Final Poster

I was pleased with how my final poster turned out. Although it is nothing compared to Rob Ryan's incredible work it does reflect some similar techniques and style. It also clearly reflects the celebration of GF Smith Paper so the aim of the brief has been successful.

These were some photos I took when testing out different locations and views from windows. 

Below is the image I used to create my final poster. Unlike the other two it was taken in the morning when there was more sunlight and this is why my cut out turned into a black silhouette. This is the effect I was trying to achieve so I am glad this happened.

Rob Ryan is able to create much more intricate designs than I have on my poster as he works on a much larger scale. Unfortunately I have no where near enough room in my student accommodation to do anything on this scale.

 When creating my final poster I learnt from the near mistakes with my sculpture and made sure I has happy with the design and had drawn it all out before starting to cut out the image.

Cutting out my poster was a lot harder than the design for my sculpture, as it was a much smaller and more intricate design. It also had a lot of text which had to be very precise unlike in the design for my sculpture. It took me a lot longer to make the poster, almost double the time.

This is the image that inspired me to take a photography of my finished cut out against a well lighted window to create my final poster, as it would add colour and really emphasise the detail in my cut out.

Rob Ryan

Rob Ryan is an amazing designer who is famous for his incredible paper cut outs. I researched him at the beginning of the project, and there are some similarities between his work and my final sculpture. However it was when I came to create my final poster that I was truly inspired by Rob Ryan's work, helping me come to my final design. I decided that I wanted to create my own paper cut out, based on the style of Rob Ryan but obviously focusing on the brief and '100 Years of GF Smith Paper'. By using this technique I knew I would be able to create a poster that was relevant to my brief, rather than a photograph of a paper sculpture with some text next to it. By doing it this way I would be able to combine the two. The images above are a few of many of Rob's designs that inspired me and helped me to create my own design.

Final Sculpture

I am very pleased with my final sculpture as I successfully created my design and the effect I had hoped to, despite my fears that after cutting out my image the paper would not be able to be manipulated into a 3D sculpture. I was unsure as to whether my design would work in practice, but I was gladly surprised at how well it turned out. I really like the way certain parts of the sculpture breakaway from the spiral shape  as they have been cut in a certain way so that parts of them are not connected and have the freedom to not have to bend in connection with the rest of the paper. If I were to make the sculpture again I would add more intricate detail and perhaps have a wider variety of small illustrations rather than such large ones. I would also like to experiment with a square piece of paper as I feel the symmetry of the shape would make shaping the final design into a 3D sculpture much easier.