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The Royal Families Commitment to Climate Change Issues.

The Royal family including the Queen and Prince Charles and his sons have been campaigning for environmental issues across the global for decades. The Queen has launched her Tree Canopy Trust were by she has pledged to plant numerous amounts of new forests across the globe. Charles and his sons have been campaigning for environmental issues also for many decades. 

A recent book I have been reading has a printed letter from Prince Charles giving more detail in regard for his views and ambitions for the reversal of green house gases. The book is called Drawdown The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed To Reverse Global Warming  Edited by Paul Hawken published by Penguin Books. Anyone who is wanting to understand global warming needs to read this.

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Indeed, Prince Charles is known for addressing environmental issues, including global warming, sustainability and ocean pollution.

His passion for raising awareness for the issues has obviously rubbed off on his sons, with Prince Charles and Prince Harry joining forces to attend the future king’s International Sustainability Unit’s meeting in February this year.

Prince Charles spoke at length about the threat coral reef faces and the impact climate change will have on future generations.

“It is a common phrase now that rather than borrowing our present from future generations, we are stealing it.,” the Prince said at the event.

“Well, the speed of the ecological marine cataclysm that we have engendered is such that not only will our children be faced with the monochrome legacy of the graveyard of destroyed reefs and the collapse of marine biodiversity, but the majority of us alive today will stand witness to the process.”

Prince Charles delivers a speech about the ‘nightmare’ of plastic waste in January (Getty)

Last year, Prince William warned that overpopulation is ruining the natural environment by putting wildlife under ‘enormous pressure’.

The prince is also patron of The Tusk Trust, which aims to protect African wildlife.

“We are going to have to work much harder, and think much deeper, if we are to ensure that human beings and the other species of animal with which we share this planet can continue to co-exist,” the prince told an audience at The Roundhouse in London, according to Business Insider.

(https://uk.style.yahoo.com/prince-harry-reveals-teased-school-habit-prince-charles-taught-102500517.html5.00pm  accessed on 6.11.18)

Deadline Developments for Design Work

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The fabric below has been printed from the Memaki printer initially I worked on Photoshop and used layers to create an image of a whale tale swimming in the clouds. 

The fabric is a strong canvas ideal for furnishings. I have printed 3 of these and I am going to add a traditional screen print on top using lettering. The other print I might embellish with Crystal to look like agate to add Opulence and glamour. I could also look at using embroidery. 

Photograph used for background,taken on an iPhone while flying in a jet.

Printed letters using old vintage blocks

Letters used for printing.

I have used a traditional screen print to add the lettering after firstly printing them small using traditional anologue cast letters to add interest and almost graffiti edge.

The original image of the Whale was taken by Jiri Razac for Green Peace. I am using the fin tail of a whale to create a lino print for a tote bag to help promote a reduction in single use plastics. The fin needs to be changed to an image that is not copy righted if it were to be a product for sale.At the moment it is a speculative image which could be used as a campaign banner to help with Green Peace  campaigning to save the Antarctic from man-made destruction through pollution and climate change.


                                                         Meeting 27.11.18
Criteria meeting MA educational course work strategy : After a meeting with lecturers and a small group of students, it was discussed that I should develop my tote bags using lino print imagery and also my ecology printing inks and dyes project in order to reduce emissions in the process. Even though I love photographic fabric printing i have two problems with it,one I don't have access to my own Whale photography and two the inks are not organic and machinery is being used which also increases my carbon footprint.I am trying to bring this to a minimum level and would hope that other people would wish to do similar.
Therefore the outcome of the meeting is to concentrate on one or two areas and cut back my project brief to accommodate enough detailed development to progress through an MA level; of work. I will need to draw up working drawings on illustrator and create fashion illustrations with directional storyboards etc using Photoshop and in design.
The other feedback was to develop my lino print and consider a campaign slogan.

Metallic printing.

Letters used to print initial slogan “Save”. I have then photographed my sketch book and added the lettering via a layer using photoshop. I have then printed it out and enlarged accordingly and added to a screen print screen. The bronze lettering has been foiled onto fabric using glue through the screen and then the foil has been placed on and heat sealed using a heat press machine.
Screen print with baby feet print from my daughter feet.

Printing onto fabric

Dip dyed printed fabric.

Screen print onto cotton fabric showing screen 

print.Fabric needs pressing.

Vintage haberdashery elements in the form of star studs adding a bit of 70’s clamour. Sequins are not particularly strong and maybe a different sequin would be better. However I have been up cycling things Ihave already had in my home.

