1. GCSE Textile Art Exam 2014 Q 3. Overgrown. Neglected urban environments woodland clearings, roadside verges, hedgerows, trees, overgrown grasslands and areas of waste ground have provided inspiration for artists and designers such as David Hockney, Angie Lewin, George Shaw and Rosie Snell. Research relevant sources, explore appropriate techniques and create your own work inspired by an area which is overgrown. Your work will be marked according to how well you have met the following Assessment Objectives: Ao1: Develop your ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding. Ao2: Refine your ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes. Ao3: Record observations, ideas and insights relevant to your intentions in visual and/ or other forms. Ao4: Make a personal, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intention, and, where appropriate, making connections between visual, written, oral or other elements. TaskDescriptionDeadlineCompleted 1Primary research: - Create a brainstorm of ideas. Create a mood/inspiration board showing your focus for the question. Create a variety of drawings which relate to your chosen theme. Include your own photos related to theme. Secondary research:Collect photocopies, Internet images/information, magazine cuttings, Use photoshop to alter images. Artist Research: Gather research and then focus your study on the artists that interest you. Try out their techniques, copy some of the work and use this in your study. Create a minimum of THREE thorough artist studies. 2Samples: Create a variety of samples based on your theme. You MUST use Textile media! Experiment with techniques which have been used by your chosen artists. If a sample is wrong KEEP IT! 3Using your previous images and influences from the artists, design 3 ideas that you could create for a final piece. For example: painting, Wall hanging, costume, puppet, accessory, altered book, mixed media canvas/Painting. Explain your progression of your ideas. Explain the progression of your ideas in your sketchbook and make links to the artists studied. 4 Choose your final idea and create a final idea page. If your idea has changed as you go along document it. 5Create you final design in ten hours. EXAM = 2 days.

2. Assessment Objective 1: Develop your ideas through investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and cultural understanding. Research Assessment Objective 2: Refine your ideas through experimenting and selecting appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes. Samples Assessment Objective 3: Record observations, ideas and insights relevant to your intentions in visual and/ or other forms Design ideas Assessment Objective 4: Present a personal response, informed and meaningful response demonstrating analytical and critical understanding, realising intentions and, where appropriate, making connections between visual, written, oral or other elements. Final piece Artist Research/ Image collection/ Initial photograph collection Look at artists who have explored the theme you have chosen. Gather research and then focus your study on the artists that interest you.  Add images, information and your own analysis of their work.  Try out their techniques by copying some of the work and use this in your study/samples.  Create your own images based on their work. Create a minimum of TWO thorough artist studies. See task 1 Experimentation with materials, media, techniques and processes Experiment with ideas informed by the different artists you have looked at. Use a variety of media, materials and techniques to realise your ideas.  Look back at your research and think about what you have learnt about the artists.  Try out their techniques using a range of techniques, materials, media and processes. Create a minimum of three experiments.  By carrying out these experiments, do any ideas develop in your mind?  Document your ideas by jotting down what you have done and what you have learnt by doing it. See task 2 Record ideas and observations in both written and picture format through: Jotting/ noting down thoughts, feelings and ideas. Mind maps of ideas Sketches. Photographs Using your previous images and influences from the artists, design 3 ideas that you could create for a final piece on your chosen theme. Explain the progression of your ideas in your sketchbook and make links to the artists studied. Design work must include compositional and colour studies or maquettes/ small models if you are working in 3D. See task 3 Your final idea and your final piece Choose your final idea and document it by:  Drawing the idea out.  Explaining the idea: why have you chosen to create this idea?  If ideas change as you go along document it: Why have you changed your idea? What are going to do instead? See task 4&5