"Rough Guide" Project.

This was my first project as a first year Textile Design student at Chelsea School Of Art. it was a group project of which I was thankful for, as it was easy to make friends with a task. Me and my group were given a specific place in London to explore and to become familiar with, we then had to map it with our sketchbooks by drawing, taking photographs or picking things up from the street, basically anything to create a feel for the place in our sketchbooks. 

My group was given Notting Hill and Kensington, both of these places I wasn’t familiar with so I found the prospect of visiting and exploring the two destinations exciting and fun. I wasn’t too sure what direction I was going to go for at the start when we visiting Kensington and Notting Hill therefore I picked up things from the ground such as cigarettes, leafs and coffee cups. I gained the feeling that we were not in a deprived area...

After a day in Kensington and Notting Hill I decided to go back to Kensington to have a visit to the church St Abbots, I started “rubbing” the grave markings with my crayon, this worked really well so I continued down that route for the majority of the project.  

After deliberating with my group we gave advice on which pages we should use or not, I chose a rubbing page that said “Forever” which I found in Kensington Park on a bench. 
We then had to customize one hundred pages to create a book, I made a decision to bead onto each page, add a illustration of a pigeon and to stitch a small individual rubbing to each page. It took me ages! But was defiantly worth it to know that I put as much effort in as I could  to do it.

One of my first pages in my "Rough Guide" sketchbook. 

I illustrated the bark of the tree and collected items from where I was sitting.

Two of my sketchbook pages from the "Rough Guide" project. 

A collection of rubbish from Kensington and a illustration. 

My drawing page inspired by St Abbots Church congregation.

My illustration taken from Trinity Hospice charity shop, Kensington. 

I really loved this project, I thought it was an excellent start to the course. I made friends through it and gained knowledge of where I will be living for three years. It also helped me gain confidence through my drawing as I haven't done any drawing in about five months after my foundation. 

My chosen pages at the end of the project, I combined them both together alongside beadwork and stitch.