Locating: Visual Reasearch

Following feedback week, we were told to produce a body of visual research on a theme of our choosing. With Christmas decorations lighting up windows and buildings, I found myself looking more and more at the colour and patterns used in architechture. I decided to look deeper into stained glass windows and and the patterns used in stonework and railings.

My home town York has lots of old buildings that have stained glass tucked away in little alcoves, this was a piece I found in a local pub that displays York Minster:

Once back in Manchester, I went to the cathedral to take pictures of the stained glass there, I found it quite interesting as it was more modern stained glass, having been rebuilt after the bombings in the early 90s.

 

 

I also noticed quite a lot of traditional stained glass windows in window paines of doors on people's houses:

 

This week I plan to do some drawings based on the images I have collected, experimenting with mark making and colour work.