Unit 4 – Project Proposal Template
| Centre Name | Ravensbourne University | Centre no. | 14271 |
| Student Name | Alisha Storm Cassandra Salthill | Candidate no. | 2045001740 |
| Project Title | TRAITS | ||
| Date | 25/02/19 | ||
| Pathway | Fashion & Textiles | ||
| Section 1: Rationale (Approx 150 words) | |||
| I have highly enjoyed and benefited from this foundation course at Ravensbourne. I have learnt about the industry, what it would be like working with a creative group, how collaborations can be so rewarding and how to manage my work independently. This year has developed me as a creative practitioner, I have thoroughly explored the journey of an idea to an outcome and learnt the depth it has to portray, the concept recognition, the research needed to present my concept clearly and how to develop my ideas from 2d to 3d, with design development, stand work, photoshop designing and collages, extracting shapes from research and visiting locations and galleries. The photoshop workshop I attended early on in the course improved my digital designing skills and helped me realise my aspirations, guiding me on the pathway of fashion print and my interest for designing fabrics. I think it’s essential to be able to work digitally and to use photoshop and illustrator when designing for the industry, it is a skill I have appreciated learning and will continue to use in my next step of education, as I want to further explore textile design through print, knit, weave and embroidery to find my specific strength at degree level to form a career. | |||
| Section 2: Project Concept (approx 250 words) | |||
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Family is immensely important to me, I have always had a strong interest in looking into my heritage and discovering unknown things, noticing similarities within my family amazes me and how characteristics, personalities and appearance can be inherited through generations. I will analyse the genetic inheritance within my family and gather research regarding traits and how this happens, with knowledge on my past generations, first hand imagery and recorded research I can visually and verbally locate traits within my family. I will start with research on the initial discovery of genetic inheritance. ‘Gregor Mendel, through his work on pea plants, discovered the fundamental laws of inheritance. Genes come in pairs and are inherited as distinct units, one from each parent.’(Children resemble their parents, 2011) I will explore this within my own family and see the depth of my genetic information and resolve questioning on what I have personally inherited, traits I continue and what hasn’t been passed on to me. ‘Genetic information is carried within our DNA, passed from one generation to another’ (What Genetic Information can do 2015) I will be investigating what genetic information was passed on to me from my mother and father. I will also be identifying my own DNA and through research, and development will expand on my concept based on my discoveries.‘Our genes make us who we are, and they are made of DNA.’ (The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2013) I want to find out for myself what genes make me. I will present my genetic information and DNA in different forms and express this through fashion, aiming my end piece for me, my family, and people that are interested on the journey of genetics.
(smart DNA, 2008) (The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2013) |
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| Section 3: Evaluation (approx 100 words) | |||
| Before FMP begins I will look back on my past tutor and peer feedback, to ensure I am making improvements. I will also analyse my past projects to pinpoint my strengths and weaknesses, to keep a very open mind when it comes to the development of this journey. I will create a timetable to run by, to divide and plan my time and to run by strict deadlines, to ensure I leave enough time for each part. I will be regularly posting to instagram, visiting exhibitions and locations for inspiration and documenting my progression through my blog to present my ideas clearly and fluently, where I can stay focused on my project and ensure my final outcome has a strong bond with my concept. I will keep a focused yet clear mind through ‘Traits’ to keep my concept alive and fun, to ensure im innovating, discovering and designing as I go. | |||
| Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format) | |||
| Online:
1.Chan, Shirley, 2011, Children resemble their parents, Josiah Macy.Jr, 2017 Available at: http://www.dnaftb.org/1/bio.html (accessed on 7/2/19) 2. Salman, Khan, 2008, Last Updated: May 25, Khan Academy, Available at: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-molecular-genetics/hs-discovery-and-structure-of-dna/v/dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid (accessed on 8/2/19) 3. War News update editor, 2008, Smart DNA, Available at: http://coolsciencenews.blogspot.com/2008/11/smart-dna-programming-molecule-of-life.html (accessed 10/2/19) 4. University Museum of Natural History, 1860, Shortland, Available at: http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/settlers/ (accessed on 10/2/19) Videos & Films: 1.Andrew Niccol, Gattaca Film, 1997, Trailer, Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=BpzVFdDeWyo (accessed on 11/2/19) 2. Ari Aster, Hereditary, 2018, Available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7784604/ (accessed on 11/2/19) 3.Benjamin Schumacher, What Genetic Information can do, 2015, Kanopy, Available at: https://ravensbourne.kanopy.com/video/what-genetic-information-can-do (accessed on 10/2/19) 4.Genes and Identity, 2015, the great courses. https://ravensbourne.kanopy.com/video/redefining-reality-intellectual-implicati-14 (accessed on 12/2/19) 5.Heredity & Environment: Beginnings of Life, 2011 https://ravensbourne.kanopy.com/video/heredity-environment-beginnings-life (accessed on 13/2/19) 6.Steven Gimbel Ph.D, Genetic engineering, 2015 Available at: https://ravensbourne.kanopy.com/video/redefining-reality-intellectual-implicati-30 (accessed on 11/2/19) Books:
Exhibitions, Locations, Galleries : 1.Barbican Gallery 2.Craig Rosa, The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2013 https://genetics.thetech.org/online-exhibits/zooming-dna 3.Crick & Watson DNA molecule model, 1953 4. Natural History Museum, Ancient DNA Laboratory, possible interview. Available at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/core-research-labs/molecular-laboratories/ancient-dna-laboratory.html Tracing genetic inheritance, work by Geraldine Ondrizek 5. Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, 2016 https://www.reed.edu/art/ondrizek/exhibitions/tracing-genetic-inheritance-evergreen/index.html 6. Somerset House 7. Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Project Action Plan and Timetable | |||
| Week | Date Week
Beginning |
Activity / What you are intending to do – including independent study | Resources / What you will need to do it – including access to workshops |
| 1 | Mon 04/03/19 | Initial research regarding basic information on genetic inheritance, how it happens and the statistics/facts, looking at history. | Internet, Library, Documentaries, speaking with doctors, books, library. |
| 2 | Mon 11/03/19 |
In depth research on how genetic information is passed, responding to discoveries through sketching, collages, and experimentation.
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Lectures, Books, Exhibitions, Kanopy, Museum and locations, sketchbook, paper, pens to record information. |
| 3 | Mon 18/03/19 | Family investigation on genetic information, discover what traits are in my family, through discussions and visual analysis. | Photo Album holding ancestry, Interviews with family members, photography. |
| 4 | Mon 25/03/19 | Gathering specific information to take further, what traits I carry, research on my own DNA. | Photo Album, DNA 23 ME, Visit to the doctors for form of DNA, conversation, sketches. |
| 5 | Mon 01/04/19 | Development of concept, idea, experimentation with research, initial sketch designs. | Stand work, sketches, collages, extracting shapes, blog posts, documentation. |
| 6 | Mon 08/0419 | Development, constructing ideas and finalising customer profile, designs and finalisation of designs. | Photoshop workshop, drawings, stand work and draping, photocopying. |
| 7 | Mon 15/04/19 | Fabrication, focusing on materials, plan for construction, technical drawings and mock up. | Materials Library, research on fabric, sketchbook, photoshop layering, edits and prints, scrap fabric. |
| 8 | Mon 22/04/19 | Construction of final piece, and evaluation, photoshoot, lookbook. | Blog, Peer feedback and evaluation, reflection on findings and discoveries, camera, styling equipment. |
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