Learner ID: 42990

Centre Name: Blackburn College               Centre Number: 47107

Class Name: Blackburncol FAD 2012-13              Class ID: 458

Start Date: 03.09.2012                                       End Date: 27.07.2013

Fozia Iqbal FMP Evaluation

My starting point was my FMP was to continue with my symbolism project I started at the beginning of the course. This was because I loved learning about all the symbols and found that creating work from them would be intriguing. That project was inspired by a necklace I saw in Blackburn Museum that inspired me to look into my jewelry and symbolism. The fact that I had jewelry that is quite symbolic it made it easier to associate with the symbols and was a good chance to show my collection as primary research.

Also my passion for buildings and wanting to restore of building as an Architect in the future I researched the old Blackburn Cotton Exchange building and wanted to restore it from a design and artistic bases. What I found made it easier to restore my building as there was so much inspiration and ideas to work with. I decided to merge these two concepts because they were too of my favorite subjects of interest and I was sure it would create an amazing project. As well as this I thought to develop the building using my symbols and ink and outline style I had created in my pathway experiments. Thinking this would be interesting and create an amazing final piece for the exhibition. I then researched my building in depth and found out loads about its colourful history as well as looking into symbols and artists who use inks in such an expressive way as I do.

Researching helped me develop my ideas and inspire my work to become what it is today. So I continued to develop my sketchbook in the way I previously did and started experimenting with colour. I changed my proposal realiseing I didn’t want to continue with sculpting but wanted to look into Fine art and illustration so started to research artists in such fields. Therefore changing the style of my work and being inspired by creative people with the same artistic principles.

I found the original designs for the Cotton Exchange building during my research into its history and found the architect; so used his original designs and ideas to develop my final building design. This made it easier for me to develop the building design and in turn restore it to its former glory.  I feel this shows understanding of how the building is unfinished and therefore it should be restored to the original state it was intended to be created in. I researched my symbols and developed larger scale ideas and concepts due to the inspiration from researching their potent meanings. The more I found out about the symbols and their messages it made it easier to create work associating with that concept.

I have found artist who have used similar ink techniques and found their use of colour contrasting inspiring and helpful. From developing my ink style and researching many amazing artists, I have come to realise my style of work is illustrative and this helped edit my proposal so it suited my work. I have continued to use my theme of symbols to power my inspiration and the need to restore the building. Whilst doing this I have learnt from my findings and used m research to inspire my work.

I have experimented with colour in my sketchbook; this helped me develop my colour use and use colours successfully to compliment my work. This helped me realise what colours I should use for my final piece and how intense the pigment of the colour should be, which is important if colour is what makes your work. I have experimented vastly with symbol placement using lino/mono/dry point prints, acetate, pencil and tracing paper. To help me place symbols an experiment with incorporating symbols into my buildings. I have used canvas and paint to decide whether to create a painting for my final piece

and pencil to help me work out how to add substance to my building. Throughout my work I have learnt from bad experiments, studied carefully the use of colour in work and techniques to transfer images. I realised the best way to transfer images for my final piece was not prints, tracing paper or carbon paper, but acetate and projectors. 

I had a dilemma with wanting more frames by then I realised less in more and my four frames are a set I  themselves with complimentary colours and features. My sketchbook helped me realised also that less is more with ink and colours and that sometimes if you tone the intensity of colour and use of materials, the piece will look less busy and more effective as well as more professional. 

 I booked cameras and frames to take pictures for research and to exhibit my final piece. The quality cameras helped me take high resolution pictures and in turn help me use them in many ways copying and transferring them into my work. The frames made my final pieces an exhibit look more professional and helped my work feature amazingly. I had borrowed materials from college and used college equipment to help me with my work. This helped me save money and made my experimenting possible, due to the resources in college.

I planned my blog posts so that every week that went by I could right up what I had done and tried to reflect upon it to help with improving my work. Blogging every week helped me develop my ideas and made it easier to see that I was moving forward. I worked with tutors to help me chose which pieces to exhibit and have framed. Asking for advice during such an important decision really paid off because the experience of the tutors helped my exhibit look professional and grand.

Despite having insufficient supplies of paint brushes and rollers I still managed to help paint and build the exhibit spaces and clean up my board ready to exhibit. My whole class worked as a team and produces and beautiful exhibition space and profession exhibits. 

Since the start of my FMP I have kept a timetable so I could plan my work and stay on top of my blog. This helped me organize my work into manageable pieces and spread my work out evenly and effectively so I was making the most of my FMP project time.

In conclusion I feel I have worked hard all year n especially for this FMP. I have managed to stay on top of my work load, produce many experiments, a blog, a final piece and an exhibit. I feel my exhibit looks professional and interesting; my work is systematic and organized as well as easy to follow and understand. My blog is reflective, informative and evaluative and explains my FMP project development from the start to end.