Dim-antes before sticking

Fabric print for cushion cover or upholstery.

Applied diamete heat applied.

Diamanté’s scattered across sky, awaiting new applicator.
I have three prints and I am going to embellish them differently one will be embellished with diamanté to look like agate, the second one will be traditionally over printed and the third I will add an embroidery .

Fabric design concept for Memaki CAD

Project Deadlines are always difficult to negotiate, never let it be said that I have ever mis interpreted a deadline previously. It is however one thing i have done a lot of this doesn't mean I am that good at meeting them. However one thing is clear bringing a deadline forward from the actual deadline is always a good plan. I have a hand in deadline which I actually thought was June. Totally my fault as this was in the handbook somewhere. 

Fabric design created on photoshop, width to fit fabric roll repeating every 60cms.
The main point due to the fact that I am using University equipment and the deadline incorporates a Christmas holiday. I need to assume all the CAD printing , screen printing and Lino printing is done by December. 
The ink development also needs to be achieved, therefore what I am doing is completing tasks that I have written into my Masters Degree at the moment. I have the CAD fabric machine booked for the end of this week, however I may have to cancel as I need to work in order to pay important bills.

Main areas I need to develop is my Wall Art Muriel which I am wanting to develop into fabric using the fat swatch scaling which is approx 24in  x 18 inch (shell imagery). I am also wanting some photographic CAD  fabric development which I have designed some large scale prints ideal for cushions and large repeat boutique style curtain fabrics or seating covering etc.

The lino print for a tote bag to reduce single use plastics and promote global ocean sanctuaries including Antarctica ocean sanctuary is presently being created.

The hand printed screen printing wall paper needs to be created however current design concepts are kelp and coral repeat pattern gong horizontal with space between patterns. In one or two tonal colours using indigo colours.

Equipment used.

 I have chosen to use water colour as a medium as its light and airy to use. The image to the right shows my palettes,having recently added new colours last year. These particlar paints are very dense and create strong colours which I dilute with white Gouche to refine the colours to my colour range.

India ink and an old ink pen is also part of my creative practice. Indian ink is colour fast, so when I add water colour the outline doesn't wash away. I am also trying a drippy paint technique to add a bit of direction of glamour and fashion boutique trend.
Below is an idea I am developing for Antarctica Ocean Sanctuary campaign. Image below is my first attempt  of a whale. This piece could be improved by adding less paint and also I believe the fins are too small. I would also like to see the giles of the whale more.The whale also blends in to the earth background. This could be changed by making the whale black and white. It also needs re drawing.

First concept of whale illustration.

I am wanting to add colour using thin water colour, however I need to be careful I don't over paint it. I have been inspired by outher artists who use this drippy paint idea.I may also need to try out different types of whales to find one I prefere to use in my muriel. One area which I found a bit difficult was the stretching of my paper because the brown gum tap kept drying and coming away from the art board. I am not quite sure how to correct this . I could try a smaller piece of paper. Mean while I have bought some thicker water colour paper that doesn't need stretching as it is thick enough to apply paint without it crinkling

Possible design idea for CAD print onto fabric.

The image to the left has been created via cut and paste, it would be translated onto a photoshop development for fabric and wall paper. The music background is a hymn called Palms.The shell is a Nautilus pompilius Linne. This is a mollusc which has connections to the early part of our planets natural development.It has sealed chambers within that are arranged in a spiral, each being larger than the proceeding one. In terms of evolution its links to early life forms. It has visually extraordinary patter nation and is linked to the golden rule of design the theory.

Photoshop image for Wall Mural using Jiri Razac Whale tail   for
GreenPeace.

The image to the left is a photoshop development I have created for a wall Mural idea. I have taken a whale image taken out the background and added a sky image. I have put the Whale fin to the right of the image to encourage looking to the right then up to the sun in the clouds. The image is a rhetorical image that suggests that whales may possible only life in the sky as spirits as the sea is becoming to polluted and dangerous for them. 

Sketch Book and paint brushes.

Its time to recognize that we all need to be aware of our own single identity carbon footprint and cognitively attach this to the bigger gigitons footprint that the human race is creating. Every little thing matters a small reduction in everyone's general carbon emissions equals a larger amount across the globe. I could add some information around the whale tail to incorporate information. Other messages can added to swing tickets giving up to date informative knowledge to increase awareness of climate change to a bigger audience.