Hope Braddock
Youth and Light: a study of watercolour
Various dimensions
For this series I determined to explore watercolour techniques. Watercolour is a medium that is both child friendly and somehow vastly complicated. I learnt the importance of a light hand. Colour mixing took a whole new meaning, needing to be bled together or placed just so instead of blended with force. Mistakes most often could not be reversed, instead needing to be incorporated and embraced. There was a strange mix of precision and freedom, letting things happen as the water willed it but also adding strokes with the utmost care. As I adapted to the intricacies of watercolour, I came to appreciate how the layering of colours was used to relay form. And I thought of a subject with many colours that blend to create a final image - skin. In particular, a youthful face before it is weather worn and tired is full of hidden hues. Purple for shadow, Blue for blood, red for warmth and green for balance.
Simran Singh
In Aankhon Ki Masti - The Joy of These Eyes.
Digital Painting, A2 x 3
My artwork explores gender inequality and stereotypes prevailing in Indian culture and society. My intention was to show my audience how Indian women feel when they are expected to perform. I reflected on my past experiences and thought about issues that are not being addressed in Indian family life; how the expectations and unspoken rules of Indian society impact women. Digital artwork has always been my passion which is why I chose to illustrate my artwork through digital paintings. I also associate digital artwork as something modern which is very different from the traditional Indian culture art. The ideology that Indian women have to follow many rules that Indian men are exempt from are old teachings and I want to demonstrate and show light onto these problems with a different form of media as I believe it is time for a change.
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Wax and Wane
Photobook, A4, 32 pages
I want to give the viewer of my work a glimpse into my world and my community in a way that is raw, and real, and exists without glorification or glamorisation. By documenting my own personal experiences, I contribute to the archive of photography representing young queer people. My camera allows me to crop certain moments or details of my life to create a realistic narrative. I have hoarded all of my diaries from age 13-20 so I went through this enormous archive and started to collect pages of writing, drawings, and notes that other people had left me throughout the years. The writing touches on my experiences with sexual assault, being in love, and growing up. Through and through the work is about identity, about who I am, and the experiences and people who have shaped me into the person I am today.
Daily
Digital Photographic prints, Various dimensions
Having previously experimented widely with collage I decided to use photographic practice as the primary mode of expression for this series. I’ve sought to capture the environment around me, creating new visual experiences. The images are taken in locations I spend the most time in– Auckland CBD. Photos were taken on my street, in my apartment, and my workplace. The sites are in close proximity within the city and it was easy to move between each place allowing me to take advantage of a range a qualities. People, cars and building structures, internal and external spaces, draw meaning across the series, somehow viewed anew, fleeting, beautiful yet weighted in daily routine.
Patterns of Persian rugs
Dimensions
My practice based research is centred on historical and cultural patterns used in ancient carpets from Persia. This wealth of knowledge demonstrates an ancient civilization’s art that springs from the roots and blood of people, an art that has been been passed on from generation to generation and is globally respected. I have chosen some of the most well-known motifs that are interesting to me in terms of their significance and appearance in Persian rugs. During my research into the patterns of Persian rugs, I discovered that all of the motifs are handwoven by tribal women without a set design or pattern in mind, making each rug truly unique and an expression of the weaver's own stories and creativity, with imperfections that add to the beauty.
Household horticulture
Plants in the urban concrete forests slowly lose their place as humans turn away from mother nature. I engage myself to bring a solution or an add-on to introduce mother nature to everyone's concrete jungle. In this project, I try to combine household objects with a growing green system for beginners as its size could fit in most of the apartments in the cities, reducing space compared to home growing kits on the market.
I created a magazine styled experimental publication that briefly touches on various information about Santa Claus and folklore about him. The magazine is designed to be engaging and appealing to adults and children alike, thanks to the mix of different styles and usage of design principles. The goal of the research was to find interesting and less-known facts about Santa Claus and present them in a well-designed and interesting manner. I believe it was achieved and publication will be interesting and useful to various user groups, including designers (as it is an experimental publication), children (who will want to learn more about Santa) and their parents.
Materials: Paper 120gsm, cold press paper 240gsm, indian ink,
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Designers only
Designers only is an experimental series of publications (3) exploring the discursive space between the different perceptions of design by society. The series unfolds controversial opinions on design as an industry, such as its importance or uselessness, power or weaknesses. The project reflects the personal journey of a young graphic designer, thrown into the harsh world of reality and struggling with the undervaluation of design as a profession. The content is based on a selection of commentary from various people, photography, visual graphics and a narrative line from the author explaining thoughts and feelings on the way of the creation of this project.
Image Title: Designers only, Publication Series + Box
Materials: paper, textured cardstock, vellum paper
Using Motion Graphics to Increase Awareness of Cantonese Language through Social Media
This project explores how motion graphic design can increase awareness among English-speaking New Zealanders about the Cantonese language. The main component of this video is about the origin of Cantonese as well as some history of the script.
The idea of this project comes from an observation that there are more and more next-generation Cantonese that do not speak Cantonese. Also, most people do not know Chinese is not just speaking Mandarin. As a Cantonese speaker Chinese, I would like more people to be aware of Cantonese, especially the young generation, since they are carriers of the culture. Therefore motion graphics has been chosen as the bridge to promote the message through social media to reach the solution. To build the big picture of "What Cantonese is? "I will present a brief history of Cantonese and how Cantonese scripts look like in the video. The goal is to publish this project on social media so that it is easy to attract people's attention and make them share it to get more awareness of Cantonese.
