Monogram Research

This week, we have our new assignment. For this assignment, we are assigned to design our very own monogram. After we designed our monogram, we have to print it on six different item. It sounds very interesting. So, what is monogram? A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other grapheme to form one symbol. It is often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, for other people to easy recognise them.


Before we design our own monogram, Ms. Lisa told us to do some research of monogram. We have to found out the type of monogram we like and share with class.

Here is some of the monogram that impress me.

KS Monogram - Kite String Studio

It looks like a paper folding monogram, as there are different tone in the monogram.

VM Monogram - Vallory Miller

This is the monogram that inspire me a lot. It is simple and elegant. Besides of write the letter V and M out individually, the design combine this two letters perfectly and also with different tones.

Dark Bird Studios

Turning the letters into different side also will make different. This is a monogram of alphabet D and B. It looks like a bird face adding a little triangle into it.

Sew Prefect

It is a needle and a string, but it is also a monogram. How nice it is.

After that, here is some research of the printing skills that we have to apply on our items after we designed our monogram.

I am very interested in this assignment. How would my monogram looks like, stayed tune.

Batik Presentation

Today is the batik presentation. Our batik is totally dry and ready for presentation. Yeah~!

Here is our batik, it is a bird family. Instead of drawing peacock, we had try the other type of birds. The reason we chose parrot is parrot is a type colourful bird same as peacock. Parrot have many colours and batik is beautiful when it is full of colour so we decided to choose parrot.

Here is the other batik artwork from my classmate.

A family tree. The idea from pop art.



The masks design based on the elements on earth.




Mermaids.


Inspiration.

Batik Trip

Today is the day, the day we have visit the batik factory. This is my first time visit the batik factory before this, I have just make my batik by painting it bur I did not waxing it by myself. This time, I can try to waxing and paint my own batik. It would be a meaningful experience for me as in this trip I can learn new skill and try out new thing. Although it looks not that professional, I still feel very proud of it. I will try to make it more pretty and nice if I have the second time to make batik.
At the batik factory, the narrator of the batik factory first let us know how batik is made. After that, they brought us to the place that we use to made our batik. First, we have to draw our sketch into the batik cloth. After that, we will have to wax our drawing. How it works? The wax spread out very fast and it will make a big wax spot on the drawing so we must do it very careful. Besides that, the wax have to be change few minutes after because it will become harden. After that, is the painting part, it is the most fun part. We have to choose the colour we want and we have to use and the colour is hard to find and hard to mix because all the colour looks alike. Here, I have finish my work. Enjoy.

Final Parrot Design

After a week of discussion and thinking, four of us have come out with different parrot and figure out how its composition looks like. We coloured the parrot. The final outcome in the paper looks very colourful. I think it will be very nice while we make it on batik.

This is my design of the parrot. I think it looks really pretty and colourful.

Miyo's design

Vivian's design

Mannju's design

This is how our composition looks like, it looks like the parrot is standing on the branch and the branch is connected so that the collage wont look like separate and it will look like a picture with a parrot family.