Tour Of Manchester’s History And Future.
During the initial stage of the
project I began sketching the interior of Manchester School of Art. The depth,
line and tone of the perspective drawing created a sense of a realistic mood. I
developed this by a two point perspective drawing which is where I had two
vanishing points on the horizontal eye line. Drawing the two point perspective
drawing represents the corner of the building of the room which showed 3
dimensional structure and space.
As a group we then sketched parts
of the city with the theme of old and modern building joined together which was
very interesting because it showed the modern building was protecting the old
building by the attachment of each other. It is very easy to know which part of
the building is the modern one and which one is the old by looking at the materials
which have been used and normally an old building would have a dated period of
brick.
The cotton industry in the area
of Ancoats, Manchester showed the beginning of a bright future for old mills,
which were being developed into flats and office spaces instead of being
demolished. The old brick walls were magnificent and the structures of the
arches of brick work showed so much detail and history.
Discovering Bradford Pit was
something new as I had no knowledge of it existing in Manchester. Walking around the Manchester City Stadium
showed a new modernised building which will remain for decades to come and
beneath it is the history of the Manchester, which many people will not know
about. Inside the stadium where the Chairman sits the ceiling had the old
mapping to show respect.
The Science Museum displaying
Coal, Fossils and Minerals was interesting to me, as I have a lot of knowledge
of Geology. The Minerals and Fossils are exciting and unique as every signal
one is different. The structure of each
fossil takes millions of years to be formed. Coal is formed by vegetation
decaying in layers of soil which form over time becoming fossilized and turning
into coal.
When we visited the MOSI
collection of historical industrial objects I
observed tins which the miners carried their food in, the
old gas lamps and the dynamite used to clear tunnels, which was fantastic,
creating a vivid picture of how hard life must have been many years ago.
The ideas which I have gathered
to date during the last 3 weeks is that this project theme could be about
memories and the history of what was once lost and is now found and preserved.
The idea could be showed by a lithograph print and turning the print into a 3
dimensional product or sculpture which expresses the past. The second idea is
taking a tool from the mine and transforming that object into a new functional
working product but it would still carry its original identity, for example a
hammer becomes a light. Third idea was is to craft pieces of coal into miners.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS 511.