Final Piece Explanation

my final exhibit is a collection of very deep thought out pieces of work and id like to just explain exactly what each framed piece of work is about.

despite my whole FMP project being based around restoring my old cotton exchange building i still want to explain in depth what the idea behind it is.

i used symbols in my building because i wanted to describe how buildings in general all stand as symbols of time and history. each symbol represents each different aspect of life, each different culture and religion an each different idea. i used the old Cotton exchange Building since it is a significant feature in Blackburn (well i think), because cotton was a massive industry in this town. and to incorporate these aspect together was important to achieve a deep and meaningful final piece.

the colour in this piece, on the other had has a different idea an all together different story. i love picturing things that cant be seen and on this piece the colours describe the history being outlined (literally) by this piece. as well as the weather that has abused this building over time and the erosion an the fact that this building has been absorbed into the landscape of Blackburn so much soo its in the background and is lost. but if you look carefully you can appreciate it existence again an its symbols an meanings.

these two pieces i have created throughout this whole year and they some how to me symbolise my whole project an nearly every piece i have inked. the colours, inks, paints on these two pieces are from many pieces of work were i have actually used these squares as blotting paper. but as my work changed an grew so did these squares. they developed with my work an to me describe my hard work, frustration, mixed feelings and ideas. they symbolise my work coming together an becoming one. they symbolise my work being one and appreciated.

the fact that they are outlined describes how all the way through this project i have tried soo hard to control of my hard work, frustration, mixed feelings and ideas, and managed to make them work. i have used my experiments an developments and i felt these pieces (that are symbols in their own right to me) should be exhibited because they have been knocking about in my sketchbook for ages now an should be appreciated because the randomness of the colours an the wholeness of the outlines makes them complete an perfect.

my dreamcatcher piece is not one of my favorites because i feel its too busy but it is one of my favorite ideas an i will be re developing this idea in my personally time an create an improved version.

this piece speaks for itself, since i love depicting things you cant see; i sometimes think everything we see is not real and everything we don't is.
in this piece the colours are all the dreams being caught by the dream catcher. i feel if we saw dreams they would be these colours. and the fact i outlined it is because in a lifetime you can hundreds if not thousands of dreams and they are all individual an special but together they are a giant blur and you only remember a few.


i felt the need to describe my work in depth because that's what it has a lot of depth. i think a lot about why im creating a piece of work and i work hard to make it work an beautiful.

if you first look at my work you would not think it had this much thought behind it so this is the exact reason i had to explain myself not because i feel my work has to be justified but because i feel its nice when people understand you an your work and them they can appreciate your work on a level you can. 

Gothic Architecture

I decided to research Gothic architecture because the building i am restoring to a certain extent is in the style of Gothic architecture. and i wanted to learn more about it since it is one of my favorite style of architecture. i managed to find out quite a lot of new information i hadn't known before and i was able to place my building in the timeline of the architectural style.

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that was really popular during the medieval times. It has evolved from Romanesque architecture and came back into style by the Renaissance architecture. 

Originally from 12th-century France and lasting till the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known as "French work" at that time. The term Gothic first appeared during the end of the Renaissance. Some of its distinctive and characteristic features are the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress (slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports).

This type of architecture is most common as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals,abbey and churches in Europe. It is also the architectural style of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls (a building in the City of London), universities and sometimes private dwellings, but that is very rare, like my cotton exchange building.

The Gothic style was expressed mostly in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings. Because it was thought that its characteristics lend themselves and appeal to emotions. A great number of religious buildings are from this period, and even the smallest are often magnificent pieces of architecture.

Many of the larger churches are considered priceless works of art and are listed with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization established in 1945 to promote the exchange of information, ideas, and culture) as World Heritage Sites. So when you study Gothic architecture you study cathedrals and churches. This is brilliant because I love religious buildings hence appreciating Gothic Architecture.

Some Gothic revival began in the mid-18th-century England, such as my Cotton Exchange building, it is a prime example. This style spread through 19th-century Europe and further and mainly was used in building university structures, into the 20th century.

This architecture has reaches many different countries and wherever Gothic architecture is found, it is influenced by the local area, and sometimes artisans carried ideas between cities and sometimes between countries. Certain characteristics are typical in certain regions and often override the style itself, appearing on buildings hundreds of years apart.

 Countries that have quite a bit of Gothic Architecture are : England, France, Germany and Central Europe, Spain, Portugal and Italy.but the general consensus it that it reached the whole world and took it by storm. 

Interior of Amiens Cathedral, France.

The spacious interior of Regensburg Cathedral.

Barcelona Cathedral has a wide nave with the clerestory windows nestled under the vault.

The longitudinal emphasis in the nave of Wells is typically English.

The clear proportions of Florence Cathedral are defined by dark stone against the colour-washed plastered brick.

when it comes to symbols in Gothic architecture it is always christian symbolism, since the majority of Gothic buildings are religious/christian in origin. so christian symbols and biblical facades are common an this is where my symbolism steps in an pushed religion out. my symbols are pagan an spiritual and its nice to have a different belief system incorporated into an organized religions building style.

 i love the irony of my pagan an spiritual symbols being used in a style of building that apposes them. but its funny how easy it was to incorporate them in to the building and because of this i feel my final piece is a bit more special. i feel like a rebel bringing back my Wicca and pagan beliefs an putting them forward before the monotheistic religions. i feel pagan religions are beautiful an its proven by their symbology inspiring my beautiful work.

 i haven't done this out of disrespect to monotheistic religions, but out of love for pagan beliefs and it is a mini shout out to it for helping me find myself an inner piece.symbols have helped me find the beauty in spiritual life and this is my way of thanking the spiritual world, if that makes sense. 

i create art with meaning, thought and substance an with my FMP i feel i have achieved this.