As I would be back in Liverpool for three weeks which, at the point in the academic year I wanted to use the time as productively as possible. Therefore, as well as contacting several studios located in Liverpool with the hope of securing a couple visits over the three weeks as seen here I also decided engage with some of the exhibitions and event which were currently being held whilst I was home.
One of the exhibitions which I was interested in visiting was the 'Prints in Counterpoint' exhibition which was being held at the World Museum.
The exhibition includes a selection of Lino Prints by artist Atta Kwami from Ghana. Kwami took inspiration from a visit he made to Liverpool in which he created a selection of sketches these were then
reworked in Lino.
The 'Prints in Counterpoint' was a particular exhibition I wanted to go to as I believe it is relevant to my interests as a designer, Lino print is a printing process I have used on a brief in the past.
I particularly like how Kwami has incorporated colour within his prints, and how they work together which is something I have become increasingly interested especially during the course of my third year with briefs such as 'Hoax' and 'Interactive Mailshot' using bright colours.
Whilst I was in the city centre I also decided to visit the Dazzle Ship which was is Dry-docked down at the Albert Docks.
The Edmund Gardner, which is a historic pilot ship has been painted in partnership with the Liverpool Maritime Museum in order to optically distort the appearance of the ship which was commonly employed on British ships during the First World War to confuse German submarines and make the direction the Dazzle Ship was travelling in difficult to identify.
Dazzle ships are characterised by contrasting shapes and curves in garish colours heavily inspired by Cubism.
Again how colours work together is a key element to the success of the Dazzle ships and something I can take inspiration from when considering colour schemes for future briefs.
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